Ostrovačice (german: Schwarzkirchen) is a market town in

Brno-Country District Brno-Country District ( cs, okres Brno-venkov) is one of seven districts ('' okres'') within South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is in the city of Brno. The most populated town of the district is Kuřim. The distr ...

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 900 inhabitants.

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Ostrovák and was written as ''Ozstrovachovic'' (Ostrovákovice) in the oldest documents. The Latin name ''Nigra ecclesia'' and the German name ''Schwarzkirchen'' first appeared in the 1330s and mean 'black church'.

Geography

Ostrovačice is located about west 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 ...

. The western part of the municipal territory with the built-up area lies in the

Boskovice Furrow Boskovice (; german: Boskowitz) is a town in Blansko District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. The area of the historic town centre, Jewish quarter, château complex and castle ruin is well preser ...

. The eastern part lies in the

Bobrava Highlands Bobrava (russian: Бобрава) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Bobravskoye Rural Settlement, Rakityansky District, Belgorod Oblast Belgorod Oblast (russian: Белгоро́дская о́бласть, ''Belg ...

and includes the highest point of Ostrovačice at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Ostrovačice is from 1255. It was promoted to a market town by

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in 1842.

Demographics

Transport

The D1 motorway from

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 ...

to Brno passes through the municipal territory.

Sport

A part of the

Brno Circuit The Masaryk circuit ( cz, Masarykův okruh) or Masarykring, also referred to as the Brno Circuit, refers to two motorsport race tracks located in Brno, Czech Republic. The original street circuit was made up of public roads, and at its longest m ...

is situated in the territory of Ostrovačice.

Sights

The main landmark of Ostrovačice is the Church of Saints John the Baptist and Wenceslaus. It is originally a Romanesque church from the mid-13th century, rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1718–1719. Neoclassical and historicist modifications were made in 1803 and 1880.

Notable people

* Zdeněk Pololáník (born 1935), composer; works here

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ostrovacice Populated places in Brno-Country District Market towns in the Czech Republic