The city of Kopřivnice

The city of Kopřivnice

Municipality: Kopřivnice

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During your visit to our region, make sure you do not miss the Regional Museum in Kopřivnice. At present the museum offers four permanent expositions consisting of the Tatra Museum of Engineering, Lachian Museum, Fojtství Museum and the Exposition of Emil and Dana Zátopek (in the Museum of Engineering).

At the Museum of Engineering you can see sixty cars and trucks that were once celebrated just like the phenomenal TATRA automobile factory. The collection includes chassis, motors, models, designs, trophies from tournaments, period photography and other rarities. Lots of interesting and exhaustive information is provided by the multi-language video boxes with film clips of automotive treasures.


Exposition of Emil and Dana Zátopek You certainly won't find anybody here who doesnot know the name of the athlete who for more than 10 years electrified the whole world with his great accomplishments in running and who defeated one competitor after another. Today Emil Zátopek (1922-2000) remains one of the most celebrated Czech athletes and the Museum of Engineering has devoted space for a major exposition on the Olympic winner and his wife Dana (born 1922), a javelin thrower who also successfully represented our small country. The exposition was ceremoniously opened on 17 September 2005 in the presence of Dana Zátopková herself.

In addition to information about the successes achieved by the Zátopek couple, the very modern concept of the exposition offers you a look at authentic photographs, medals, trophies, plaques, commemorative items, Zátopeks team jacket and his starting number from the legendary Olympic Games in London, as well as various personal items belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Zátopek. The exposition also includes a documentary film produced in cooperation with Finnish TV, cut to a length of 14 minutes and 6 seconds, exactly the time it took for the greatest runner of his age to achieve a world record in the 5,000 m race. You?re welcome to look and experience the thrill of victory.

 
Lachian Museum forms another part of the Regional Museum in Kopřivnice. The mansion of the Šustala family has been located in the city park near the train station since 1889. The original inhabitant of the house was the son of the founder of a celebrated coach-making facility, Josef Šustala. The museum?s exposition is devoted to a former factory in Kopřivnice where earthenware products were produced. An incredible amount of ceramic products were produced during the 150 years of the factory?s existence. You will find here various decorated plates, cups, bowls and tiles, as well as unusually shaped and colored regular tiles and stove tiles. You will be absolutely amazed by other parts of the exposition, permeated by an exotic and adventurous atmosphere. Works created by locally-born Zdeňěk Burian are accompanied by DVD films cut from shots of paintings and supplemented by prehistoric, fossilized organisms, minerals and excavations.

Fojtství Museum is the family home of the founder of a coach and buggy factory in Kopřivnice, Ignác Šustala, which he started here in 1850. At present his manor house (fojtství) serves as a museum for learning and exhibition purposes. It offers you a look at the life of the people at that time, acquaints you with their customs and traditions. The largest room on the ground floor (the former taproom of the manor) contains a permanent exposition devoted to Ignác Šustala and the beginnings of the future TATRA automobile factory. A costume typical of Moravian folklore is on exhibit in the former kitchen. The third room has been set up to resemble a typical homestead room.

If you have the time and desire to learn more and plan to visit our region during winter months, the Podhoráček road train will take you up to the picturesque city of Štramberk. The circular route starts at the hotel Tatra in Kopřivnice, continues around the manor house museum on its way up to Štramberk, then returns to Kopřivnice around Bílá hora (White Mountain).

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