Kroměříž

Geobox | Settlement
name = Kroměříž
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category = Town


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country = Czech Republic
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region = Zlín
region_type = Region
district = Kroměříž
district_type = District
commune = Kroměříž
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river = Morava
location =
elevation = 201
lat_d = 49
lat_m = 17
lat_s = 56
lat_NS = N
long_d = 17
long_m = 23
long_s = 35
long_EW = E
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area = 50.97
area_round = 2
population = 29374
population_date = 2006-10-02
population_density = auto
established = 1260
established_type = Founded
mayor = Miloš Malý
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map_background = Czechia - background map.png map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic
map_locator = Czechia
commons = Kroměříž
statistics = [http://www.statnisprava.cz/ebe/ciselniky.nsf/i/588296 statnisprava.cz]
website = [http://www.mesto-kromeriz.cz/ www.mesto-kromeriz.cz]
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Kroměříž IPA| ['kromɲɛr̝iːʃ] ( _de. Kremsier, _pl. Kromieryż) is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. The town's main landmark is the Baroque Kroměříž Bishop's Palace, where some scenes from "Amadeus" and "Immortal Beloved" were filmed. The adjacent Lustgarten, or Pleasure Park, is one of the World Heritage Sites.

History

The town was found in 1260 by Bruno ze Schauenburku, bishop of Olomouc. Bruno chose Kroměříž to become his seat and he also made his castle the centre of his dominion which consisted of more than 60 vassals from the whole of Moravia. Kroměříž is referred to as a market village in a document by Přemysl Otakar II from 1256, but in 1266 it is already called a town. Bruno also established what was to become the famous Archbishops Palace. The town was badly damaged in Thirty Years' War, two times was plundered by Swedish troops (1643 and 1645), after this Black Death came. Bishop Karel II. z Lichtenštejna rebuilt the city and palace after war. Constitutive Imperial Congress was sitting in Kroměříž in 1848.

Famous people

*Heinrich Ignaz Biber (1644 - 1704), composer and violinist
*Václav Talich (1883 - 1961), conductor
*Jaroslav Koutecký (1922 - 2005), chemist
*Karel Kryl
*Jan Milíč z Kroměříže (d. 1374), ideal predecessor of Jan Hus; initiated the practice of preaching in the Czech language in Prague.

Kroměříž is also a birthplace of Max Švabinský (born Sept. 17, 1873, died Feb.10, 1962), one of the most important Czech painters of the last century. A permanent exhibition called Max Švabinský Memorial can be seen in the Museum of Kroměříž Region ( _cs. Muzeum Kroměřížska), located in the lower part of Big Square ("Velké náměstí"), near the entrance to the Bishop's Palace.

Twin towns

* Châteaudun, France
* Nitra, Slovakia
* Piekary Śląskie, Poland

External links

* [http://www.mesto-kromeriz.cz/lang/default.asp?lang=uk Official website]
* [http://www.kromeriz.biz/ Kroměříž guide]
* [http://www.kromeriz.net FULLSCREEN QTVR virtual tour of Kromeriz ]
* [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/860 UNESCO listing for Kroměříž]