The original residential unit current Přerov was located on the left bank Bečva in Předmostí.

Archeological researchs found extensive housing development of mammoth hunters in 25 000 years ago.

The first written mention of Přerov was in 1141. Přemysl Otakar II. made Přerov on a city in 1256.

Author of a czech grammar, famous native of Přerov, diplomat and educationalist of the Unity of Brethren, Jan Blahoslav was born in 1526 in Přerov.

Jan Amos Komenský was his predecessor, teacher of nations, theologian, philosopher, studied in Přerov in the Unity of Brethren.

In 1887 was found museum J.A.Komenského.

Jan Amos Komenský

Jan Blahoslav

In the Czech republic, in Olomouc region, southeast from Olomouc in Hornomoravský úval on the river Bečva.

The area is 5 827 ha, it is situated on 14 cadastral areas and 13 local parts. The population of Přerov: 47 311

Town emblem

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Upper square - houses from the end of the 15th century . Town walls

1. Museum J. A. Komenského on the Upper square 2.

City park Michalov

Lagoons - quiet, recreation place

National nature reserve Žebračka – remnant floodplain forest in the basin Bečva, since 1949, the area is 228 ha

Ornithological Centre (Ornis) - was built in 1938 by Moravian Ornithological Society. The exhibition hall houses a unique exhibition The Birds of the Czech Republic.

archaeological diggins in Přerov - Předmostí – excavation sites mammoth bones, the most important diggins in Czech Republic