Pařezovice () is a village and municipal part of

Vyškov Vyškov (; ) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 21,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Vyškov consists of 13 mun ...

, a town in

Vyškov District Vyškov District () is a Okres, district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Vyškov. Administrative division Vyškov District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with ext ...

of the

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of the

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. Cadastrally, it lies in

Lhota Lhota is a Czech geographical name. It is the most common name for villages in the Czech Republic. Geography There are 309 villages that contain Lhota or Lhotka (diminutive form of Lhota) in their name, which makes it the most common name of vil ...

. It has about 40 inhabitants. It is located northwest of Vyškov and from

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 ...

History

Pařezovice was founded in 1766 on the site of a cut-down forest. During the

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in 1941, the inhabitants of 33 municipalities were evicted from the

Drahany Highlands Drahany is a market town in Prostějov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Etymology According to one theory, the name is derived from the personal name Drahan. According to other theory, it is deriv ...

, including Pařezovice. The village was merged with

and in 1964 with

Rychtářov Rychtářov () is a former village, today a part of the town of Vyškov in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located approximately north of Vyškov and north-east of Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city ...

. All of the three settlements later became part of Vyškov.

Demographics

Monuments

* Stone chapel built in memory of its founders Marie and Antonie Lusková, the founders of the chapel * Stone cross in front of the chapel

References

{{Reflist Villages in Vyškov District