Uničov (ˈuɲɪtʃof; ) is a town in the Olomouc Region

Olomouc Region

Olomouc Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western and central part of its historical region of Moravia and in a small part of the historical region of Silesia . It is named for its capital Olomouc.-External links:* *...

 of the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

. It has around 12,400 inhabitants.

Villages Benkov, Brníčko, Dětřichov, Dolní Sukolom, Horní Sukolom, Nová Dědina, Renoty, and Střelice are administrative parts of Uničov.

The main commercial activity of Uničov takes place at the engineering-metallurgical complex UNEX.

History

Uničov is one of the seven royal Moravian towns. It was founded around 1213 by the Moravian margrave Vladislav Jindřich, the brother of the king Přemysl Otakar I. Uničov has the oldest city chart in the Czech Republic.