Jedovnice is a market town in the
Blansko District
Blansko District ( cs, okres Blansko) is one of seven districts ('' okres'') within South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Blansko.
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in the
South Moravian Region of the
Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants.
Geography
Jedovnice is located about east of
Blansko and northeast of
Brno
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. It lies in the
Drahany Highlands. Small western part of the municipal territory lies in the
Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area. Eastern part of the territory comprises the Rakovec Nature Reserve.
Jedovnice lies on the Jedovnický Stream with a set of ponds. The largest of the ponds is Olšovec, which borders the built-up area. The pond was first mentioned in 1371. It has an area of and the length of the dam is . It is a major recreation centre.
History
The first written mention of Jedovnice is from 1251. In 1335, the settlement was promoted to a market town.
Culture
In 2018 it was the venue for the
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.
Sights
The parish Church of Saint Peter and Paul was built in the current Baroque form in 1783–1785 by extension and reconstruction of the original Gothic building. It is remarkable for the modern interior made by
Mikuláš Medek
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, Jan Koblasa, Josef Istler, Karel Nepraš and Ludvík Kolek in 1963–1976.
Twin towns – sister cities
Jedovnice is
twinned
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* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
*
Aschheim, Germany
References
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Market towns in the Czech Republic
Populated places in Blansko District