Modrá

Modrá
Modrá
Municipality
	Modrá seen from the west
	Flag Coat of arms
	Modrá
	Coordinates: 49°6′42″N 17°24′11″E / 49.11167°N 17.40306°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Zlín
District	Uherské Hradiště
Area
• Total	1.81 km2 (0.70 sq mi)
Elevation	220 m (720 ft)
Population (2006)
• Total	662
• Density	370/km2 (950/sq mi)
Postal code	687 06
Website	https://www.obec-modra.cz/

Modrá (formerly Nová Ves German: Neudorf) is a village and municipality (obec) in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic.

The municipality covers an area of 1.81 square kilometres (0.70 sq mi), and has a population of 662 (as at 28 August 2006).

Modrá lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Uherské Hradiště, 24 km (15 mi) south-west of Zlín, and 241 km (150 mi) south-east of Prague.

Archaeological outdoor museum

As the town has one of the oldest digs from Great Moravia period, an archaeological open-air museum was built in 2004 with replicas of the Great Moravia period buildings.

Živá voda nature exposition

Živá voda Modrá is a museum/outdoor exposition of Moravian wetlands biotop, containing indoor section with underwater glass tunnel showing freshwater fish in the outdoor pond. The outside exposition has various wetlands flora native to the region.^[1] In February 2018, the exposition received two Tauros heifers on loan from Milovice Nature Reserve to help with conservation grazing.^[2] A young non-related Tauros bull is to arrive from Milovice soon so that the exposition can have a breeding herd.^[3]

Twin towns — sister cities

Modrá is twinned with:^[4]

Bojná, Slovakia
Modra nad Cirochou, Slovakia
Uhrovec, Slovakia

References

^ http://www.zivavodamodra.cz/
^ "Mladí pratuři z Milovic odjeli k Velehradu, v obci Modrá budou součástí expozice Živá voda". Retrieved 23 February 2018.
^ http://www.obec-modra.cz/evt_file.php?file=2424&original=Cesta_praturu.pdf
^ "O Hluku". obec-modra.cz (in Czech). Obec Modrá. p. 17. Retrieved 2019-09-08.

Czech Statistical Office: Municipalities of Uherské Hradiště District

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[1] ttp://www.zivavodamodra.cz/

[2] "Mladí pratuři z Milovic odjeli k Velehradu, v obci Modrá budou součástí expozice Živá voda". Retrieved 23 February 2018.

[3] ttp://www.obec-modra.cz/evt_file.php?file=2424&original=Cesta_praturu.pdf

[4] "O Hluku". obec-modra.cz (in Czech). Obec Modrá. p. 17. Retrieved 2019-09-08.

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