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Ostrava is a statutory city on the border between Silesia and Moravia in the northeast of the Czech Republic, near the border with Poland. In 1763, a rich deposit of high-quality hard coal was discovered in the Silesian part of Ostrava, which heralded a significant transformation of the city. In 1828, the owner of the estate, the Olomouc archbishop Rudolf Jan, founded ironworks named after him, the Rudolf Ironworks. Later these ironworks passed into the ownership of the Rothschild family and acquired the name Vítkovice. They became the core of the city’s extensive industrial boom, reflected in the city’s nickname: the steel heart of the republic. After a major decline in the iron and chemical industries combined with the closure of exhausted mines (no mining has taken place within the city since June 30, 1994) and extensive investments to remedy environmental damage, Ostrava has become significantly cleaner. Engineering activity and other fields are gaining importance. At the same time, it is becoming a starting point for the tourist regions Jeseníky and Beskyd