Kralice nad Oslavou (until 1900 ''Králice'', until 1960 just ''Kralice'') is a municipality and village in

Třebíč District Třebíč District ( cs, okres Třebíč) is a district in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Třebíč. Administrative division Třebíč District is divided into three administrative districts of municipaliti ...

in the

Vysočina Region The Vysočina Region (; cs, Kraj Vysočina "Highlands Region", , ) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located partly in the south-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia and partly in the south-west of the his ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Horní Lhotice is an administrative part of Kralice nad Oslavou.

Geography

Kralice nad Oslavou is located about east of

Třebíč Třebíč (; german: Trebitsch; yi, טרייביטש Treybitsh) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants. The beginnings of the town's history are connected with the establishment of a Benedictine ...

and west of Brno. It lies mostly in the Křižanov Highlands, but the southern part of the municipal territory extends into the

Jevišovice Uplands Jevišovice (german: Jaispitz) is a town in Znojmo District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Geograph ...

. There are several small ponds in the territory.

History

The first written mention of Kralice is from 1379, when a fortress was here. In the Kralice Fortress a secret printing shop of the Unity of the Brethren was hidden, in which the

Bible of Kralice The Bible of Kralice, also called the Kralice Bible ( cs, Bible kralická), was the first complete translation of the Bible from the original languages into Czech. Translated by the Unity of the Brethren and printed in Kralice nad Oslavou, th ...

, the first complete translation of the Bible from the original languages into the

Czech language Czech (; Czech ), historically also Bohemian (; ''lingua Bohemica'' in Latin), is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script. Spoken by over 10 million people, it serves as the official language of the Czech R ...

, was printed between 1579 and 1593.

Sights

The landmark of the village is the Church of Saint Martin. It is a Gothic church from the 14th century with Renaissance modifications. Fragments of the local two-storey fortress have been preserved to this day. Remains of walls and cellars have been preserved, which were discovered during an archaeological survey. Memorial of the

was built in 1967–1969. The memorial, managed by

Moravské zemské muzeum Moravské zemské muzeum (English: ''Moravian Museum'') is a museum in Brno in the Czech Republic. It is the second-largest and second-oldest museum in the country. Its collections include several million objects from many fields of science and cul ...

in Brno, contained an exhibition about local archaeological research, the activities of the Brethren printing house, and an exhibition about J. A. Comenius. However, it was closed until further notice due to technical reasons.

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