Velké Němčice
Velké Němčice | |
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| Coordinates: 48°59′30″N 16°40′20″E / 48.99167°N 16.67222°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
| Region | South Moravian |
| District | Břeclav |
| First mentioned | 1228 |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.97 km2 (8.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 180 m (590 ft) |
| Population (2026-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,886 |
| • Density | 85.84/km2 (222.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 691 63 |
| Website | www |
Velké Němčice (German: Groß Niemtschitz) is a market town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants.
Geography
Velké Němčice is located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Břeclav and 22 km (14 mi) south of Brno. Most of the municipal territory lies in the Dyje–Svratka Valley, but it also extends into the Ždánice Forest range in the east and to the Lower Morava Valley in the south. The highest point is at 337 m (1,106 ft) above sea level. The market town is situated on the left bank of the Svratka River.
History
The first written mention of Velké Němčice is in a deed of King Ottokar I from 1228. Until 1550, the village was owned by the monastery in Velehrad, but in 1423–1550, the monastery rented the village to various nobles, including Vilém II of Pernštejn. In 1549, Velké Němčice was promoted to a market town. In 1562, Emperor Ferdinand I promoted Velké Němčice to a town with the condition of building town walls, but they were not built, so Velké Němčice remained just a market town.[2]
Approximately in the years 1528–1600, the community of Anabaptists lived here. Velké Němčice was badly damaged during the Bocskai uprising in 1605 and during the Thirty Years' War. Further suffering followed in 1705 during the Rákóczi's War of Independence. In 1726, a large fire damaged the market town. In 1774, Velké Němčice was bought by the Dietrichstein family and annexed to the Židlochovice estate, which remained so until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1848.[2]
Demographics
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Transport
The D2 motorway (part of the European route E65) from Brno to the Czech–Slovak border in Lanžhot runs through the municipal territory.
Sights
The main landmark of Velké Němčice is the Church of Saints Wenceslaus and Vitus. It was originally a Gothic church with a Romanesque core, but it was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War. Before 1652, it was completely rebuilt in the late Renaissance style, which is unique for the region.[5]
References
- ↑ "Population in municipalities as at 1. 1". DataStat. Czech Statistical Office. 2026-05-18.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Historie Velkých Němčic v datech" (in čeština). Městys Velké Němčice. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ↑ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ↑ "Kostel sv. Václava a Víta" (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
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