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Horní Heršpice
Horní Heršpice (, lit. 'Upper Heršpice') is a municipal part and cadastral territory in the south part of the city of Brno, Czech Republic. It has an area of 3.77 km2. Originally its own municipality, it was annexed into Brno in 1919, since November 24, 1990 it has been part of the city district of Brno-jih. About 2,100 people live here. Etymology The original form of the village name was Jarošovici (later Jarošovice) derived from the personal name Jaroš, which was a domestic form of one of the names beginning with Jaro (Jaroslav Jaroslav (also written as Yaroslav or Jarosław in other Slavic languages) is a Czech and Slovak first name, pagan in origin. Its feminine form is Jaroslava. There are several possible origins of the name Jaroslav. It is very likely that origi ..., Jaromir, Jaromír, Jarohněv, etc.). The meaning of the local name was "Jaroš's people". Heršpice developed from the German variant of the name (''Jerspitz''), which, among other things, sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of Brno
The city of Brno is divided into 29 city districts, which are further subdivided into 48 cadastral territories. Map City districts Cadastral territories References {{Reflist Brno-City District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosice
Rosice (; ) is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,800 inhabitants. Geography Rosice is located about southwest of Brno. It lies mostly in the Boskovice Furrow valley. The northwestern part of the municipal territory extends into the Křižanov Highlands and includes the highest point of Rosice at above sea level. The Bobrava River flows through the town. History The first written mention of Rosice is from 1259. The most prominent owners of the estate were the Zierotins, who acquired it in 1562 and built a castle here. In 1907, Rosice was promoted to a town by Franz Joseph I of Austria. Demographics Transport The D1 motorway from Prague to Brno runs northeast of Rosice, just outside the municipal territory. The I/23 road, which connects the D1 motorway with Třebíč, passes through the town. Rosice is located on the railway line Brno–Třebíč. Sport The local football club FC Slovan Rosice plays in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tram
A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated Right-of-way (property access), right-of-way. The tramlines or tram networks operated as public transport are called tramways or simply trams/streetcars. Because of their close similarities, trams are commonly included in the wider term ''light rail'', which also includes systems separated from other traffic. Tram vehicles are usually lighter and shorter than Main line (railway), main line and rapid transit trains. Most trams use electrical power, usually fed by a Pantograph (transport), pantograph sliding on an overhead line; older systems may use a trolley pole or a bow collector. In some cases, a contact shoe on a third rail is used. If necessary, they may have dual power systems—electricity in city stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OBI (retail Chain)
OBI GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG is a German multinational home improvement supplies retailing company. It is headquartered in Wermelskirchen and operates 668 stores in Europe, of which 351 are in Germany. History Obi was founded in 1970 by Emil Lux, Manfred Maus and Klaus Birker with the opening of the first Obi store in the Alstertal shopping center in Hamburg-Poppenbüttel. In 1985 the Tengelmann Group acquired a majority stake in Obi. The share was increased in 2007 by buying the shares of the Lux founding family. Obi has been present in Switzerland since 1999, in partnership with the Migros cooperative. It formerly had operated 13 stores in mainland China but these were sold to B&Q in 2005. The company expanded in Romania in 2008, where it opened 7 stores until 2010. Due to the economic crisis and the small market share, the company decided in 2014 to close the stores, 5 of which were sold to Jumbo. Also in 2008 the company opened the first 2 stores in Ukraine, fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moravany (Brno-Country District)
Moravany () is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,600 inhabitants. Geography Moravany is located south of Brno, in its immediate vicinity. It lies on the border between the Dyje–Svratka Valley and Bobrava Highlands. The highest point is at above sea level. The Bobrava River flows along the southeastern municipal border. History The first written mention of Moravany is from 1289. The village was owned by the Cistercians, Cistercian monastery in Staré Brno until its abolishment in 1782, then the owners often changed. Demographics The population of Moravany has almost tripled since 2001. Transport The D1 motorway (Czech Republic), D1 motorway from Prague to Brno passes through the territory of Moravany. Sights The main landmark of Moravany is the Church of Saint Wenceslaus. It has an early Gothic core from the first half of the 13th century. It was rebuilt into its current Baroque form in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D1 Motorway (Czech Republic)
The D1 motorway () is the main motorway of the Czech Republic. It routes from Prague to Brno and on to the Polish border, although there is currently a small section still under construction. Once completed its length will be . It is the busiest motorway in the Czech Republic, with a maximum AADT of 99,000 vehicles per day near Prague. Chronology First attempt The Munich Agreement in 1938 deprived the country of some fundamental road and rail routes. The government rushed to prepare three major infrastructure projects: the Havlíčkův Brod, Německý Brod – Brno railway; the Plzeň – Ostrava road; and a 4-lane highway from Prague to Velykyy Bychkiv, Velký Bočkov (on the Czechoslovak – Romanian border). On 23 December 1938 the government issued Decree no. 372/1938 Coll. concerning the construction of motorways, establishing the General Motorway Directorate. This decree called for construction of an east-west motorway within four years. As of January 1939, the Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svratka (river)
The Svratka (; ) is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Thaya River. It flows through the Vysočina Region, Vysočina and South Moravian Region, South Moravian regions, including the city of Brno. It is long, making it the 9th longest river in the Czech Republic. Etymology According to one theory, the name originates from the Proto-Slavic language, Proto-Slavic verb ''vort'' (''vrátit'' in modern Czech), which meant "to return". It denoted "a returning river" (which meant meandering river). Another theory is that the name was derived from the Germanic ''Swarta'', which meant "black water". Sometimes the river was colloquially referred to as ''Švarcava'' or ''Švorcava''. Characteristic The Svratka originates in the territory of Cikháj in the Upper Svratka Highlands at an elevation of and flows to the Nové Mlýny reservoirs, where it enters the Thaya River in Dolní Věstonice at an elevation of . It is long, making it the List of rivers of the Czech Repub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Štýřice
Štyřice is a municipal part and cadastral territory southwest of the center of the Brno, Czech Republic. It has an area of 3.33 km². The territory of modern Štýřice was annexed to Brno in 1850. Since November 24, 1990, Štýřice has been part of the city district of Brno-střed. About 8,600 people live here. It lies south of the river Svratka. History In 2017, during research on Vojtová street, archaeologists discovered the remains of a temporary camp for the Roman legions, which apparently protected the ford over the Svratka for a short time. A moat with a rampart approximately 70 meters long that protected the site and several Roman objects were uncovered. The camp was dated to the years 172–180, i.e. to the period of the Marcomannic Wars. Description The axis of Štýřice is represented by Vídeňská street, which is home to a number of large companies and several shops, including a Albert hypermarket. Together with the local Jihlavská and Heršpická streets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komárov (Brno)
Komárov (, Hantec: ''Komec'') is a municipal part and cadastral territory in the south part of Brno, Czech Republic. It has an area of 1.66 km². Originally an independent municipality, it was annexed to Brno in 1919, since November 24, 1990 it has been part of the city district of Brno-jih. About 5,000 people live here. It lies between Svratka and Svitava. History The area of today's Komárov was annexed to Brno in two phases: on July 6, 1850, the territory originally belonging to Trnitá; and on April 16, 1919, on the basis of Act No. 213/1919 Coll., "on the merger of neighboring municipalities with Brno", the municipality of Komárov (including the former municipalities of Malá Mariacela and Petrohradská ulice) followed suit, as well as other parts of the modern cadastral territory. Description Komárov has an urban character, and as a district it was marked both by the development of industry and, in communist times, by the insensitive construction of a panel housi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolní Heršpice
Dolní Heršpice (lit. 'Lower Heršpice'; ) is a municipal part and cadastral territory in the south of the city of Brno, Czech Republic. Originally its own municipality, it was annexed into Brno in 1919, since 24 November 1990 it has been part of the city district of Brno-jih. Over 800 people live here. Etymology The original form of the village name was Jarošovice derived from the personal name Jaroš, which was a domestic form of one of the names beginning with Jaro- (Jaroslav, Jaromír, Jarohněv, etc.). The meaning of the name was "Jaroš's people". Heršpice developed from the German variant of the name (''Jerspitz''), which, among other things, shows a typical south Moravian substitution of the Czech ending -šovice for the German -spitz. Geography Dolní Heršpice has an area of 3.13 km2. It lies west of the Svratka River. In the south, Dolní Heršpice borders the cadastral territory of Přízřenice, in the west with the municipality of Moravany and the cadast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brno-Bohunice
Brno-Bohunice is a city district of Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic. It is made up of the cadastral territory of Bohunice. It is located in the southwest part of the city. It is first mentioned in 1237. It began growing rapidly at the beginning of the 18th century. In 1919, Bohunice officially became part of Brno, which meant further growth. Street names first appeared in 1925. In 1921, Bohunice had 202 houses and 1463 inhabitants. Today's statistics show that Bohunice had about 614 houses with 14,212 inhabitants as of 2021. Until 1975, Bohunice was just a small district at one end of the city of Brno, connected with the city center by a bus route. In the 1970s many housing developments were built, which increased the district's population to 13,000 by the end of the decade. Today, there are several tram lines, bus lines and trolleybus lines, which serve the transport to and from the city center. On its eastern side it neighbors the major Brno graveyard, the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brněnské Ivanovice
Brněnské Ivanovice (, Hantec: ''Nenovice'') is a municipal part and cadastral territory in the southeast of the city of Brno, Czech Republic. It has an area of 4.17 km². Originally its own municipality, it was annexed into Brno in 1919, and since November 24, 1990 it is part of the city district of Brno-Tuřany. Almost 1,500 people live here. Etymology The village was originally called Velenovice. At first, it was actually the name of its inhabitants, Velenovice, which was derived from the personal name Velen and meant "Velenovice's people". Already from the 13th century, there are documented phonetic variations of this name, Lvenovice (formed by shortening from the undocumented Levenovice) and Lenovoce. By simplifying the initial phonetic group Lv-, Lenovoce or Venovice was further modified by assimilation of consonants to Nenovice, which has survived as a folk name until the present day and was also adopted into German (Nenowitz). Another variant that developed from Lvenovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
