Lanžhot (german: Landshut) is a town in Břeclav District 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 3,600 inhabitants. It is the southernmost

Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The m ...

n town.

Etymology

The original Latin name ''Lanczhut'' and the German name ''Landshut'' meant "land guard", referring to its location on the border between

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

and

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

. The Czech name is transcription of the original name.

Geography

Lanžhot is situated in the Lower Morava Valley. The municipal territory is located on the border with

and

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

. The eastern border (with Slovakia) is formed by the Morava and the western border (with Austria) is partly formed by the

Thaya The Thaya ( cs, Dyje ) is a river in Central Europe, the longest tributary to the river Morava. Its drainage basin is . It is ( with its longest source river German Thaya) long and meanders from west to east in the border area between Lower Au ...

. Their confluence forms the

tripoint A tripoint, trijunction, triple point, or tri-border area is a geographical point at which the boundaries of three countries or subnational entities meet. There are 175 international tripoints as of 2020. Nearly half are situated in rivers, l ...

of the Czech Republic, Austria and Slovakia. Other notable watercourses in Lanžhot are Kyjovka and Svodnice.

History

The first written mention of Lanžhot is from 1384.

Transport

The D2 motorway goes through Lanžhot. There are two road border crossings and one rail border crossing with Slovakia.

Notable people

* Edmund von Krieghammer (1832–1906), Austrian general * Antonín Bartoš (1910–1998), soldier and resistance fighter

Twin towns – sister cities

Lanžhot is twinned with: *

Rabensburg Rabensburg is a town in the district of Mistelbach in the Austrian state of Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the no ...

, Austria

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lanzhot Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Břeclav District Czech Republic–Slovakia border crossings