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Hodonín okres, Czech Republic

South Moravian Region

Last modified: 2002-12-14 by jarig bakker
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Archlebov municipality flag

[Flag of Archlebov] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 22 May 2002, after image by Petr Exner; flag adopted 22 Jan 2001

Domanín municipality flag

[Domanín flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 31 May 2002, after image by Petr Exner; flag adopted 22 Nov 2001

Javorník flag

[Flag of Javorník] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 15 Nov 2001, after image by Petr Exner; flag adopted 26 May 2000

Kněždub municipality flag

[Knezdub flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 31 Aug 2002, after image by Petr Exner; flag adopted 11 May 2001

Kozojídky municipality flag

[Kozojídky flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 2 Sep 2002, after image by Petr Exner; flag 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


Louka nad Veličkou flag

[Louka nad Velikou flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 15 Oct 2002, after image by Petr Exner; flag 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


Nenkovice municipality flag

[Nenkovice flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 17 Nov 2002, after image by Petr Exner; flag adopted 5 Apr 2001

463 inhabitants. Village located at the foot of the Ždánícký Forest mountains. The oldest reference to Nenkovice dates back to the 12th century. In the 14th century the village was owned by Pustiměř monastery demised to the Ždánice manor in the 16th century.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 17 Nov 2002


Petrov municipality flag

[Petrov flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 25 Nov 2002, after image by Petr Exner; flag 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


Sobůlky municipality flag

[Sobůlky municipality flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 20 Nov 2001, after image by Petr Exner; flag adopted 28 Nov 2000

Vřesovice flag

[Vresovice flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 23 Sep 2001, after image by Petr Exner; flag adopted 14 Jan 2000

Žarošice flag

[Zarosice flag] by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 10 Jan 2002, after image by Petr Exner; flag 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