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Kopřivnice

Moravian-Silesian Region, Czechia · Europe

About Kopřivnice

Kopřivnice is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Lichnov, 15km from Pustevny.

Kopřivnice is in Moravian-Silesian Region, Czechia, with about 23,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Lichnov, about 4 km away.

Kopřivnice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkopr̝̊ɪvɲɪtsɛ]; German: Nesselsdorf) is a town in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 21,000 inhabitants. The town is located in a valley in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills. Kopřivnice is known as a centre of industry. Until the

Read more industrialisation in the 19th century, Kopřivnice was just a village. Präsident, the first series-produced automobile in Austria-Hungary, was designed and manufactured in Kopřivnice, and the automotive industry is still important to the town today. Tatra Trucks, one of the oldest motor vehicle manufacturers in the world, is based here. The town is home to five museums, including the Tatra Truck Museum, the Tatra Passenger Car Museum and the Fojtství Museum. Fojtství is the town's oldest building and the birthplace of Ignaz Schustala, the founder of the original car factory. Among notable natives are long-distance runner Emil Zátopek and painter and paleoartist Zdeněk Burian.

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Within an hour or so of Kopřivnice: Pustevny (15 km).

Are there any good drives near Kopřivnice?

The nearest famous roads are Cervenohorske Sedlo, Donovaly Pass and Zakopianka (Road to the Tatras).

Where is Kopřivnice?

Kopřivnice is in Moravian-Silesian Region, Czechia, about 4 km from Lichnov.

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Quick Information

Population
23,424
Continent
Europe
Country
Czechia
Region
Moravian-Silesian Region
Timezone
Europe/Prague
Coordinates
49.5995, 18.1448

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Czechia

Police
158
Ambulance
155
Fire
150
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

Motorway vignette required. Zero alcohol limit for drivers.

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Worth the detour from Kopřivnice

1 notable place within an hour's drive.

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Pustevny

A 1,018 m saddle in the Beskids crowned by Dušan Jurkovič's fairy-tale timber buildings Libušín and Maměnka (1898), a masterwork of folk Art Nouveau. A ridge walk leads to the pagan god statue of Radegast and the Radhošť chapel.

15 km · about 30 min drive

Driving in Czech Republic

Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€1.48/litre
Motorway tolls
None
Vignette
Required, around €11 for a short-stay sticker

When to drive here

April to October

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