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Přerov is a town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic
where Becva river goes through. Prerov is a statute town (2006).
It has population of about 47,373 to January 2, 2008. Přerov is
about 22 km far from Olomouc northwesterly. In history, it was
an intersection and the heart of Moravia in the Czech. The
locality settlement dates back to the primeval times. There is a
world—renowned prehistoric site from the older stone age on the
mound called Hradisko at Přerov Předmostí. The oldest written
reference to Přerov dates to 1133 when King Přemysl Otakar gave
Přerov the privilege of a royal town in 1256. The mansion of
Přerov built in place of the former castle was a residence of
influential house, the house of Pernstejn and Žerotín, from
which Charles the Older of Žerotín significantly influenced the
town. Přerov is called the city of Comenius and Blahoslav, the
most significant personalities of the Unity of Brethren as well
as of Bohemian culture in the 16th and 17th centuries. The
cultural and social life of the city in the 19th century took up
traditions of the past, above all, those of the Brethren time.
Přerov ranked among the advanced cities of Moravia and
contributed to Czech national development. Introducing the
railroad in 1841 brought Přerov a quick development of
industries and agriculture, above all machine industry,
power-plant facilities, hemp industry, brewing and sugar making.
Later, the chemical industry as well as production of
leatherware and optical devices acceded. In June 1945, during
the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 71 men, 120 women
and 74 children were killed in a genocide of the German
population. The helicopter air force is situated in Přerov.
Currently, Přerov is a social, administrative and cultural
centre of the District with developing economics. The villages
Předmostí, Lověšice, Kozlovice, Dluhonice, Újezdec, Čekyně,
Henčlov, Lýsky, Popovice, Vinary, Žeravice and Penčice are
administrative parts of Přerov. |
