Moravany is a municipality and village in

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in the

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of the

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. It has about 1,900 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Čeradice, Moravanský, Platěnice, Platěnsko and Turov are administrative parts of Moravany.

Geography

Moravany is located about east of

Pardubice Pardubice (; german: Pardubitz) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 89,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monu ...

. It lies in the

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, on the edge of the

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region. The river Loučná flows through the municipality. The flooded quarry called Duhový Pond is located north of the village of Moravany.

History

The first written mention of Moravany is from 1244, when there already was a stronghold with a small settlement around it. In the 16th and 17th century there were many ponds but they were later dried during the German colonization and during the reign of Joseph II in 1782 they were turned into arable and given to settlers, mainly to the German ones. In 1806 the Crown Prince passed through Moravany, later known as the Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria. The settlers solicited designation of a priest and the building of a rectory although the foundation of a new church had been laid down in 1782 after the old one had burned to the ground. The rectory was then built in 1808. There were two bells in the steeple until the 1816 when one of them was taken away for military purposes. The church as it stands now was built in the 1920s in the place of the burned church. The railway was built in 1845.

Demographics

Transport

Moravany lies on the railway intersection of the railways

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–

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(main Czech railway corridor) and

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– Borohrádek.

Sights

The most significant monument is the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. It is a late Baroque building from 1782. It includes a

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of the coronation of the Virgin Mary by

Josef Kramolín Josef Kramolín (11 April 1730 – 27 April 1802) was a Czech Jesuit brother and painter. He primarily painted religious-themed frescoes. Early life The registry records in Nymburk parish show a record of the baptism of 12 April 1730. He was ...

. The 50th

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passes through Moravany. It is marked with a plaque on the Hrdinů Square.

References

External links

* {{authority control Moravany