Kněždub is a municipality and village in
Hodonín District
Hodonín District ( cs, okres Hodonín) is one of seven districts (''okres'') within South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Hodonín.
The main river of the district is the Morava, which geographically divides the ...
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
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Kněždub lies approximately east of
Hodonín
Hodonín (; german: Göding) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Hodonín is made up of only one administrative part.
Geography
Hodonín is located about southeast ...
, south-east 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 ...
, and south-east of
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
.
Demographics
Notable people
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Joža Uprka
Joža Uprka (26 October 1861, Kněždub – 12 January 1940, Hroznová Lhota) was a Czech painter and graphic artist, whose work combines elements of Impressionism and Art Nouveau to document the folklife of Southern Moravia.
Biography
He was b ...
(1861–1940), painter
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František Uprka
František Uprka (8 September 1868, in Kněždub – 26 January 1929, in Tuchoměřice) was a Czech sculptor, the younger brother of folklife painter Joža Uprka. He was usually called by his nickname, Franta.
Life and work
He was one of four ...
(1868–1929), sculptor
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Antoš Frolka
Antoš Frolka (13 June 1877 – 8 June 1935), was a Czech painter of folk scenes.
Biography
Frolka was born in Kněždub in South Moravia. From a poor family, he was partly self-taught, and partly taught by Joža Uprka. He tried and failed to s ...
(1877–1935), painter
References
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Villages in Hodonín District
Moravian Slovakia
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