Velké Hoštice

Velké Hoštice (German: Groß Hoschütz) is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic.

The first written mention of Velké Hoštice is from 1222, when the village was bequeathed to the monastery in Velehrad.

In the following centuries the village changed owners frequently, including burghers and lower nobles.

In 1754, the Velké Hoštice estate was inherited by Count Ignác Dominik Chorynský of Ledská, who was its most important owner.

He made Velké Hoštice a cultural centre and had built the Baroque castle.

Church of Saint John the Baptist