Veverská Bítýška

Veverská Bítýška ( German Eichhorn Bittischka ) is a Městys in the Czech Republic. Located 15 kilometers northwest of the city center of Brno and belongs to Okres Brno- venkov.

Geography

The place is located in Eichhorner pool ( Veveřskobítyšska kotlina ) creek at the mouth of Bily, also referred to as Bítýška, in the Svratka. East of Veverská Bítýška the storage space of the Brno dam ends ( Brnenska prehrada ) over in the Southeast, already on the territory of the city of Brno, perched Veveří. By Veverská Bítýška leads the state road 386 from the D1 motorway after Kuřim.

Neighboring towns are Heroltice and Sentice in the north, Chudčice in the northeast, Nový Dvůr the southeast, Hvozdec in the south and Holasice and Lažánky in the West.

History

The settlement was based on the detectable since 1213 castle Eichhorn and is closely connected with its history. It is believed the castle and settlement in the 12th century have emerged, however, exist on the place de Bytysch only since 1376 for documentary evidence. In the Hussite wars, the settlement was destroyed in 1428 by the lord of the castle and rebuilt later. Since 1475 Bittischka was designated as a market. During the Thirty Years' War, the Swedes burned down in 1645 Bittitschka. Nearby mining was carried on iron ores. 1717 an iron hammer was built in the valley of Bittischka.

The most famous owner of the castle and the market was in the years 1830 to 1844 Gustav of Sweden. 1860 presented the ironworks operating. 1880 1,700 people lived in the market. In 1910 the town had 1840 inhabitants, of whom 1832 were Czechs.

Veverská Bítýška received in 1911 by the private local railway Gurein - Bittischka - Eichhorn rail connection. In 1936 the local train was stopped for economic reasons. The originally planned construction of the main line Brno- Havlíčkův Brod by the Svratka Valley was discarded in the 1930s due to high costs. This line was then traced out east in the 1950s.

Since the end of full extension of the Brno dam in 1940 Eichhorn Bittischka became a summer resort of the city of Brno. On 24 September 2008 the status was renewed as Městys.

Attractions

• James the Great Parish Church, built 1771-1782 to replace a previous building from the 15th century
• Veveří
• Brno dam
• Jarošův Mlýn, the rolling mill serves as a museum of Müller craft
• Cholera cemetery, created in 1837

Personalities

• Karel Eichler, musicians and writers, worked from 1880 in the parish Eichhorn Bitischka
• Valentin Bernard Jestřábský, writer, worked from 1666 as pastor
• František Ehrmann, pastor and writer, born in 1866 in Eichhorn Bitischka