Moravská Ostrava and Přívoz municipal district office.
Moravská Ostrava and Přívoz lie at the confluence of the Odra and Ostravice rivers.
It is assumed that Moravská Ostrava received the status of a municipal municipality from Bishop Bruno sometime between 1267-1279.
The village of Přívoz is first mentioned in 1377 as a fief of Olomouc bishops.
The name of the village is derived from the word převoz and refers to the location of the village at the ford over the Odra river.