Otmarov

Otmarov ( German Otmarau, formerly Ottmarau ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is eleven kilometers south-east of the center of Brno and belongs to Okres Brno- venkov.

Geography

The street village Otmarov is on the left of the stream Dunávka in the Thaya - Schwarza valley floor. West passes the route of the motorway D 2 / E 65, the next exit is at 3 Chrlice. To the north- east lies the substation Sokol Nice.

Neighboring towns are Chrlice, Tuřany and Dvorská in the north, Vladimirov, Kobylnice and Sokol Nice in the northeast, Telnice in the east, Žatčany the southeast, Měnín, Albrechtov, Blučina and Opatovice in the south, Rajhradice the southwest, Rebešovice in the west and Modřice in the northwest.

History

Otmarov was created in 1783 by the abbot of the monastery Ottmar Konrad Rajhrad at the request of Emperor Joseph II and commemorating the extinct settlement Dunajovice. Dunajovice or Dunava was located about one kilometer south-west, and went out in the 15th century after a fire in the village and the subsequent outbreak of the plague. The new settlers were from German Opatov in East Bohemia. The inhabitants lived by farming, the soil of the place were profitable and the climate is mild.

After the abolition of patrimonial Otmarov formed in 1850 a municipality in the district team Hustopeče. To mark the 100th anniversary of local residents erected a chapel in 1883. 1948, the community was associated with the Okres Židlochovice. After its cancellation Otmarov came in 1961 Okres Brno- venkov and has also been incorporated to Rajhradice. Since 1990, the community is Otmarov again.

Community structure

For the community Otmarov no districts are reported.

Attractions

• Chapel of St. Otmar, consecrated in 1885
• Cross from 1886
• Memorial for the victims of World War I created in 1920
• Memorial stone to mark the 220th anniversary of the local establishment, built in 2003 at the site where the first settlers had erected a wooden cross brought along from Opatov.