Vnorovy is a municipality and village in

Hodonín District Hodonín District () is a Okres, district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Hodonín. Administrative division Hodonín District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 2,900 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Vnorovy consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Vnorovy (2,036) *Lidéřovice (783)

Geography

Vnorovy is located about northeast of

Hodonín Hodonín (; ) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. Geography Hodonín is located about southeast of Brno, on the border with Slovakia. It lies in a flat landscape of the Lower Morava Va ...

and southeast of

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 ...

. It lies on the border between the

Vizovice Highlands The Vizovice Highlands () are highlands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Zlín and South Moravian regions. It is named after the town of Vizovice. Geomorphology The Vizovice Highlands are a mesoregi ...

and the

Lower Morava Valley The Lower Morava Valley (; ; ) is a geomorphological formation (special type of valley) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It is formed by the depression in the Western Carpathians (Ždánice Forest, Kyjov Hills and Pálava Protected Landscap ...

. The highest point is at above sea level. The

Baťa Canal Baťa Canal () is a navigable canal on the Morava (river), Morava river in the Czech Republic. The water canal was built during 1934-38 and today it serves mainly for recreational cruises. History Reasons for building the canal were two: an att ...

flows through the municipality. The Velička River flows along the southern municipal border.

History

The first written mention of Vnorovy is in a hoax that was created between 1267 and 1275. Lidéřovice was first mentioned in 1412. In 1673, Vnorovy 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 ...

, but later lost the title. The village and formerly independent municipality of Lidéřovice, which is urbanistically fused with Vnorovy, joined Vnorovy in 1960.

Demographics

Transport

Vnorovy is located on the railway line heading from Hodonín to

Veselí nad Moravou Veselí nad Moravou (, ) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Veselí nad Mor ...

and

Vrbovce, Slovakia Vrbovce ( or ''Verbósz'') is a village stretching out in the protected landscape area of the White Carpathians in Myjava District in the Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia, on the border with the Czech Republic. History Vrbovce was me ...

Sights

The main landmark of Vnorovy is the Church of Saint Elizabeth. The church was first mentioned in 1378. As it was insufficient for the number of believers, it was demolished in 1908. The new larger building was built in the neo-Baroque style with Art Nouveau elements. It was completed in 1909.

Notable people

Marie Kudeříková Marie Kudeříková (also known as Maruška Kudeříková) (24 March 1921, Vnorovy, Czechoslovakia – 26 March 1943 Wrocław, Nazi Germany (today Poland)) was a student active in the Czech resistance to Nazi occupation during World War II. In 1941 ...

(1921–1943), resistance fighter *

Jan Skácel Jan Skácel (7 February 1922 – 7 November 1989) was a Czechoslovakia, Czech poet of Moravians (ethnic group), Moravian origin, widely acclaimed as one of the best poets who had been writing in Czech language, Czech. Biography Skácel was born ...

(1922–1989), poet

References

External links

* {{authority control Villages in Hodonín District Moravian Slovakia