Velešovice

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Velešovice
Velešovice coat of arms
Velešovice (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Jihomoravský kraj
District : Vyškov
Area : 657 ha
Geographic location : 49 ° 11 '  N , 16 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 10 '45 "  N , 16 ° 50' 54"  E
Height: 228  m nm
Residents : 1,265 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code : 683 51
License plate : B.
traffic
Street: Slavkov u Brna - Kovalovice
Railway connection: Brno – Přerov
Next international airport : Brno-Tuřany
structure
Status: local community
Districts: 1
administration
Mayor : Zdenka Šprtová (as of 2010)
Address: Velešovice 152
683 01 Rousínov u Vyškova
Municipality number: 593681
Website : www.velesovice.cz
Location of Velešovice in the Vyškov district
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Velešovice (German Welspitz , 1940–45 Walspitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located four kilometers northwest of Slavkov u Brna and belongs to the Okres Vyškov .

geography

Velešovice is located on the left bank of the Rakovec brook in the westernmost foothills of the Litenčická pahorkatina at the transition to the Wischauer Tor and the Thaya-Schwarza valley basin . To the east rise the Krátké vrchy, in the southeast of the Urban (360 m) and the Stará hora (299 m) and south of the Cikán (287 m). The D 1 / E462 motorway runs north of Velešovice , the next exit 210 is at Holubice. On the other side of the motorway is the railway line from Brno to Přerov . The Velešovice train station is located one kilometer northwest of the village in an open field. The state road I / 50 / E50 runs south from Holubice to Slavkov u Brna.

Neighboring towns are Vítovice and Kralovopolske Vážany in the north, Slavíkovice , Rousínovec and Kroužek in the Northeast, Kroužecký Dvůr and Dražovice the east, Němčany and Slavkov u Brna in the southeast, Vážany nad Litavou and Křenovice in the south, Prace and Blažovice in the southwest, U nádraží and Holubice in the west and Stará Pošta, Sivice and Pozořice in the north-west.

history

Church of St. Barbara

Archaeological finds show an early settlement of the area since the Neolithic . The first written mention of the village took place in 1131. The owner of four hubs was St. Peter's Church in Brno . Until 1306 the Welspitzer church tenth was transferred to the parish Slapanitz , after which it flowed to the Olomouc Scholasterie. In the first half of the 14th century Welspitz belonged to the Wildenberg rule. In 1371 the Půta brothers sold J. Šacler and Jan von Wildenberg sold their share in Wildenberg Castle including Welspitz to Margrave Johann Heinrich . His son Jobst von Moravia sold the village Welspitz and the mill in 1406 to the Brno College Chapter. Subsequently, the village was attached to the Kritschen rule and remained subject to the Kritschen-Petersberg rule including Propsteigut St. Peter until the middle of the 19th century, who ran a farm in Welspitz.

After the abolition of patrimonial Velešovice / Welspitz formed from 1850 a municipality in the district administration Wischau . In 1891 the village school was established. Between 1949 and 1960 Velešovice was part of Okres Slavkov and came back to Okres Vyškov after its dissolution . In 1964 Velešovice was united with Holubice to form a municipality Velešovice-Holubice. This dissolved again in 1990. The village to Slavkov u Brna is parish.

Community structure

No districts are designated for the municipality of Velešovice.

Attractions

  • Branch church of St. Barbara
  • Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk

Individual evidence

  1. Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)