Veverská Bítýška is a town in
Brno-Country District in the
South Moravian Region of the
Czech Republic. It has about 3,500 inhabitants.
Geography
Veverská Bítýška is located about northwest 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 on the
Svratka River, at its confluence with the Bílý Stream. It lies mostly in the
Boskovice Furrow. The western part of the municipal territory lies in the
Křižanov Highlands
The Křižanov Highlands ( cs, Křižanovská vrchovina, german: Krischanauer Bergland) is a highland and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Vysočina Region.
Geomorphology
The Křižanov Highlands i ...
and includes the highest point of Veverská Bítýška, a hill with an altitude of .
History
The first written mention of Veverská Bítýška is from 1376. It was named after the nearby
Veveří Castle. In 1521, it was promoted to a
market town.
Veverská Bítýška has been given the town status effective 27 August 2018.
Notable people
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Marie Kudeříková
Marie Kudeříková (also known as Maruška Kudeříková) (24 March 1921, Vnorovy, Czechoslovakia – 26 March 1943 Wrocław, Nazi Germany (today Poland)) was a student active in the Czech resistance to Nazi occupation during World War II. I ...
(1921–1943), resistance fighter; lived here
References
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Populated places in Brno-Country District
Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
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