Vysoké Popovice
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Jihomoravský kraj | ||||
| District : | Brno-venkov | ||||
| Area : | 389 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 11 ' N , 16 ° 17' E | ||||
| Height: | 459 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 716 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 664 84 | ||||
| License plate : | B. | ||||
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| Street: | Třebíč - Rosice | ||||
| Railway connection: | Střelice – Okříšky | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Jan Pelc (as of 2010) | ||||
| Address: | Vysoké Popovice 35 664 84 Zastávka u Brna |
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| Municipality number: | 584177 | ||||
| Website : | www.vysoke-popovice.cz | ||||
Vysoké Popovice , until 1949 Popovice (German Popowitz , formerly Poppowitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located eight kilometers west of Rosice and belongs to the Okres Brno-venkov .
geography
Vysoké Popovice is located in the Bobravská vrchovina at the southeastern foot of the Rapotický kopec ( Rapotitzer height , 514 m) above the valley of the Habřina brook. There is a military area to the northwest of the village. The state road I / 23 from Třebíč to Rosice leads through Vysoké Popovice . The Střelice – Okříšky railway runs on the southern outskirts .
Neighboring towns are Březina and Zbraslav in the north, Příbram na Moravě in the northeast, Příbramský Mlýn and Zastávka in the east, Babice u Rosic and Zakřany in the south-east, Lukovany and Ketkovice in the south, Sudice in the west and Rapotice and Lesní Jakubov in the north-west.
history
The first written mention of the place took place in 1228. The Popovice manor was the seat of the Popowitz family. A chapel was built around 1412. During the Hungarian-Bohemian War, the Popovice fortress was extinguished at the end of the 15th century. In 1482 Hynko von Kukwitz acquired the Popovice estate and joined it to the Rossitz dominion . The oldest place seal of Popowiz comes from the year 1749; it shows two flowers. Over time, the village was also known as Popwiz , Popicz , Poppiez , Popovicz , Popouicz and Popowy . Since the 1830s, the farmers in the village earned an extra income selling charcoal. A cholera epidemic killed around one hundred people in 1849 and 1850. Until the middle of the 19th century, Popovice always remained subservient to Rossitz.
After the abolition of patrimonial Popovice formed from 1850 with the districts Příbram , Lukovany and Zakřany a political municipality in the Brno district. At that time, most of the residents worked in the coal mines of Zbeschau and Blessing God . In 1874 the three districts broke away and formed their own communities. On July 15, 1882, a fire destroyed the wooden church. In 1894 a water pipe was made. The road to Příbram was built in 1898. In 1899 the volunteer fire brigade was founded . In 1902 a brick factory started operations. In 1921 the municipality was assigned to the Okres Brno-venkov. Since 1948 Popovice belonged to the Okres Rosice. In 1949, the community was to distinguish Popovice in Vysoké Popovice renamed. After the Okres Rosice was abolished, Vysoké Popovice returned to Okres Brno-venkov in 1961.
Community structure
No districts are shown for the municipality of Vysoké Popovice.
Attractions
- Church of John the Baptist, the massive neo-renaissance building was built in 1882 instead of the burned down wooden church
- 18th century rectory
- Cemetery with avenue of lime trees
Individual evidence
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Renaming of places in 1949
