Castles of "Czech Republic" BÍLOVEC vs BOHUMÍN

Bílovec (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbiːlovɛts]; German: Wagstadt) is a town in the Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. It is situated on the slopes of the Nízký Jeseník mountains and on the banks of the Bílovka River. The centre of the town is historically significant and is protected by law as Urban monument zone. Until 1918, Wagstadt was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (the Austrian side after the compromise of 1867), in the district with the same name, one of the eight Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Austrian Silesia.

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Bohumín (/ˈboʊhuːmiːn/; Czech pronunciation: [ˈboɦumiːn] (About this soundlisten); Polish: About this soundBogumin, German: Oderberg) is a town in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic, on the border with Poland. It has about 21,000 inhabitants. The confluence of the Oder (Odra) and Olza rivers is situated just north of the town. The town lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Bohumín consists of Old Bohumín and industrial New Bohumín, while several villages are administratively part of the town. The majority of citizens are Czech; many citizens have Polish ancestry, although the Polish minority in Bohumín is small nowadays. Before World War II, the town was inhabited by a large German community. Nowadays the town is known as having one of the largest communities of Romani people in the Czech Republic.

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