The story
The first written mention of Opatov is from 1086. In 1487, it was bought by the Waldstein family. In 1540, the village was promoted to a market town. From 1623, Opatov was a property of the Collalto family. In 1662 or 1696 (according to various chroniclers), a large fire destroyed most of the market town.
From Wikipedia’s article on Opatov (Třebíč District), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4