Holice (other)
Holice may refer to * Holice, a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic * Holice, Dunajská Streda District, a municipality and village in the Trnava Region of Slovakia * Holice, a former village, now part of the city of Olomouc Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on th ...

Holice
Holice (; german: Holitz) is a town in Pardubice District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,500 inhabitants. Administrative parts Town parts and villages of Kamenec, Koudelka, Podhráz, Podlesí, Roveňsko and Staré Holice are administrative parts of Holice. Geography Holice is located about east of Pardubice. It lies in a flat landscape of the East Elbe Table lowland. The highest point is the hill Kamenec at . The Ředický stream flows through the town. History The first written mention of Holice is from 1336, when it was property of John of Bohemia as a part of the Chvojnov estate. In the 15th century, it was referred to as a market town with a fortress and a church. In 1931, it was promoted to a town. Demographics Sport Near Kamenec, there is a motocross track which bears the name of Michael Špaček. Sights The African Museum of Dr. Emil Holub is a museum dedicated to Emil Holub, the most notable local native. It was originally a memorial ...
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Holice, Dunajská Streda District
Holice ( hu, Gelle, ) is a village and municipality in the Dunajská Streda District in the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia. Component villages The municipality consists of eight formerly independent villages. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 119 metres and covers an area of 23.209 km². It has a population of about 1,825 people. History In the 9th century, the territory of Holice became part of the Kingdom of Hungary. In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1245. After the Austro-Hungarian army disintegrated in November 1918, Czechoslovak troops occupied the area, later acknowledged internationally by the Treaty of Trianon. Between 1938 and 1945 Holice once more became part of Miklós Horthy's Hungary through the First Vienna Award. Village Holice was created in 1940 by joining the settlements Beketfa, Kostolná Gala, Stará Gala, and Póšfa. From 1945 until the Velvet Divorce, it was part of Czechoslovakia. Since then it has ...
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