Bilovec

Bílovec (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbiːlovɛts]; German: Wagstadt) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region, near Nový Jičín. It is situated on the slopes of the Nízký Jeseník mountains and on the banks of the Bílovka River. Bílovec is the birthplace of tennis players Květa Peschke and Petra Kvitová and internationally respected architect Emil Prikryl. The Grammar school of Nicolas Copernicus (Gymnázium Mikuláše Koperníka) is located in Bílovec. It was founded on 22.6.1946 as a scion of Opavian matrix. Antonín Frantl a former high school teacher was appointed the first head master. Building had 12 classrooms, a staffroom, a small sports-hall, a library and a class specialized in natural sciences. Everything was influenced by the fact that...