Buchlovice () is a market town in

Uherské Hradiště District Uherské Hradiště District () is a district in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Uherské Hradiště. Administrative division Uherské Hradiště District is divided into two administrative districts of municipa ...

in the

Zlín Region Zlín Region () is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-eastern part of the historical region of Moravia. It is named after its capital Zlín. Together with the Olomouc Region it forms a cohesion area of Central M ...

of the

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. It has about 2,400 inhabitants.

Geography

Buchlovice is located about west of

Uherské Hradiště Uherské Hradiště (; ) is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants. The agglomeration with the two neighbouring towns of Staré Město (Uherské Hradiště District), Staré Město and Kunovice has over ...

and southwest of

Zlín Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 75,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice River. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the modern city ...

. It lies on the border between the

Chřiby Chřiby (, the "Mars Mountains") is a geographic region of the Czech Republic, part of the Central Moravian Carpathians of the Outer Western Carpathians. The area is a nature park and tourist park, offering a variety of natural features, rock f ...

highlands and

Kyjov Hills The Kyjov Hills () is an area in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. These relatively modest hills and undulating plateaus form a part of the Central Moravian Carpathians, within the Outer Western Carpathians. The hills spread ove ...

. The highest point is the hill Holý kopec at above sea level. The streams Dlouhá řeka and Buchlovický potok flow through the municipality. Dlouhá řeka supplies the Sovín Reservoir, located south of the built-up area.

History

The first written mention of Buchlovice is in a deed of King Ottokar I from 1207. The

Buchlov Buchlov () is a royal castle in Buchlovice in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic It is located on an eponymous hill with an elevation of within the Chřiby mountain range. History The castle was built approximately in the first part of the ...

castle was first mentioned in 1300. In 1540, Buchlovice was bought by the Lords of

Zierotin The House of Zierotin or House of Žerotín () was a Czech Bohemian nobility, noble family in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, one of the oldest and most illustrious noble families from Bohemia and Moravia. The ancestors of the family were first m ...

and joined to the Buchlov estate. In 1805, the village was promoted to a

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rura ...

by Emperor

Francis II Francis II may refer to: * Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1433–1488) * Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1466–1519), ruler of the Italian city of Mantua * Francis II of France (1544–1560), king of France * Francis II, Duke of Lorraine ...

Demographics

Transport

The I/50 road (part of the

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), which connects

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 ...

with the Czech-Slovak border in

Starý Hrozenkov Starý Hrozenkov is a municipality and village in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants. Starý Hrozenkov lies approximately east of Uherské Hradiště, south-east of Zlín, and so ...

, passes through the market town.

Sights

Buchlovice is known for the Buchlovice and

castles. Both have high historical and architectural value and are protected as national cultural monuments. Buchlov Castle is located on the eponymous hill above the market town. It was founded in the first half of the 13th century and gradually built in the 13th–18th centuries. Today the castle is owned by the state. It is open to the public and offers guided tours. The protected area of the castle also includes the Chapel of Saint Barbara, situated on the neighbouring Modla hill. It was built in the early Baroque style in 1672–1673. Buchlovice Castle is located in the centre of the market town. It was built in the Baroque style at the beginning of the 18th century, in the style of Baroque Italian villas. It is surrounded by a large park and gardens. The castle is also owned by the state and offers guided tours for the public. Among the notable buildings is the Church of Saint Martin. It is an early Baroque building from the mid-17th century, modified at the beginning of the 20th century.

Notable people

Friedrich von Berchtold Count Friedrich Carl Eugen Vsemir von Berchtold, baron von Ungarschitz (; 25 October 1781 – 3 April 1876), was a German-speaking Bohemian physician and botanist of Austrian descent. Biography Berchtold was born in Stráž nad Nežárkou () (no ...

(1781–1876), Austrian botanist; died here *

Jiří Hanák Jiří Hanák (27 February 1938 – 5 June 2020) was a Czech journalist, editor, political activist, and Charter 77 signatory. He was a longtime columnist and writer for various Czech and Czechoslovak newspapers and magazines. He was a recipient o ...

(1938–2020), journalist and editor

References

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* {{authority control Populated places in Uherské Hradiště District Market towns in the Czech Republic