Násedlovice

Násedlovice
Municipality
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Násedlovice
Coordinates: 49°0′15″N 16°57′31″E / 49.00417°N 16.95861°E / 49.00417; 16.95861Coordinates: 49°0′15″N 16°57′31″E / 49.00417°N 16.95861°E / 49.00417; 16.95861
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Hodonín
Area
• Total	13.06 km2 (5.04 sq mi)
Elevation	230 m (750 ft)
Population  (2008)
• Total	825
• Density	63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Postal code	696 36
Website	http://www.obecnasedlovice.cz

Násedlovice is a village and municipality (obec) in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.

The municipality covers an area of 13.06 square kilometres (5.04 sq mi), and has a population of 825 (as at 1 January 2008).

Násedlovice lies approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) north-west of Hodonín, 34 km (21 mi) south-east of Brno, and 220 km (137 mi) south-east of Prague. The town experienced heavy fighting between Russian and German forces during the Second World War, due to the geographical strategic location. During the Second World War, a large percentage of the men were removed from the village forcibly by occupying troops and extracted to forced labor camps, particularly to Dresden. For the purpose of removal of rubble and the civilian victims created by the air campaign of allied forces.

Notable people born in Nasedlovice[]

• Prof. Emeritus Josef Fronek – Author of the most comprehensive recent English/Czech/Czech English Dictionary of the modern era.

References[]

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• Czech Statistical Office: Municipalities of Hodonín District

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