Kunovice
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| Basic data | |||||
| State : |
 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Zlínský kraj | ||||
| District : | Uherské Hradiště | ||||
| Area : | 2854 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 2 ' N , 17 ° 28' E | ||||
| Height: | 198 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 5,606 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 686 04 | ||||
| License plate : | Z | ||||
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| Street: | Uherské Hradiště - Veselí nad Moravou | ||||
| Railway connection: |
Brno – Vlárský průsmyk Kunovice – Staré Město u Uherského Hradiště |
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Jiří Vařecha (as of 2009) | ||||
| Address: | náměstí Svobody 361 686 04 Kunovice |
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| Municipality number: | 550744 | ||||
| Website : | www.mesto-kunovice.cz | ||||
Kunovice (German Kunowitz , older also Cunowitz , Conowitz , Chunitz , Kunitz , Chunowitz ) is a city in the Czech Republic . It is located three kilometers south of Uherské Hradiště and belongs to the Okres Uherské Hradiště .
geography
Kunovice is located in Moravian Slovakia on the left side of the Olšava in the Upper Moravian Valley ( Hornomoravský úval ) the March , which flows west of the city. The hills of the Hlucká pahorkatina rise to the southeast. The Petříkovec brook flows south of the town . The state road I / 55 from Uherské Hradiště to Veselí nad Moravou and the railway line Brno – Vlárský průsmyk lead through Kunovice . I / 50 / E 50 runs north between Buchlovice and Uherský Brod . To the west of Kunovice are the Kunovice airfield and the Záhony industrial area, where the aircraft manufacturers Evektor and LET are based.
Neighboring towns are Uherské Hradiště and Sady in the north, Vésky in the northeast, Míkovice in the east, Hluk in the southeast, Ostrožská Lhota in the south, Novoveské Lázně, Ostrožská Nová Ves and Nedakonice in the southwest, Kostelany nad Moravou in the west and Zlechov in the north-west.
history
Due to the strategic location, it is assumed that at the time of at the site of the city of Great Moravia a settlement in the vicinity of the major fortified settlement Weligrad was. After the disintegration of Great Moravia, a spiritual and administrative center was established in the border area of the Přemyslid dominion .
The first written mention of Cunovicz comes from a document issued here by Prince Heinrich Břetislav III. for the monastery Hradisko from 1196. At that time there was a border castle against the Hungarians near Kunowitz. When Ottokar II Přemysl founded the royal town of Nový Veligrad on a southeastern river island in the March, the king transferred the market rights of Veligrad-Staré Město and Kunowitz to the new town. In the 15th century Kunowitz was again referred to as a town. In addition to the sovereign castle, there was a fortress, the owners of which were alternated by different sexes, four of which were named Kunowitz ( z Kunovic ). Since the middle of the 15th century Kunovice belonged to the Duchek von Bydžov family. In 1609 the Kunovice manor was attached to Ostroh . After the Battle of the White Mountain it was confiscated and in 1625 it was given to Gundaker von Liechtenstein for loyal service. The princes of Liechtenstein remained landlords until the middle of the 19th century. In the 18th century, Kunowitz had the privilege of holding four annual markets and one weekly market. In the years 1805, 1806 and 1809 the town was sacked when troops marched through. In 1831 cholera broke out.
After the abolition of patrimonial Kunovice formed a market town in the Hungarian Hradisch district from 1850 . The place was dominated by agriculture, fruit, wine and vegetable growing dominated.
In 1884 the community received a train station on the Hungarian Hradisch – Hungarian Brod local railway operated by the Austrian Local Railway Company. With the completion of the Wlarabahn (Brünn – Wlarapass) in 1887, Kunowitz became a railway junction.
The location at a railway junction led to the settlement of food factories and brick factories. In 1936, the AVIA company from Letňany near Kunivice set up a repair shop for aircraft. The aircraft manufacturer LET emerged from this in 1952 . In 1954 Kunovice was incorporated into Uherské Hradiště , but received its independence back at the beginning of 1961. 1972 was a new incorporation to Uherské Hradiště. In 1990 Kunovice broke away from Uherské Hradiště. In 1993 the international airfield Kunovice was opened, which is so far the only one in Zlínský kraj . 1997 Kunovice was raised to the city.
The football club FK Kunovice is located in Kunovice and played in the second division for a while in the 2000s.
Economy and education
Kunovice is now a center of aircraft construction. LET - Aircraft Industries, as went bankrupt in 2000. In 2006 the company renamed Aircraft Industries Kunovice (AIK) started production again. The aircraft manufacturer Evektor, spol. s ro based.
In 1999 the private university Evropský polytechnický institut (European Polytechnic Institute) was founded in Kunovice, which has had branches in Hodonín since 2003 and in Kroměříž since 2009 .
City structure
No districts are shown for the city of Kunovice.
Town twinning
- Pocheon , South Korea
- Stará Turá , Slovakia
Attractions
- Church of St. Peter and Paul, built in 1517, was rebuilt and enlarged between 1759 and 1761
- Manorial court, the Kunovice Castle, which has been documented since 1592, was redesigned into an economic court under the princes of Liechtenstein. In 1995 the manor in the center of the village was declared a cultural monument
- Chapel of the Virgin Mary from the first half of the 18th century, by the church
- Statue of St. Florian, created in 1777, in front of the church
- Aviation Museum
- Former elementary school on the market, built in 1886, today the seat of the European Polytechnic Institute
