Tišnov
Tišnov | |
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Town | |
 Town Hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Tišnov Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°20′55″N 16°25′28″E / 49.34861°N 16.42444°ECoordinates: 49°20′55″N 16°25′28″E / 49.34861°N 16.42444°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | South Moravian |
| District | Brno-Country |
| First mentioned | 1233 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jiří Dospíšil |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.13 km2 (6.61 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 256 m (840 ft) |
| Population (2020-01-01[1]) | |
| • Total | 9,258 |
| • Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 666 01 |
| Website | www |
Tišnov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈcɪʃnof]; German: Tischnowitz) is a town in the Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,300 inhabitants. It lies 22 km northwest of Brno, near the confluence of the Svratka and Loučka rivers.
History[]
The first recorded mention of Tišnov (then using the name Tušnovice) is found in a charter of 1233 about the Cistercian convent Porta Coeli, which was founded three years earlier by Constance of Hungary. The founding of the monastery was also supported by her two sons, Moravian Margrave Přemysl and King Wenceslaus I. The property remained a monastery until its dissolution in 1782.
In 1416, King Wenceslaus IV granted the town the right to hold an annual market. The city was burned during the Hussite battles in 1428 and remained spared from damage in the Thirty Years' War.
After being named as Tischnowitz or Tischnovitz,[2] the town became known as Tišnov, and was included in Brno-area district in 1869. A railway line connecting Tišnov to Brno was constructed in 1885, and twenty years later the track was extended to Havlíčkův Brod, by which time Tišnov was its own municipality.
Until 1918, Tišnov was a part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), in the district with the same name, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia.[3]
Twin towns – sister cities[]
Tišnov is twinned with:[4]
Moldava nad Bodvou, Slovakia- Sereď, Slovakia
Sulejów, Poland
References[]
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
- ^ Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850–1864, by Edwin Mueller, 1961
- ^ Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967
- ^ "Partnerská města Kyjova" (in Czech). Město Tišnov. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
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