Židlochovice

Židlochovice ( German United Seelowitz, also Seelowitz ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It is located 17 kilometers south of the center of Brno and belongs to Okres Brno- venkov.

Geography

Židlochovice located at the junction of Litava in the Svratka in the South Moravian Thaya Schwarza valley floor. To the east of the city rises the Výhon ( 355 m).

Neighboring towns are Vojkovice in the north, and Opatovice Blučina in the northeast, Nosislav the southeast, Přísnotice in the south, and Žabčice Unkovice in the southwest and Hrušovany in the West.

History

The oldest archaeological findings date back to the early days of the Slavic colonization. The first mention of Selowiz was in 1237 in a document Wenceslas I. The location was the seat of Vladikenfamilie same name. Around 1350 the Füllsteiner owned the place. Of them acquired in 1353 Margrave Johann Heinrich the place, including the water-resistant. During this time Seelowitz was elevated to town and the wine took his beginnings. 1379 gave Jobst of Moravia, the winemakers, the vineyard right ( horenské právo ). 1407 left Jobst the place to Wilhelm Zajíc of Waldeck. 1420 acquired the Steiner forest ownership, following them from 1454 Boskovice and 1508 Wilhelm II of Pernštejna. The Lords of Zierotin, which had since 1564 Seelowitz, exercised religious tolerance. This Moravian Brethren and Anabaptists settled in the town. Friedrich von Zierotin left in 1570 to transform the water-resistant to a Renaissance castle. After Johann Dionys had died of Zierotin without male issue, the community of heirs sold on October 13, 1616 rule Seelowitz with the city Pohrlitz, the town Seelowitz, Lautschitz, Menitz and Nußlau as well as the villages Woikowitz, Nikoltschitz, Krepitz, Prisnotitz, Schabschitz, Unkowitz, Pribitz, Eibis, Moleis, Medlau and Laatz for 400000 Moravian florins to Adam von Waldstein. 1714 bought the Obersthofkanzler Philipp Ludwig Graf von Sinzendorf the rule Seelowitz by his wife Rosina Catherine Isabella, née Countess of Waldstein and her sister Maria Anna Franziska von pair for 660000 Rhenish guilders. After the death of Count Sinzendorf sold his three sons Seelowitz and the Good Rohrbach 1743 Leopold von Dietrich stone. This left the government, including the newly built hunting lodge Leopold rest for 1130000 Rheinische Gulden his brother Karl Fürst von Dietrich stone. 1819 sold his son Franz Joseph the rule Seelowitz including the goods and the goods Rohrbach United Niemtschitz and Pürschitz for a total of 1.5 million guilders to Albert Casimir of Sachsen -Teschen.

1837 originated in Seelowitz a sugar factory. The owner of Julius Robert developed in 1865, named after his invention, Robert - diffusion for juice extraction in the beet sugar production. Robert puts on his estate the first steam plow a Moravia.

After the abolition of patrimonial Seelowitz was from 1850 to the seat of a district court. In 1873 the collection to the city. 1880 lived in the city in 2651 people, including 585 German. 1893 was a German minority school. In 1895 nearly three -kilometer branch line to Rohrbach was born as a connection to the Austrian Northern Railway. After the First World War, the Habsburgs were expropriated. The palace was the summer residence of the President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.

Between 1949 and 1960 Židlochovice was the main town of Okres Židlochovice. 1979, passenger services were set on the railway to Hrušovany u Brna.

Boroughs

For the city Židlochovice no districts are reported.

Twinning

• Gbely, Slovakia

Attractions

• Town Hall, built in 1559 under William of Pernštejna
• Baroque Church of the Holy Cross collection, built in 1724-30 by Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt. The construction was financed by Count Sinzendorf.
• Baroque statues on the stairway to the church, created by John Stern
• Old cemetery with bell tower from 1446
• Castle Židlochovice, under Friedrich von Zerotin was in 1570 the reconstruction of the coming of the 14th century, water-resistant to the castle, Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf made ​​1722-1728 the castle by Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach remodel baroque, later it was from the landscapers Charboniére with a surrounded the castle park
• Strejcův Sbor, the historic house is one of the few to receive objects of the Bohemian-Moravian Brethren

Sons and daughters of the town

• Wilhelm Marx Marx Berg (1815-1897), Viennese Chief of Police
• Strakosch Maurice (1825-1887), composer and concert business
• Frederick of Austria (1856-1936)
• Maria Christina of Austria (1858-1929)
• Karl Stephan of Austria (1860-1933)
• Eugen of Austria -Teschen (1863-1954)