Mrákotín () is a market town in

Jihlava District Jihlava District () is a district in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Jihlava. Administrative division Jihlava District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 900 inhabitants. It is known for

granite Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ...

quarrying.

Administrative division

Mrákotín consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Mrákotín (766) *Dobrá Voda (61) *Praskolesy (19)

Etymology

The name of the village was derived from the personal name Mrákota.

Geography

Mrákotín is located about southwest of

Jihlava Jihlava (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava (river), Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. Historically, Jihla ...

. It lies on the border between the

Křižanov Highlands The Křižanov Highlands (, ) is a highland and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Vysočina Region. Geomorphology The Křižanov Highlands is a mesoregion of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands within ...

and

Javořice Highlands The Javořice Highlands (, ) is a mountain range in the Czech Republic. The highlands, together with the Jevišovice Highlands threshold, form the Western-Moravian part of Moldanubian Zone - east south part of Bohemian Massif. Geography The Javo ...

. The highest point is the Javořice mountain at above sea level, which is the highest peak of the Javořice Highlands and of the whole

Bohemian-Moravian Highlands The Bohemian-Moravian Highlands (, colloquially ''Vysočina''; ) is a geomorphological macroregion and highland in the Czech Republic. Its highest peaks are the Javořice at and Devět skal in the north (). The Bohemian-Moravian Heights were p ...

area. The Myslůvka stream flows through the market town. The territory is rich in fishponds.

History

The first written mention of Mrákotín is from 1385. It is not certain when the village was promoted to a

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rura ...

. It is first referred to as a market town on a seal from 1569.

Demographics

Economy

Mrákotín is known for to

quarrying. About of granite are mined annually in the local quarry.

Transport

The I/23 road from

Třebíč Třebíč (; ) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 35,000 inhabitants. The beginnings of the town's history are connected with the establishment of a Benedictines, Benedictine monastery, where the castle is loca ...

Jindřichův Hradec Jindřichův Hradec (; ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 21,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urb ...

passes through the market town.

Sights

The main landmark of Mrákotín is the Church of Saint Giles. The originally Gothic church was first documented in 1398. In 1806–1807, it was rebuilt in the Neoclassical style. The Church of Saint Joachim is located at Dobrá Voda. It is an early Baroque church from 1682.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mrakotin Populated places in Jihlava District Market towns in the Czech Republic