Brno-Kníničky is a city district on the northwestern edge of the city of

Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...

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. It consists of the municipal part and cadastral territory of Kníničky (), originally a municipality that was annexed into Brno in 1960. Its covers an area of 10.93 km. The city district was established on 24 November 1990. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.

Name

Historical development of the name Kníničky is as follows: * 1436 - Malé Knehyničky * 1475 - Malé Knihničky * 1538 - Malé Knihniczky * 1559 - Malé Knijhniczky * 1573 - Malé Knihniczky * 1609 - Kynicžky * 1611 - Malé Kinitcki * 1674 - Klein Künitz * 1718 - Klein Künitz * 1720 - Maly Kinižky * 1728 - Parvo Kinitio * 1751 - Klein Kunitz * 1846 - Klein Künitz * 1872 - Klein Kinitz * 1872 - Kyničky * 1924 - Kníničky

History

Kníničky acquired its current boundaries during the cadastral reform of Brno in the second half of the 1960s, gaining a small part of Bystrc, the cancelled cadastral territories of Moravské Knínice I and

Rozdrojovice Rozdrojovice is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. Rozdrojovice lies approximately north-west of Brno and south-east of Prague Prague ( ; ...

I, a small part of

Veverská Bítýška Veverská Bítýška is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,500 inhabitants. Etymology The name Bítýška is a diminutive of Bíteš (compared with the nearby Velká Bíteš). It is d ...

I and the northern part of Chudčice I. for a change, the eastern part of Kníničky along the Mniší potok was moved to Bystrc. On July 15, 1976, Kníničky was annexed into the Brno II district, within which it remained until 1990, when Kníničky became the current city district of Brno-Kníničky. The main topics of local discourse today include the construction of the D43 motorway and the project for a new entrance area to the Brno Zoo.

Geography

Kníničky, located by the

Brno Reservoir The Brno Reservoir, previously known as the Kníničky Reservoir (, also known as ''Prýgl'' in Hantec slang) is a reservoir on the Svratka River at the northwest edge of the city of Brno, Czech Republic. The construction of a dam on the 56th ki ...

on the left bank of the river Svratka, still retains its village character. Kníničky's built-up area is located at the eastern border of the city district at the foot of Mniší hora. Kníničky also includes a part of the Brno Reservoir. Approximately two-thirds of Kníničky is covered by Podkomorské lesy, which extends west of the built-up area. Brno-Kníničky borders the municipality of

in the north, the city district of

Brno-Bystrc Bystrc ( Hantec: Bástr) is a city district of Brno in the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the sou ...

in the east, south and southwest, the municipality of

in the west, and Chudčice and Moravské Knínice in the northwest. For the purposes of the Senate elections, Brno-Kníničky is included in electoral district 55 of

Brno-City District Brno-City District () is a district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. The district is coterminous with the city of Brno. Geography Brno-City District has a hilly and forested character in the northwestern part and flat and defore ...

Territorial divisions

The cadastral territory of Kníničky is further divided into 5 basic settlement units.

Demographics

Transport

The bus lines 302 and N89 (night time only) go through Kníničky.

References

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