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Town in the Czech Republic
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Krnov is a town of about 22,000 people (2026), in the historical region of Czech Silesia in North Moravia and Silesia, on the border with Poland. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
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The town hall from 1903 is a neorenaissance building with a richly decorated 52 metres (171 ft) high tower.
The only synagogue in the region which survived to this day in its original form. Today it serves as an exhibition and concert hall.
Formner factory with a sample workshop, including a set of machinery. It is a Neoclassical building from 1922, protected as a national cultural monument.
Pilgrimage site with the Church of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows and Stations of the Cross. The church was built in 1722–1727 and replaced the wooden chapel, which did not have enough capacity for the number of believers participating in the pilgrimage. It is one of the most important Baroque monuments in the region. Since 2018, it has been protected as a national cultural monument.
Krnov is located about 65 km northeast of Olomouc and 50 km northwest of Ostrava.
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