Hoštice-Heroltice

Hoštice-Heroltice
Hoštice-Heroltice
Municipality
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	Hoštice-Heroltice Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°17′14″N 17°4′0″E / 49.28722°N 17.06667°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Vyškov
First mentioned	1349
Area
• Total	7.24 km2 (2.80 sq mi)
Elevation	230 m (750 ft)
Population (2024-01-01)
• Total	627
• Density	87/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	683 26
Website	hostice-heroltice.cz

Hoštice-Heroltice is a municipality in Vyškov District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The municipality is made up of the villages of Hoštice and Heroltice. The two villages are urbanistically fused.

Etymology

Both the names Hoštice and Heroltice are derived from the personal names – Hošt and Herolt.^[2]

Geography

Hoštice-Heroltice is located about 4 kilometres (2 mi) east of Vyškov and 29 km (18 mi) northeast of Brno. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the Vyškov Gate. The municipality is situated on the left bank of the Haná River.

History

The first written mention of Hoštice is from 1445, Heroltice was first mentioned in 1349. Hoštice and Heroltice were merged into one municipality in 1942.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	617	—
1880	663	+7.5%
1890	659	−0.6%
1900	724	+9.9%
1910	779	+7.6%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	738	−5.3%
1930	702	−4.9%
1950	656	−6.6%
1961	653	−0.5%
1970	603	−7.7%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	557	−7.6%
1991	534	−4.1%
2001	555	+3.9%
2011	546	−1.6%
2021	619	+13.4%

Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

Transport

The D1 motorway from Brno to Ostrava runs through the southern part of the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of the municipality is the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Hoštice. It was built in the late Gothic style in 1445.^[5]

Notable people

Klement Gottwald (1896–1953), politician and President of Czechoslovakia; possible birthplace
Pavel Zedníček (born 1949), actor
Milan Petržela (born 1983), footballer

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
^ ^a ^b "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Hoštice-Heroltice. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ "Kostel sv. Jana Křtitele" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

External links

Official website

[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.

[history-2] "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Hoštice-Heroltice. Retrieved 2023-11-27.

[3] "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.

[4] "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

[5] "Kostel sv. Jana Křtitele" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

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