Mohelno is a market town in

Třebíč District Třebíč District () 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 municipalities with extended c ...

in the

Vysočina Region The Vysočina Region (; ) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Jihlava. The region is located in the central part of the country. It is one of just three in the country (the others being Prague and the Central Boh ...

of the

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. It has about 1,400 inhabitants.

Geography

Mohelno is located about southeast of

Třebíč Třebíč (; ) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 35,000 inhabitants. The beginnings of the town's history are connected with the establishment of a Benedictines, Benedictine monastery, where the castle is loca ...

and southwest of

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. It lies in the

Jevišovice Uplands Jevišovice () is a town in Znojmo District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urb ...

. The highest point is at above sea level. The market town is situated on the left bank of the

Jihlava Jihlava (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava (river), Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. Historically, Jihla ...

River, which forms the southern municipal border, and on the shore of the Mohelno Reservoir, built on the Jihlava. Most of the Mohelenská hadcová step National Nature Reserve, which is located along the Jihlava River, lies in the territory of Mohelno. The reserve is protected for

scree Scree is a collection of broken rock fragments at the base of a cliff or other steep rocky mass that has accumulated through periodic rockfall. Landforms associated with these materials are often called talus deposits. The term ''scree'' is ap ...

forests and

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heat-loving oak forests, and related fauna and flora.

History

The oldest archeological finds proving Slavic settlement date from the 11th and 12th centuries. The first written mention of Mohelno is in a deed of Moravian Margrave Přemysl from 1234. In the years 1237–1349, the royal

burgrave Burgrave, also rendered as burggrave (from , ), was since the medieval period in Europe (mainly Germany) the official title for the ruler of a castle, especially a royal or episcopal castle, and its territory called a ''Burgraviate'' or ''Burgr ...

was based in Mohelno and the county offices were located here. From 1527, the village was part of the Náměšť estate.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark is the Church of All Saints. It is a Neoclassical building with a Gothic core. The church area consist of the church, a rectory and a separate bell tower.

Notable people

Josef Neruda Josef Neruda (16 January 1807, Mohelno – 18 February 1875, Brno) was a Moravian organist and music teacher. Josef was a great-grandson of the composer Johann Baptist Georg Neruda. Life Josef Neruda learned the basics of organ playing in the Raj ...

(1807–1875), organist and music teacher

References

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