HISTORICAL VILLAS
The city's historic villas, architectural gems
Villa Grossmann
This historic villa was built in 1922-1924 by the renowned Ostrava architect and building contractor František Grossmann, combining his family’s home and the offices of his company. Designed in a traditional decorativist style, the villa’s opulence immediately made it a focus of attention. Journalists described its palatial interiors (which included the family’s valuable collections of paintings and porcelain) as “fairytale-like”.
Flemmich´s villa
The villa was built by the Krnov factory worker Theodor Flemmich, according to the project of the Viennese architect Otto Prutscher in 1914. It is a neoclassical residence, set in a beautiful garden on the banks of the Opava River. The interior is richly decorated – the dominant feature of the wood-lined staircase hall is a handrail column richly carved with bird motifs, the hall is separated from the conservatory by stained-glass windows with symbols of the zodiac. There are also painted wooden ceilings and other stained glass windows with heraldic signs of the city of Krnov and historical Silesia.
