Hrušovany u Brna

Hrušovany u Brna ( German Rohrbach ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located 17 kilometers south of the center of Brno and belongs to Okres Brno- venkov.

Geography

Hrušovany is located on the right side of the Satava in the South Moravian Thaya Schwarza valley floor. To the east of the city rises the Výhon ( 355 m). To the north is the Stauweiher Šejba. West leads past the expressway R 52, there is also the exit 17 Bratčice. In the southwest is a larger gravel mining area.

Neighboring towns are Rajhrad in the north, Vojkovice in the northeast, Židlochovice in the east, and Unkovice Žabčice in the south, Smolín the southwest, Medlov in the west and Ledce in the northwest.

History

The first written mention of the village was in 1252, when it of Jaroslavice and Zbraslav gave Boček he founded the monastery Saar. 1563 gave the Žďárer Abbot Stephen the village exemption from all labor services. 1606 acquired the bishopric of Olomouc the place. 1638 Simon began scratches from Schoenberg with the construction of a fortress, which remained unfinished. 1695 was the place to experience the application of a vineyard.

1702 acquired Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf the village. Maximilian of Dietrichsteinplatz bought Rohrbach 1748. During the Napoleonic War, French troops and Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte crossed on 19 November 1805, his staff the place. 1819 Albert Casimir of Sachsen -Teschen owner of the village, which thus came to the Habsburgs.

The construction of the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway of Lundenburg to Brno by the Austrian Northern Railway Rohrbach received in 1838 a railway connection and station. This led to the establishment of commercial enterprises. Between 1881 and 1882, the largest sugar factory was built in Moravia. In 1895 nearly three -kilometer branch line was built by Seelowitz. As a result of the global economic crisis put the sugar factory in 1929 to operate a. 1930 In 1841 people in the village. In the 1930s, the doubling of the railway took place. 1979, passenger services were set on the railway to Židlochovice.

Until the 1990s in Hrušovany the shoe manufacturer Botex was established. The largest and the townscape formative industrial object lying idle for the liquidation of Botex. Largest companies in Hrušovany have since the company Ytong that produces porous concrete blocks, and the shoe factory Romika Industries. On April 27, 1997 Pope John Paul II visited the site and laid the foundation stone for the new church, which was consecrated on 21 August 2004 the Brno Bishop Vojtěch Cikrle.

Boroughs

For the Hrušovany u Brna no districts are reported

Attractions

• Grave stone in the form of Cyril and Method Cross created in 1600
• Church of Our Lady Queen, built between 1997 and 2004

Personalities

• Between 1882 and 1885 lived Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and Charlotte in Hrušovany.