Ivančice

Geobox | Settlement
name = Ivančice
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category = Town


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country = Czech Republic
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region = South Moravian
region_type = Region
district = Brno-venkov
district_type = District
commune = Ivančice
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elevation = 210
lat_d = 49
lat_m = 6
lat_s = 5.2
lat_NS = N
long_d = 16
long_m = 22
long_s = 39.07
long_EW = E
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area = 47.57
area_round = 2
population = 9576
population_date = 2006-10-02
population_density = auto
established = 1221
established_type = First mentioned
mayor = Vojtěch Adam
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map_locator = Czechia
commons = Ivančice
statistics = [http://www.statnisprava.cz/ebe/ciselniky.nsf/i/583120 statnisprava.cz]
website = [http://www.ivancice.cz/ www.ivancice.cz]
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Ivančice (IPA2|ˈɪvantʃɪtsɛ, German: "Eibenschütz") is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic, 21 km south-west of Brno. The town has approximately 9,300 inhabitants.

History

Ivančice was first mentioned in 1221, and from 1288 it had the status of a royal town. In the fifteenth century the town came into the hands of the von Lipá family, and it stayed in their possession until the Battle of White Mountain. In the sixteenth century, the town was an important centre for the Unity of the Brethren; Ivančice was home to Jan Blahoslav, bishop of the brethren and Czech linguist. In the Thirty Years' War Ivančice was recatholicised and lost its previous significance.

The town is now home to a museum of the life of actor Vladimír Menšík

Famous people born here

* Guido Adler, musicologist
* Christian Entfelder, anabaptist
* Vladimír Menšík, actor
* Alfons Mucha, painter
* Hugo Weisgall, composer
* Eibenschütz pedigree
* Auerbach pedigree

External links

* [http://www.ivancice.cz/english.html Municipal website]