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Bílovice nad Svitavou is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,700 inhabitants.

Geography

Bílovice nad Svitavou is located about 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Brno. It lies in the Drahany Highlands. The highest point is at 473 m (1,552 ft) above sea level. The Svitava River flows through the municipality. Most of the municipal territory is forested.

History

The first written mention of Bílovice nad Svitavou is from 1419.[2]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1869780—    
1880832+6.7%
1890919+10.5%
19001,078+17.3%
19101,414+31.2%
YearPop.±%
19211,846+30.6%
19302,214+19.9%
19502,545+15.0%
19612,455−3.5%
19702,219−9.6%
YearPop.±%
19802,253+1.5%
19912,043−9.3%
20012,302+12.7%
20113,674+59.6%
20213,868+5.3%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Transport

Bílovice nad Svitavou is located on the railway line Brno–Letovice.[5]

Sights

Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius

The main landmark is the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius. It was built in the noo-Gothic style with Art Nouveau elements in 1908–1913. In the interior there is a rare statue of St. Wenceslaus from the second half of the 17th century.[6]

At the instigation of the writer Rudolf Těsnohlídek, a monument to those killed in World War I was created in Bílovice nad Svitavou in 1915. This is the first monument of this kind in Europe.[7]

The house where the writer Stanislav Kostka Neumann lived until 1915 is a valuable rural Art Nouveau house, protected as a cultural monument.[8] In 1964, a monument to Stanislav Kostka Neumann, created by Vincenc Makovský, was unveiled in the municipality.[9]

Ronov Castle used to be in the woods in the northern part of the territory. It was founded in the second half of the 14th century. Only the remains of the foundations and the system of ramparts and ditches have survived to this day, but the locality is still a tourist destination.[10]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
  2. ^ "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Bílovice nad Svitavou. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  3. ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Brno-venkov" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 1–2.
  4. ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
  5. ^ "Detail stanice Bílovice n.Svitavou" (in Czech). České dráhy. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  6. ^ "Kostel sv. Cyrila a Metoděje v Bílovicích nad Svitavou" (in Czech). CzechTourism. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  7. ^ "Pomník padlým I. světové války" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  8. ^ "Venkovský dům" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  9. ^ "Verše mu šly samy z pera, své sousedy však anarchista Neumann pobuřoval" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 2017-07-09. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  10. ^ "Hrad Ronov" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-10-27.

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