It was undoubtedly before World War I that the most active social and community life flourished in C
In the town of 16 thousand residents there were 179 active associations of various types, registered by The National Government in Opava: they were German, Polish, Czech, Jewish, and even one Hungarian. Meetings, lectures, balls, performances of artists brought from the capital –Vienna, several tens of cafes and restaurants in the centre of the town alone, all this made it possible for the residents to mould themselves and their time according to their desire. Also, a dozen or more periodicals appeared, in three languages.
