Hustopeče

Geobox | Settlement
name = Hustopeče
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category = Town


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country = Czech Republic
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region = South Moravian
region_type = Region
district = Břeclav
district_type = District
commune = Hustopeče
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elevation = 215
lat_d = 48
lat_m = 56
lat_s = 27.05
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long_d = 16
long_m = 44
long_s = 15.44
long_EW = E
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area = 24.53
area_round = 2
population = 5937
population_date = 2005
population_density = auto
established = 13th century
established_type = First mentioned
mayor = Kuchyňka Luboš
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commons = Hustopeče
statistics = [http://www.statnisprava.cz/ebe/ciselniky.nsf/i/584495 statnisprava.cz]
website = [http://www.hustopece-city.cz/ www.hustopece-city.cz]
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Hustopeče (IPA2|ˈɦʊstopɛtʃɛ; _de. Auspitz) is a town in southern Moravia of the Czech Republic with 5,956 inhabitants. Hustopeče lies in the Břeclav District and is 25 km northwest of Břeclav.

History

Hustopeče was first mentioned in 1303. By the end of the 19th century, it was on the byline from Šakvice north to the Vienna-Bruno-Prague line. Until the end of the Second World War, most of its inhabitants were ethnic Germans.

The town skyline was dominated by the Gothic St. Wenceslaus Church. Its 74 m high steeple collapsed in 1961, which damaged the church's structure greatly, and in 1962 the Czechoslovak government ordered it to be torn down. A new futuristic church was built on the site of the old one between 1990 and 1994, and was designed by L. Kolka. The new St. Wenceslaus' church has a 47 m high steeple (52 m including its cross).

People from Hustopeče

*Ilse Tielsch, an Austrian writer

Personalities

*Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk lived in Auspitz/Hustopeče between 1861 and 1868. His parents' graves are located in the town cemetery.

References

*Much of the information in this article is based on and translated from that found in its German equivalent.

External links

* [http://www.hustopece-city.cz/ Municipal website] (in Czech)
* [http://www.hustopecsko.net/rdata/565206.pdf Monuments of Hustopeče] (in Czech, pdf)