Královo Pole (German: ''Königsfeld'', in English meaning "King's Field") is one of the 4 municipal parts and cadastral territories of

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, a city district of

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, north from the city centre.

History

The first written record of Královo Pole comes from 1240, as a village (or literally a field) belonging to the king. A

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monastery was established here in late 14th century. Rapid development took place during the second half of the 19th century. It was started by the building of a sugar mill, followed by other industries, especially the ''Královopolská'' machine works. In 1885, Královo Pole was connected to the railway. In 1905 the settlement became a town (city). Soon after the

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it became a part of

. While the oldest part of Královo Pole down at the Ponávka brook retained its village look, the newly built-up area on a slope ascending westwards developed a cohesive urbanistic structure centered in the Slovanské náměstí ("The

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Square"), with Art Nouveau city blocks and functionalistic family houses. After World War II there was another development, housing estates were built south and later also north around. The railway with the station were relocated and some adjacent streets and blocks were rearranged.

Famous buildings

* Old monastery of Carthusians – today belongs to and has been reconstructed by the Faculty of Information Technology, University of Technology Brno. * IT park of the city and several university grounds. *

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's office in the Czech Republic. *

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's office in Czechoslovakia.

Geography

Královo Pole borders the cadastral territories of Medlánky and

Řečkovice Řečkovice (, Hantec slang, Hantec: ''Řečky/Řečkany'') is a municipal part and cadastral territory in the northern part of the city of Brno, Czech Republic. It has an area of 6.68 km². Originally an independent municipality, it was annexed to ...

to the north,

Sadová Sadová () is a municipality and village in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Etymology The name is derived from the Czech word ''sad'', i.e. 'orchard'. Geography Sadov� ...

and Lesná to the northeast,

Černá Pole Černá Pole (, Hantec: Blekfild, lit. 'Black Fields') is a municipal part and cadastral territory of Brno, Czech Republic, located in the central part of the city. It has an area of 2.46 km2. The territory of modern Černá Pole was gradually an ...

to the southeast,

Ponava Ponava is a municipal part and cadastral territory of Brno-Královo Pole, a city district of Brno, Czech Republic. The cadastral territory has an area of 1.6 km2. The territory of later Ponava was annexed to Brno in parts in 1850 and 1919. Ponava ...

to the south, and Žabovřesky and Komín to the west.

Territorial divisions

The cadastral territory of Královo Pole is further divided into 11 basic settlement units.

Demographics

Transportation

Královo Pole is connected with the Brno centre by several

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lines and one

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line. Another trolleybus line provides a tangential connection with city districts in the west. The Brno-Královo Pole railway station is served by local passenger trains and fast trains Brno-

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(via

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). A bus terminal is located in front of the station, with bus lines to the northern outskirts of Brno. The Brno outer ring road is tunneled west–east under the district and at the tunnel portals it crosses radial highways leading to

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