Židlochovice (; german: Groß Seelowitz) is a town in
Brno-Country District in the
South Moravian Region of the
Czech Republic. It has about 3,800 inhabitants.
Geography
Židlochovice lies approximately south of
Brno
Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...
. It is located in the valley of the river
Svratka.
History
The first written mention of Židlochovice is from 1237. Among the owners of the Židlochovice manor were the houses of
Pernštejn,
Zierotin,
Dietrichstein, and
Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...
. In 1873, Židlochovice was promoted to a town.
Until 1918, ''Groß-Seelowitz – Židlochovice'' (named ''Seelowitz'' before 1867) was part of the
Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the
compromise of 1867), in the ''Auspitz –
Hustopeče
Hustopeče (; german: Auspitz) is a town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,000 inhabitants. It is known for fruit and wine growing.
Etymology
The name of the town is derived from the name of ...
'' District, one of the 34 ''Bezirkshauptmannschaften'' in
Moravia.
Notable people
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John III of Pernstein (1487–1548), nobleman; died here
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Wenzel von Linhart
Wenzel von Linhart (6 June 1821, Seelowitz – 22 October 1877, Würzburg) was an Austrian surgeon.
He studied medicine in Vienna, where his influences included anatomist Christian Joseph Berres and surgeon Joseph Wattmann. From 1845 to 184 ...
(1821–1877), Austrian surgeon
*
Maurice Strakosch (1825–1887), American musician and impresario
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Manó Kogutowicz
Emanuel Kogutowicz, hu, Kogutowicz Manó (December 21, 1851, (Groß-) Seelowitz ( cs, Židlochovice), Moravia – December 22, 1908, Budapest) was a Hungarian cartographer, and the founder of the Hungarian Geographical Institute.
Care ...
(1851–1908), Hungarian cartographer
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Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856–1936), nobleman and supreme commander
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Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria
Archduke (feminine: Archduchess; German: ''Erzherzog'', feminine form: ''Erzherzogin'') was the title borne from 1358 by the Habsburg rulers of the Archduchy of Austria, and later by all senior members of that dynasty. It denotes a rank withi ...
(1860–1933), nobleman and admiral
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Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), nobleman and army commander
Twin towns – sister cities
Židlochovice is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
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Gbely
Gbely (German and Hungarian: ''Egbell'') is a town in the Skalica District, Trnava Region in western Slovakia, close to the Czech border.
History
The first written record about Gbely was in 1392. It gained town rights in the 16th–17th centurie ...
, Slovakia
*
Montevago, Italy
References
External links
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Populated places in Brno-Country District
Cities and towns in the Czech Republic