Hoštice-Heroltice is a municipality in

Vyškov District Vyškov District ( cs, okres Vyškov) is one of seven districts (''okres'') within South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Vyškov. Complete list of municipalities Bohaté Málkovice - Bohdalice-Pavlovice - Bošov ...

in the

South Moravian Region The South Moravian Region ( cs, Jihomoravský kraj; , ; sk, Juhomoravský kraj) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-western part of its historical region of Moravia (an exception is Jobova Lhota which trad ...

of the

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. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The municipality is made up of villages of Hoštice and Heroltice. The two villages are urbanistically fused.

Geography

Hoštice-Heroltice is located about east of

Vyškov Vyškov (; german: Wischau) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Vyškov ...

and northeast 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 lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the

Vyškov Gate The Vyškov Gate ( cs, Vyškovská brána, pl, Brama Wyszkówska, german: Wischau Pforte, sk, Vyškovská brána) is a geomorphological feature in the Moravia (Czech Republic). It is formed by the depression between the Western Carpathian Moun ...

. The municipality is situated on the left bank of the Haná River.

History

The first written mention of Hoštice is from 1445, Heroltice was first mentioned in 1349. Hoštice and Heroltice were merged into one municipality in 1942.

Transport

The D1 motorway runs through the southern part of the municipality.

Notable people

Klement Gottwald Klement Gottwald (; 23 November 1896 – 14 March 1953) was a Czech communist politician, who was the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1929 until his death in 1953–titled as general secretary until 1945 and as chairman from ...

(1896–1953), politician and President of Czechoslovakia; possible birthplace *

Pavel Zedníček Pavel Zedníček (born 1 November 1949 in Hoštice-Heroltice Hoštice-Heroltice is a municipality in Vyškov District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Administrative parts The municipality is ma ...

(born 1949), actor *

Milan Petržela Milan Petržela (born 19 June 1983) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a winger for Czech First League club 1. FC Slovácko. He has played for the Czech Republic national team. Career Petržela grew up in the South Moravian villa ...

(born 1983), footballer

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hostice Heroltice Villages in Vyškov District