Hoštice-Heroltice is a municipality in

Vyškov District Vyškov District () is a Okres, district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Vyškov. Administrative division Vyškov District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with ext ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Hoštice-Heroltice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Hoštice (249) *Heroltice (370)

Etymology

Both the names Hoštice and Heroltice are derived from the personal names – Hošt and Herolt.

Geography

Hoštice-Heroltice is located about east of

Vyškov Vyškov (; ) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 21,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Vyškov consists of 13 mun ...

and northeast of

Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...

. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the

Vyškov Gate The Vyškov Gate (, , , ) is a geomorphological feature in the Moravia (Czech Republic). It is formed by the depression between the Western Carpathian Mountains in the east and the Bohemian massif (Drahanská vrchovina) in the west. The drainage ...

. The municipality is situated on the left bank of the

Haná Haná or Hanakia ( or ''Hanácko'', or ''Hanakei'') is an ethnographic region in central Moravia in the Czech Republic. Etymology The region was named after the Haná (river), Haná River. Description Its core area is located along the ep ...

River.

History

The first written mention of Hoštice is from 1445, Heroltice was first mentioned in 1349. Hoštice and Heroltice were merged into one municipality in 1942.

Demographics

Transport

The D1 motorway from Brno to

Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

runs through the southern part of the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of the municipality is the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Hoštice. It was built in the late Gothic style in 1445.

Notable people

Klement Gottwald Klement Gottwald (; 23 November 1896 – 14 March 1953) was a Czech communist politician, who was the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1929 until his death in 1953 – titled as general secretary until 1945 and as chairman f ...

(1896–1953), politician and President of Czechoslovakia; possible birthplace *

Pavel Zedníček Pavel Zedníček (born 1 November 1949 in Hoštice-Heroltice) is a Czech actor. He appeared in more than sixty films between 1976 and 2011. Filmography External links Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zednicek, Pavel 1949 births Living ...

(born 1949), actor * Milan Petržela (born 1983), footballer

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hostice Heroltice Villages in Vyškov District