Velká nad Veličkou () is a municipality and village in

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

in the

South Moravian Region The South Moravian Region (; , ; ), or just South Moravia, is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-western part of its historical region of Moravia. The region's capital is Brno, th ...

of the

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. It has about 2,800 inhabitants.

Geography

Velká nad Veličkou is located about east of

Hodonín Hodonín (; ) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. Geography Hodonín is located about southeast of Brno, on the border with Slovakia. It lies in a flat landscape of the Lower Morava Va ...

and west of

Trenčín Trenčín (, also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is a List of towns in Slovakia, city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech Republic, Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a populati ...

. It lies in the

White Carpathians The White Carpathians (; ; ) are a mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, part of the Carpathians. They are part of the macroregion of Slovak-Moravian Carpathians, stretching from the Váh river and the Little Carpat ...

mountain range. The highest point is the hill Háj at above sea level. The Velička River flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Velká nad Veličkou is from 1228. In 1370, the settlement was sold to Beneš of Kravaře and merged with the

Strážnice Strážnice () is a town in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,300 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, u ...

estate.

Demographics

Transport

Velká nad Veličkou is located on a railway line heading from Hodonín to

Vrbovce, Slovakia Vrbovce ( or ''Verbósz'') is a village stretching out in the protected landscape area of the White Carpathians in Myjava District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia, on the border with the Czech Republic. History Vrbovce was me ...

Culture

Velká nad Veličkou lies in the ethnographic region of Horňácko.

Sights

The landmark of Velká nad Veličkou is the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene. The original Gothic church was built in the 14th century. At the end of the 15th century, it was fortified and served as a refuge during raids from neighboring lands. After it was burned down by

Tatars Tatars ( )Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary are a group of Turkic peoples across Eas ...

in the 17th century, it was rebuilt in its current form in the mid-18th century. The church complex includes a wall around the church and a valuable statue of St. John of Nepomuk from 1747.

Notable people

* Eduard Urx (1903–1942), politician and journalist

Twin towns – sister cities

Velká nad Veličkou is twinned with: *

Nowy Dwór Gdański Nowy Dwor Gdanski (; ; formerly ) is a town in Poland on the Tuja river in the Żuławy Wiślane Żuławy Wiślane (plural from "żuława", meaning fen), in English known as the Vistula Fens, is the alluvial delta area of the river Vistula, in ...

, Poland

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Velka Nad Velickou Villages in Hodonín District Horňácko