Vážany u Uherského Hradiště
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Zlínský kraj | ||||
| District : | Uherské Hradiště | ||||
| Area : | 372 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 2 ′ N , 17 ° 19 ′ E | ||||
| Height: | 320 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 431 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 687 37 | ||||
| License plate : | Z | ||||
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| Street: | Boršice - Těmice | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Bc. Markéta Pavlíčková (as of 2020) | ||||
| Address: | Vážany 20 687 37 Polešovice |
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| Municipality number: | 592781 | ||||
| Website : | vazany.uherskehradiste.obec.cz | ||||
Vážany (German Wazan , also Waschan ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located twelve kilometers west of Uherské Hradiště and belongs to the Okres Uherské Hradiště .
geography
Vážany is located in the southern foothills of the Mars Mountains in Moravian Slovakia . The village is on the edge of the Rovnina hill (357 m). There are extensive vineyards to the east and west.
Neighboring towns are Stříbrnice in the north, Tučapy in the northeast, Polešovice in the east, Moravský Písek in the southeast, Ořechov in the southwest, Újezdec in the west and Medlovice in the northwest.
history
The place probably originated around 1050. Its name is said to derive from the fact that the first inhabitants came from Váh .
Wasan was first mentioned in a document in 1220.
Foreign troops invaded the village several times between the 17th and 19th centuries. Between 1604 and 1605 it was the Hungarian rebels under Stephan Bocskai . During the Thirty Years War the Swedes occupied Wazan in 1643. In 1663 there was an invasion of the Tatars and in 1683 of the Kuruc . During the Hungarian uprising of Francis II Rákóczi , the village was not spared by the rebels.
After the abolition of patrimonial rule, the political municipality Vážany was established in the Hungarian Hradisch district in 1848 . In 1866 Prussian troops came to Wazan and brought in cholera , from which eleven residents died.
Since 2001 the community has had a coat of arms and a banner. Vážany is one of the Moravian wine-growing places . Slovak customs and costumes are maintained in the village. Vážany is located on the Moravian Wine Trail and the Bisenz Wine Trail .
Community structure
No districts are identified for the municipality of Vážany.
Attractions
- neo-Gothic St. Josef Chapel on the village square
- Memorial chapel for the victims of both world wars, north of the village on the Loučka, built in 1945
Sons and daughters of the church
- Josef Řepa (1909–1978), musician, conductor, pedagogue and composer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
