Kyjov
Kyjov | |
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Town | |
 Town hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Kyjov Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°0′36″N 17°07′23″E / 49.01000°N 17.12306°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | South Moravian |
| District | Hodonín |
| First mentioned | 1126 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | František Lukl |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29.88 km2 (11.54 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 192 m (630 ft) |
| Population (2019-01-01[1]) | |
| • Total | 11,218 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (970/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 697 01 |
| Website | www.mestokyjov.cz |
Kyjov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkɪjof]; Latin: Gaya, German: Gaya or Geyen) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 11,000 inhabitants. Kyjov is famous for its folk festival which takes place every four years. Kyjov participated and won silver in the 2008 Entente Florale.[2][3]
Administrative parts
The villages Bohuslavice, Boršov and Nětčice are administrative parts of Kyjov.
History
The first mention of the village is from 1126 as a local trading centre. The town endured fires, plagues and sieges from the Ottoman Empire in the Middle Ages. During the Hussite wars the town leaned to Utraquism. It was under the rule of the Olomouc monastery until 1548, when the town achieved recognition as a King's town.
Until 1918, Gaya in Mähren - Kyjov (previously Gaya or Gaia) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the district with the same name, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia.[4]
Kyjov is a centre of regional folklore. Slovácký Rok (Moravian Slovakian Year Festival) – the oldest Moravian folklore festival, has taken place there since 1921.
Notable people
- Radola Gajda (1892–1948), military commander and politician
- Bohumil Sekla (1901–1987), biologist, professor at Charles University
- Vladimír Vašíček (1919–2003), painter
- Miroslav Tichý (1926–2011), painter, photographer
- Josef Fronek (born 1936), lexicographist, graduate of Kyjov Grammar school, composer of the most comprehensive English/Czech/Slovak dictionary works of the post-totalitarian age
- Silvia Saint (born 1976), porn actress
- Jan Bárta (born 1984), road cyclist
Twin towns – sister cities
References
- ^ "Population of municipalities of the Czech republic". Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Download CZ-Kyjov-Web.pdf Free download from www.entente-florae.eu". Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Kyjov: Entente florale se dostává do povědomí veřejnosti". Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967
- ^ "Partnerská města Kyjova" (in Czech). =Město Kyjov. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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External links
- Official website (in Czech)
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