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Žalkovice
Žalkovice is a municipality and village in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Geography Žalkovice is located about north of Kroměříž and northwest of Zlín. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Upper Morava Valley. The Moštěnka River flows through the municipality. History The first written mention of Žalkovice is from 1221, when Moravian Margrave Vladislaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Vladislaus III donated the village to the monastery in Velehrad. The monastery owned Žalkovice until 1397, then it was a property of various less important noblemen. In the mid-16th century, Žalkovice became part of the Chropyně estate. In 1615, the estate was bought by Cardinal Franz von Dietrichstein. From 1617 until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1848, Žalkovice and the entire estate was owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc, Olomouc bishopric. Demographics Transport The D1 motorway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moštěnka
The Moštěnka is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Morava River. It flows through the Zlín and Olomouc regions. It is long. Etymology The name is derived from the village of Horní Moštěnice. The river also used to be called Stvola after a willow-trees species (''stvola'' in Old Slavic). Characteristic The Moštěnka originates in the territory of Loukov in the Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains at an elevation of and flows to Kroměříž, where it enters the Morava River at an elevation of . It is long. Its drainage basin has an area of . The average discharge at its mouth is . The longest tributaries of the Moštěnka are: In addition to its tributaries, the Moštěnka also receives water from the Bečva River through the Malá Bečva canal. It was built to power the water mill in Chropyně, to operate irrigation systems and to supply water reservoirs. It is long and joins the Moštěnka shortly before its confluence with the Morava. Course The river ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kroměříž District
Kroměříž District () is a Okres, district in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Kroměříž. Administrative division Kroměříž District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended competence, administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Kroměříž, Bystřice pod Hostýnem and Holešov. List of municipalities Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Bařice-Velké Těšany - Bezměrov - Blazice - Bořenovice - Brusné - Břest - Bystřice pod Hostýnem - Cetechovice - Chomýž - Chropyně - Chvalčov - Chvalnov-Lísky - Dřínov (Kroměříž District), Dřínov - Holešov - Honětice - Horní Lapač - Hoštice (Kroměříž District), Hoštice - Hulín - Jankovice (Kroměříž District), Jankovice - Jarohněvice - Karolín - Komárno (Kroměříž District), Komárno - Koryčany - Kostelany - Kostelec u Holešova - Kroměříž - Kunkovice - Kurovice - Kvasice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velehrad
Velehrad is a municipality and village in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. It is known for the former Cistercian monastery with the Basilica of the Assumption of Mary and Saints Cyril and Methodius, which is the most famous Christian pilgrimage site in the country. Geography Velehrad is located about northwest of Uherské Hradiště and southwest of Zlín. It lies mostly in the Chřiby highlands, only the southernmost part of the municipal territory extends into the Kyjov Hills. The highest point is the hill Kamenný kopec at above sea level. The built-up area lies in the valley of the Salaška Stream. History The first written mention of Velingrad is from 1141. It was however the old name of neighbouring Staré Město (Uherské Hradiště District), Staré Město, from which the name Velehrad was derived. In 1205, Moravian Margrave Vladislaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Vladislaus III founded here a Cistercians, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |