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Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapori obcí ČR (2000)
- Javorník, Hodonín district, South Moravian region - adopted 26 May 2000.
833 Inhabitants. Village mentioned in 1370, during the period of Counter-Reformation
a recourse of the Bohemian Brethren and later the Evangelics. Evangelic
church from the second half of the18th century and an old parsonage from
the 17th century (originally a house of prayer of the Bohemian Bretheren).
The village has one of the best preserved folk costumes at Horňácko. The
film "Mizející svět" (A vanishing world) by professor Úlehla was
made here. Protected area of folk architecture Kopánky. Well preserved
folk architecture - above all stone mills and framed haylofts. Holiday
resort Filipovské údolí along the Hrubý stream. A memorial tablet of dr.
J. M. Hurban at a gamekeeper´s lodge "Medovce" reminds us of meetings of
the Slovaks and the Moravians since 1881. In this part of the White Carpathians
we can find the origins of Czechoslovak hiking. On the hill called Hradisko
- pre-historical settlement from the middle and later Bronze Age with preserved
big earthwork and a moat. Nature reservation Jazevčí, meadows with solitary
trees and many protected rare species of plants and animals of the White
Carpathians. Nature reservation Machová - meadows of the White Carpathians
with solitary trees and with rare groups of plants and animals. Info
from this site.
Jarig Bakker, 22 Jan 2004
Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapori obcí ČR (2002)
- Josefov, Hodonín district, South Moravian region - adopted 13 Nov 2002
- 369 inhabitants. The village is located 9km west from Hodonín. It was
founded in 1782 at the domain of a former mansion house built at the place
of perished village of Kukvice. A new village called Josefov as a tribute
to emperor Josef II (1765-1790) was founded at the place of the former
Kukvice mansion..
Jarig Bakker, 27 Mar 2004
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- Kněždub, Hodonín district, South Moravian region - adopted 11 May 2001.
Jarig Bakker, 22 Jan 2004
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- Kozojídky, Hodonín district, South Moravian region - adopted 22 Nov 2001.
Kozojídky has 450 inhabitants. A small village located about 4 km southeasterly
from Veselí nad Moravou. The village was mentioned for the first time in
1490 as a dorp built at goat pastures (kozí pastviny) which gave it its
name. Its first owners were peers from Ostroh. Kozojídky is a birthplace
of an academic painter Karel Benedík. Folk customs are well preserved here
as St. Martin´s feast in folk costumes or colouring eggs. Kozojídky is
a wine village as well falling in the region of Strážnice. There is an
annual traditional wine gustation accompanied by a dulcimer band in the
time before Easter.
Info from this
website.
Jarig Bakker, 3 Sep 2002
Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapori obcí ČR (2003)
- Labuty, Hodonín district, South Moravian region - adopted 7 Oct 2003.
A small village at foothills of the Chřiby mountains. First written reference
from 1368. Walled belfry from 1834.
Info from this site.
Jarig Bakker, 7 May 2004
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- Louka nad Veličkou, Hodonín district, South Moravian region - adopted
8 Oct 2001.
1 073 inhabitants. The first written mention of this village from the
region of Horňácko dates back to 1046 which makes Louka the oldest village
in the region. A former fortress undermined by a lot of secret passages
leading to the fortress in Hluk has been rebuilt into a castle. A chapel
with a belfry from 18th century decorated with ornaments typical in the
Slovácko region is an example of folk Baroque architecture. Between Louka
and neighbouring Lipov in the height of 20m there is a 209m long viaduct
from 1926 being a railway connection of Veselí
nad Moravou and Myjava. A Slavonic burial-ground
was found there when building the railway. Near Louka there is a natural
reservation of Háj rich in rare flora.
Source: this website.
Jarig Bakker, 3 Sep 2002
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- Lovčice, Hodonín district, South Moravian region - adopted 13 May 2003.
799 inhabitants. The first tracks of settlement in this location fall
in the Neolithic Age.The village itself is mentioned for the first time
in 1131 and the first preserved written document from 1263 states that
this original ownership of Smil from Střílky devolved to a White Monk monastery
in Vizovice. It is said that there were three settlements: Tikov, Lovčice
and Přestavlky. The village was in the ownership of Ždánice domain in the
16th century. There used to be a water-mill above the village at the place
of today´s man-made pond. The picturesque outlook of the village is supported
by a St. Peter and Paul church built in a Romanic in 1805. A tradition
of carbonization is preserved till present days, although the original
piles were replaced by circular steel furnaces. An educational footpath
through the Ždánice Forrest hills leads across the village.
Info from this site.
Jarig Bakker, 7 May 2004
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- Moravany, Hodonín district, South Moravian region - adopted 14 Mar 2002.
Jarig Bakker, 28 Mar 2004
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- Petrov, Hodonín district, South Moravian region - adopted 8 Oct 2001.
Petrov has1 422 inhabitants. Water fortified settlement - probably
a part of border fortification against Hungary from the period of the first
Přemyslide kings. The village was founded in about 1400. From the 16th
century a sulphur watering place used until 1987. Chapel decorated by local
ornaments. Plže - in the Czech Republic a unique group of original wine
cellars from 18th and 19th centuries, declared a national reservation of
folk architecture. Traditional wine festivals. Petrovské louky - remnants
of a large complex of flooded meadows along the Morava river with typical
plants and some rare animal species - nesting places of a curlew.
Info from this website.
Jarig Bakker, 9 Dec 2002
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- Vřesovice, Hodonín district, South Moravian region - adopted 14 Jan 2000.
Jarig Bakker, 22 Jan 2004
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- Žarošice, Hodonín district, South Moravian region - adopted 26 May 2000.
Mentioned in the 13th century as a property of monastery in Velehrad,
later in Staré Brno. After the battle of Austerlitz the Emperor of Austria
and the Russina tsar stayed in the village overnight. Parts of the village
are also settlements in the valleys of the Ždánický les - Silničná and
Zdravá voda.
The most important pilgrimage place in the Hodonín region with a Baroque
church of St. Anna. On the main alter - a Gothic statue of the Holy Virgin
from the second half of the 14th century - a graceful statue of the Holy
Virgin crowned by the Pope in 1995. The church of the Assumption of the
Virgin in vineyards in Silničná. The day of pilgrimage is the first Saturday
after 8th September - pilgrimage "Golden Saturday".
Info from this
website.
Jarig Bakker, 13 Jan 2002
Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapori obcí ČR (2003)
- Žeraviny, Hodonín district, South Moravian region - adopted 7 Oct 2003.
183 inhabitants - A small village in Veselí region, first mentioned
in 1131. Originally owned by farm Znorovy. Chapel with folklore frescoes.
Info from this site.
Jarig Bakker, 26 Jun 2004