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Uničov (German: Mährisch-Neustadt) is situated at an elevation of 248 m on the Oskava river, about 22 km northwest of the district and regional capital, Olomouc. The municipality has a population of about 11,100 (2023).

Uničov is one of the seven royal Moravian towns. It was founded around 1213 by Margrave Vladislav III, the brother of King Otakar I of Bohemia. It received Magdeburg rights in 1223 and was granted further privileges in 1234. In 1422, Hussite forces occupied the town. After the accession of the Hussite king George of Poděbrady in 1458, the town became a centre of the new confession until it fell to his rival Matthias Corvinus in 1479. A part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526, Uničov prospered until the Battle of White Mountain (today in Prague) in 1620. For participating in the Bohemian rebellion, the town was divested of its privileges by Emperor Ferdinand II and made a subject of the Austrian House of Liechtenstein (see Liechtenstein castle and Vaduz), a verdict that however was overruled a few years later. The town suffered heaviliy during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) as it was occupied by Swedish troops in 1642 and was further damaged by a large fire in 1643. After the Seven Years' War (1756–1763), Emperor Joseph II met here with the Prussian king Friedrich II (Frederick the Great) in 1770, a rapprochement of the former enemies that would lead to the First Partition of Poland (see map) two years later. The remaining German population was expelled in 1946.

The Town Hall [left, no. 4531: right] is the landmark of the town sqaure in the centre of the historic town. It was built in the late 14th or early 15th century and originally served as a market house. The town hall was rebuilt several times and thus lost its original Gothic character. Gradually, a 45 metres-high tower and a chapel (now a ceremonial hall) were added. In the 19th century it was remodeled in the current, Renaissance revival style.

The Marian Column [left] was created in 1743. It has a height of 22 metres and is considered one of the most significant of its kind in Moravia.

Further places called Neustadt (or similar), of which glasses are in this collection, are:
in Austria: Wiener Neustadt,
in the Czech Republic: Nové Město na Moravě (previous name in German: Neustadtl) and Nové Město nad Metují (previous name in German: Neustadt an der Mettau);
in Germany: Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale, Neustadt an der Orla, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Neustadt in Holstein and Neustadt in Sachsen;
in Hungary: Sátoraljaújhely (previous name in German: Neustadt am Zeltberg);
in Poland: Prudnik (previous names in German: Neustadt in Oberschlesien or Polnisch Neustadt);
in Romania: Baia Mare (previous names in German: Groß-Neustadt or Neustadt am Frauenbach).

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni%C4%8Dov, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni%C4%8Dov]