Uherský Brod

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Uherský Brod
Coat of arms of Uherský Brod
Uherský Brod (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Zlínský kraj
District : Uherské Hradiště
Area : 5207 ha
Geographic location : 49 ° 2 '  N , 17 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '32 "  N , 17 ° 39' 1"  E
Height: 251  m nm
Residents : 16,493 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code : 687 34 - 688 01
traffic
Railway connection: Brno – Vlárský průsmyk
structure
Status: city
Districts: 5
administration
Mayor : Ing.Ferdinand Kubáník (as of 2014)
Address: Masarykovo nám. 100
688 17 Uherský Brod 1
Municipality number: 592731
Website : www.ub.cz

Uherský Brod ( German  Hungarian Brod ) is a town in the Zlínský kraj region in the Czech Republic . It is located in the Olšava valley opposite the confluence of the Nivnička .

history

Town hall, picture from 2007. Built 1703–1715. On the tower there is a clock by Franz Lang and the "Black Janek" from 1723

The place was first mentioned in 1140 as settlement Brod or Na brodě : The place name is derived from the ford at which the settlement was founded at a water crossing point over the Olšava. ( Brod means “ford” in various Slavic languages.) In 1272 King Ottokar II. Přemysl appointed Brod to the royal city . In 1509, Vladislav II gave the city to Johann von Kunowitz ( Jan z Kunovic ), whereby it lost the privileges of a royal city. In the 16th century the city experienced a great economic boom, which was hampered by the invasions of the Hungarians in the 17th century. A further decline occurred during the Thirty Years War , in which the city was largely destroyed and most of the evangelical citizens were driven out.

In the second half of the 17th century Brod was repopulated. In addition to Jews, there were also many Germans who made up the largest proportion of the population from the 18th century to the middle of the 19th century. In the 19th century the city consisted of three districts, the center, the Jewish part and the suburb, which together had about 3,000 inhabitants. Mainly Czech and German craftsmen, businessmen and employees lived in the town center. The suburb had an agricultural character.

Monument to Comenius in front of the museum

The city is considered to be one of the possible birthplaces of Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius), to whom the place dedicates an exceptionally extensive museum. The twinning with the Dutch municipality of Naarden is due to the fact that Comenius was buried there.

On February 24, 2015, a 62-year-old resident killed eight people with pistol gunshots and injured a further number of people in a restaurant in the city . He then shot himself.

economy

The arms factory Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod was founded in Uherský Brod in 1936 and is still in operation today. A photovoltaic open space system has been in operation since 2010 .

The Uherský Brod brewery has existed since 1894.

The world market leader for filtration, Mann + Hummel , has been operating a cabin filter factory in Uhersky Brod since 2005.

Districts

  • Havřice ( Hawritz , older also Hawerschitz ; Hauerschilt )
  • Maršov ( Marshov )
  • Těšov ( Teschau , older also Tishof )
  • Újezdec ( Aujest )

Attractions

The Dominican monastery
  • Remains of the city fortifications
  • Uherský Brod Castle with the Comenius Museum
  • Masaryk Square with town houses, baroque Floriani fountain and late Gothic town hall
  • Old Jewish Cemetery
  • New Jewish cemetery
  • Dominican monastery
  • Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception
  • Jan Hus Church
  • baroque Marian column

Twin cities

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
  2. ↑ http://www.ub.cz/public/docs/Odbory/MIC/Propagacni_materialy/Historie_NJ.pdf , http://www.mjakub.cz/english/index.php?idc=166&vyhful=schwarzer%20janek
  3. ↑ http://www.mjakub.cz
  4. ↑ Eight dead in a rampage in the Czech Republic , N24 on February 24, 2015 , accessed on February 24, 2015
  5. ^ Rampage in the Czech Republic , t-online.de on February 24, 2015 , accessed on February 24, 2015
  6. ↑ http://mapy.mzk.cz/mzk03/001/023/232/2619267654/
  7. ↑ http://mapy.mzk.cz/mzk03/001/052/199/2619316484/
  8. ↑ http://mapy.mzk.cz/mzk03/000/907/233/2619267507/

Web links

Commons : Uherský Brod  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Brod in the Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae  - Sources and full texts