Głubczyce

Głubczyce lies on the Psina, a river that once marked the frontier between Moravia and Polish Silesia. Known in Czech as Hlubčice, the town was rebuilt after the Mongol invasion of 1241 and enclosed by walls, towers and a moat. Its church and hospital were entrusted to the Knights Hospitaller, who established a commandery here.

In 1377 the partition of the Duchy of Opava made Głubczyce the residence of Duke Nicholas III and the capital of a small principality. Its Přemyslid rulers remained until John II entered a Franciscan monastery in 1482. After his death in 1485, Matthias Corvinus took the duchy as a reverted fief. In 1503 it passed to the Duchy of Krnov, ending its time as a separate and independent ducal residence.