Zastávka is a municipality and village in
Brno-Country District in the
South Moravian Region of the
Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants.
Etymology
The word ''zastávka'' means 'stop' or 'station' in Czech. The name of the village refers to an inn of that name that once stood here.
Geography
Zastávka 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 ...
. It lies on the border between 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
Boskovice Furrow. The Habřina stream flows through the municipality. Almost the entire area of the small municipal territory is built up.
History
The first written mention of the name Zastávka is from 1775, when there was an inn, but the village did not exist yet. The village was founded as a result of black coal mining, which began here in 1788 and lasted for 180 years. The municipality was established in 1875 and originally named Boží Požehnání after the mine. Since 1920, it has been named Zastávka.
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Demographics
Transport
The I/23 road (the section from Brno to Třebíč) passes through the municipality.
Zastávka is located on the railway line Brno–Třebíč.
Sights
There are no protected cultural monuments
Cultural heritage management (CHM) is the vocation and practice of managing cultural heritage. It is a branch of cultural resources management (CRM), although it also draws on the practices of cultural conservation, building restoration, restorat ...
in the municipality. The main landmark is the Chapel of Saint John the Baptist that dates from 1911.
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Villages in Brno-Country District
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