Dolní Kounice

Dolní Kounice
Town
Chapel of St. Anthony above the town
Flag Coat of arms
Dolní Kounice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°4′13″N 16°27′54″E / 49.07028°N 16.46500°E / 49.07028; 16.46500Coordinates: 49°4′13″N 16°27′54″E / 49.07028°N 16.46500°E / 49.07028; 16.46500
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Brno-Country
First mentioned	1183
Government
• Mayor	Radka Formánková
Area
• Total	8.97 km2 (3.46 sq mi)
Elevation	195 m (640 ft)
Population  (2020-01-01[1])
• Total	2,468
• Density	280/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	664 64
Website	www.dolnikounice.cz

Dolní Kounice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈdolɲiː ˈkouɲɪtsɛ]; German: Kanitz) is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 2,500 inhabitants. Dolní Kounice is situated about 25 km south from Brno in the valley of the Jihlava river.

Ruins of the Premonstratensian Convent

Sights[]

In the town there are plenty of monuments from different periods – the chapel of St. Anthony, romantic ruins of the convent , the castle, the Dolní Kounice Synagogue and Jewish cemetery, other churches and chapels, renaissance and baroque houses, columns with crucifixion and Marian columns standing by the roadsides. Orchards and vineyards where the famous frankovka is grown increase the attractiveness of the town.

Dolní Kounice Panorama

Notable people[]

• Gotthard Deutsch, Austrian-Jewish scholar
• Jan Helcelet, Czech naturalist

Twin towns – sister cities[]

Dolní Kounice is twinned with:^[2]

• Azay-le-Brûlé, France
• Caprese Michelangelo, Italy

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Dolní Kounice at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website (in Czech)

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