Moravský Písek
Moravský Písek | |
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Coordinates: 48°59′25″N 17°19′58″E / 48.99028°N 17.33278°E | |
Country | Czech Republic |
Region | South Moravian |
District | Hodonín |
First mentioned | 1300 |
Area | |
• Total | 14.89 km2 (5.75 sq mi) |
Elevation | 177 m (581 ft) |
Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 2,056 |
• Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 696 85 |
Website | www |
Moravský Písek is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants.
Geography
[edit]Moravský Písek is located about 21 kilometres (13 mi) northeast of Hodonín and 56 km (35 mi) southeast of Brno. It lies mostly in a flat landscape of the Lower Morava Valley. A small part of the municipal territory in the north extends into the Kyjov Hills and includes the highest point of Moravský Písek at 265 m (869 ft) above sea level.
History
[edit]The first written mention of Moravský Písek is from 1300.[2]
Demographics
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Source: Censuses[3][4] |
Transport
[edit]The I/54 road (the section from Kyjov to the Czech-Slovak border in Strání) passes through the municipality.
Moravský Písek is located on the railway line Brno–Olomouc.[5]
Sights
[edit]The only protected cultural monuments in the municipality are a Baroque stone cross dating from 1762 and a Baroque statue of St. John of Nepomuk from 1746.[6]
The main landmark of Moravský Písek is the Church of Saint Anne. It was built in 1909–1910.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ "Z historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Moravský Písek. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Detail stanice Moravský Písek" (in Czech). České dráhy. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
- ^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Moravský Písek". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ "Kostel sv. Anny". czecot.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-04-02.