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Opava Cz, Troppau [Ger], Opawa [Pol]. Opava is located in (Slenzsko) Silesia-Opava at 49°57' N, 17°55' E , 18 miles WNW of Moravská Ostrava and 30 km W of Ostrava near the border with Poland.
Earliest known Jewish community was 14th century. 1930 Jewish population was 971. Grant of residence in 1848 and establishment of Jewish community in 1850 followed banishment in 1523.
- [Leo Haas] 1901-1983, painter; and
- Kurt Goldberger b. 1919, film director lived here.