Uherský Brod
Uherský Brod ( German: Hungarian Brod) is a city in the Zlín Region, Czech Republic. It lies in the valley of the Olšava opposite the mouth of the Nivnická.
History
The place was first mentioned in 1140 as a settlement Brod and Na Brode: The place name is derived from the ford at which the settlement was founded at a water crossing point on the Olšava. 1272 proclaimed king Ottokar II Brod royal town. 1509 Vladislav II gave the city the John of Kunowitz (Jan z Kunovic ), causing her to lose the privileges of a royal city. In the 16th century the city experienced a major economic boom that has been hampered by the raids of Hungary in the 17th century. At a further decline occurred during the Thirty Years' War, in which the city largely destroyed and most Protestant citizens were driven out.
In the second half of the 17th century Brod was repopulated. Like the Jews, many German, which until the mid 19th century, eventually represented the largest proportion of the population in the 18th century came. In the 19th century, the city of three villages, the center, the Jewish part and the suburbs, which together included about 3,000 inhabitants existed. In the town center mainly lived Czech and German craftsmen, businessmen and employees. The suburb had an agricultural character.
The city is regarded as one of the possible places of birth of Jan Amos Comenius, Johann Amos Comenius, considered, which the town devotes an unusually extensive museum. The partnership for the Dutch municipality of Naarden is due to the fact that Comenius was buried there.
Districts
- Havřice
- Maršov
- Těšov ( Teschau )
- Újezdec
Twin Cities
- Naarden, The Netherlands
- Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Slovakia
Sons and daughters of the town
- Vlastimil Babula ( b. 1973 ), chess master
- Johann Siegmund Hayek forest sites (1661-1737), the imperial legation secretary and secret trainee at the conclusion of Rijswijk Peace
- George Israel ( 1505-1588 to ), the community of the Bohemian Brethren preacher