Vojkovice (Frýdek-Místek District)

Vojkovice (Wojkowitz, Wojkowice) is a municipality and village in the Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.

Geography
Vojkovice is located about 7 km east of Frýdek-Místek and 18 km southeast of Ostrava. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills. The highest point is at 360 m above sea level. The Lučina River flows through the municipality.

History
Vojkovice was founded around 1500, certainly before 1520. The first written mention is from 1573, when it was part of Frýdek state country. The inhabitants subsisted mainly on weaving, agriculture, and hauling merchant carts up the hills.

Transport
The D48 motorway (part of the European route E462) from Frýdek-Místek to Český Těšín passes through the southern part of the municipality.

Sights
Vojkovice is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is a statue of Saint Francis of Assisi from the 18th century.

Notable people

 * Lubomír Pokluda (born 1958), footballer