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{{Infobox settlement
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'''Havířov''' ({{IPA
Havířov is made up of eight administrative parts:<ref>{{cite web |title=Části obcí|url=http://www.uir.cz/casti-obce|work=Územně identifikační registr ČR|language=cs|access-date=2023-11-14}}</ref>
▲==Administrative parts==
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*[[Dolní Bludovice|Bludovice]]
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==Etymology==
In a competition to name the city in 1956, various names were suggested, such as [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]], Gottwaldův Horníkov (after [[Klement Gottwald]]), Zápotockýgrad (after [[Antonín Zápotocký]]) and "Čestprácov" (derived from the Socialist-era greeting ''čest práci''). Eventually it was decided that the city should be named Havířov (from ''havíř'', i.e.
==Geography==
Havířov is located about {{convert|8|km|0}} east of [[Ostrava]] and is urbanistically fused with neighbouring [[Šenov]]. It lies in the historical region of [[Cieszyn Silesia]]. It lies mostly in the [[Ostrava Basin]] lowland, but in the south, the municipal territory also extends into the [[Moravian-Silesian Foothills]]. The [[Lučina (river)|Lučina]] River flows through the town.
==History==
[[File:Havířov - Hlavní třída.jpg|thumb|The main boulevard]]
The first written mention of settlements in today's Havířov area is from 1305 (Horní Suchá and Dolní Suchá). Bludovice was first mentioned in 1335 and Šumbark in 1438.<ref name=history/>
Havířov was founded on top of several villages with significant [[Polish minority in the Czech Republic|Polish populations]] after the World War II as a [[coal mining]] town to restore [[Anthracite|hard coal]] mining in the region. Building of first housing estates for miners and their families began in 1947. Havířov was officially established in 1955 and in the same year received the
[[File:Havířov, vlakové nádraží, budova.JPG|thumb|[[Havířov railway station]]]]▼
▲Havířov was founded after the World War II as a [[coal mining]] town to restore [[Anthracite|hard coal]] mining in the region. Building of first housing estates for miners and their families began in 1947. Havířov was officially established in 1955 and in the same year received the statute of a town.<ref name=history>{{cite web |title=Historie a současnost|date=January 2008 |url=https://www.havirov-city.cz/historie-soucasnost/historie-soucasnost/historie-soucasnost|publisher=Statutární město Havířov|language=cs|access-date=2021-05-11}}</ref>
Today, the original villages are administrative parts of the city and mostly lie on the outskirts of urban Havířov. In 1975–1990, [[Horní Suchá]], now a separate municipality, was a part of Havířov.<ref name=history/>
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The city is historically connected with the mining of hard coal in the region. In the territory of Dolní Suchá was the [[Dukla coal mine]], which was in operation between 1907 and 2007.
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▲[[File:Havířov, vlakové nádraží, budova.JPG|thumb|[[Havířov railway station]]]]
Havířov lies on the railway line of national importance to [[Prague]] via Ostrava and [[Olomouc]]. It also lies on a railway line heading from [[Český Těšín]] to [[Opava]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Havířov|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/havirov/5433454|publisher=[[České dráhy]]|language=cs|access-date=2023-04-24}}</ref>
==Sport==
The city's football club, [[MFK Havířov]], competes in the [[Czech Fourth Division]]. In the past, the team appeared for several seasons in [[Czech 2. Liga]]. Football club MFK Havířov was founded in 1922 as ''ČSK Moravská Suchá''. MFK Havířov has two pitches and one artificial pitch. They have nickname which is "indians" according to American bikers. Their matches are played on pitches in [[Prostřední Suchá]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History|url=http://indianihavirov.cz/historie/|publisher=MFK Havířov|access-date=2022-01-16}}</ref>
The ice hockey club [[AZ Havířov]] appears in the [[1st Czech Republic Hockey League]], the second-tier league of ice hockey in the country.
The town is also represented by [[RC Havířov]] in rugby. The club used to play in the [[Extraliga ragby|highest Czech division of rugby]].
Havířov hosted the prologue and the third stage, both an [[individual time trial]], of the [[2012 Gracia-Orlová|2012]] and [[2013 Gracia-Orlová]].
==Sights==
[[File:Bludovice, evangelický kostel (1).jpg|thumb|Lutheran church in Bludovice]]
The most important monument is the memorial to the victims of Nazi terror, protected as a [[Cultural monument (Czech Republic)|national cultural monument]]. It was built in 1949. The monument consists of a granite wall with a sandstone sculpture of a woman with a child.<ref>{{cite web |title=Památník obětem nacistického teroru|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/pamatnik-obetem-nacistickeho-teroru-12969203|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-04-24}}</ref>
There are three churches, protected as cultural monuments. The Church of Saint Anne was built in the Empire style in 1841–1845. The Church of Saint Margaret the Virgin in Bludovice was built in 1786–1792. It is a typical Baroque rural church. The Lutheran church in Bludovice was built in 1782–1784 and is the oldest church in Havířov. The tower was added in 1850–1852.<ref name=nhi>{{cite web |title=Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Havířov|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/uskp/podle-relevance/1/seznam/?kraj=80&okres=803&obec=555088&chranenoTed=1&hlObj=1&fulltext|work=Ústřední seznam kulturních památek|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-08-27}}</ref>
The Šumbark Castle was originally a medieval fortress, rebuilt into a Renaissance castle in the 16th century and then rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 18th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zámek|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/zamek-12969497|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-04-24}}</ref> Today it is a hotel.<ref name=zwrot>{{cite web |title=Před 65 lety vzniklo město Havířov|url=https://cs.zwrot.cz/2020/12/pred-65-lety-vzniklo-mesto-havirov/|publisher=[[Zwrot]]|language=cs|date=2020-12-22|access-date=2023-04-24}}</ref>
A unique remnant of the original villages before the founding of the city is Kotula's log cabin. It dates from 1781. Today it is a small museum with an exhibition of folk housing in the region. Next to the log cabin is a barn from the late 17th century and a windmill.<ref name=zwrot/>
==Notable people==
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*[[Pavel Maslák]] (born 1991), sprinter
*[[Kateřina Pauláthová]] (born 1993), alpine skier
*[[David Pastrňák]] (born 1996), ice hockey player
*[[Ondřej Lingr]] (born 1998), footballer
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==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic}}
Havířov is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Partnerská města - Statutární město Havířov|url=https://www.havirov-city.cz/partnerska-mesta/partnerska-mesta|publisher=
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*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Collegno]], Italy
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