Děhylov | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Moravian-Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Opava |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 49.8694°N 18.1633°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1464 |
Area Total Km2: | 5.08 |
Elevation M: | 280 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 746 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 747 94 |
Děhylov (German: Dielhau) is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
Děhylov is located about 5km (03miles) northwest of Ostrava. It lies in the eastern tip of the Nízký Jeseník mountain range. It is situated on the right bank of the Opava River, which forms the municipal border. In the eastern part of the municipality there is Štěpán Pond, protected together with its surroundings as a nature reserve.
The first written mention of Děhylov is from 1464. The settlement was founded between 1377 and 1400.[2]
Děhylov is located on the railway line Ostrava–Opava.[3]
Děhylov is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is the Chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary. It was built in the first half of the 18th century and rebuilt in the Empire style in the first half of the 19th century.[4]