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Sněžné (Žďár Nad Sázavou District)
Sněžné (until 1948 Německé; ) is a market town in Žďár nad Sázavou District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants. Administrative division Sněžné consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Sněžné (541) *Blatiny (46) *Krátká (21) *Milovy (30) *Podlesí (18) *Samotín (21) *Vříšť (41) Vříšť forms an Enclave and exclave, exclave of the municipal territory. Geography Sněžné is located about northeast of Žďár nad Sázavou and northwest of Brno. It lies in the Upper Svratka Highlands. The highest point is the Křovina hill at above sea level. The Svratka (river), Svratka River forms the northern municipal border. There are two fishponds in the municipality, Milovský and Nový. The whole municipal territory lies within the Žďárské vrchy Protected Landscape Area. History The first written mention of Sněžné (called Německé at that time) is from 1335. In the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Městys
Městys (or, unofficially or obsolete, městečko iterally "small town", translated as " market town", is a status conferred on certain municipalities in the Czech Republic, lying in terms of size and importance higher than that of simple ''obec'' (municipality) but lower than that of ''město'' (city, town). Historically, a ''městys'' was a locality that had the right to stage livestock markets (and some other "extraordinary" and annual markets), and it is therefore translated as "market town". The term went out of official use in Czechoslovakia in 1954 but was reintroduced in the Czech Republic in 2006. As of September 2020, there are 228 municipalities on which the status of ''městys'' has been re-admitted. In all cases, these are municipalities that have requested the return of their former title. This title has not been newly awarded to any municipality that would not have it in the past—the law does not even set any specific criteria for it, only procedural competenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |