Vranová is a municipality and village in

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

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

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 south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Etymology

The village was probably named after its ''

lokator The ''lokator'' (lat. ''locator'': landlord, land allocator, from Latin to allocate, rent, establish, settle or locate; also ''magister incolarum''; in Mecklenburg and Pomerania also or , similar to the ''Reutemeister'' in South Germany) was a ...

'', whose name was Vrána.

Geography

Vranová is located about north of

Blansko Blansko (; ) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Svitava River on the border of the Moravian Karst. It is mainly an industrial town. Administrative division Blansko consi ...

and north 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 ...

. It lies in the

Upper Svratka Highlands The Upper Svratka Highlands (, ) is a mountain range in Moravia, Czech Republic. The Highlands, together with the Křižanov Highlands threshold, form the Western-Moravian part of Moldanubian Zone – east south part of Bohemian Massif. Geogra ...

. The highest point is the hill Fadrnák at above sea level. The municipality is situated on the shore of the Letovice Reservoir, which is built on the

Křetínka The Křetínka is a river in the Czech Republic, a right tributary of the Svitava River. It flows through the South Moravian and Pardubice regions. It is long. Etymology The river is named after the village of Křetín, located in the middle c ...

River.

History

The first written mention of Vranová is from 1398. It belonged to the

Letovice Letovice () is a town in Blansko District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,100 inhabitants. Administrative division Letovice consists of 17 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): * ...

estate and shared its owners.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipal territory.

Sights

Vranová is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is a homestead from the 19th century, one of the last examples of the local folk architecture.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vranova Villages in Blansko District