Hustopeče (ˈɦustopɛtʃɛ; ) is a town in southern Moravia

South Moravian Region

South Moravian Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the south-western part of its historical region of Moravia, with exception of Jobova Lhota, that belongs to Bohemia. Its capital is Brno the 2nd largest city of the Czech Republic. The region is famous for its wine...

 of the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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 with 5,956 inhabitants. Hustopeče lies in the Břeclav District

Breclav District

Břeclav District is one of seven districts within South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic...

 and is 25 km northwest of Břeclav

Breclav

Břeclav is a town in the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic, approximately 55 km southeast of Brno. It is located at the border with Lower Austria on the Dyje River. The nearest large town on Austrian territory is Hohenau an der March...

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History

Hustopeče was first mentioned in 1303. By the end of the 19th century, it was on the byline from Šakvice

Šakvice

Šakvice is a village and municipality in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 1,369 ....

 north to the Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

-Bruno

Bruno

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-Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

 line. Until the end of the Second World War, most of its inhabitants were ethnic Germans.

The town skyline was dominated by the Gothic

Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....

 St. Wenceslaus Church. Its 74 m high steeple collapsed in 1961, which damaged the church's structure greatly, and in 1962 the Czechoslovak

Czechoslovakia

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 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).

Personalities

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

Events

Each year in late January, Hustopece is host to the world's best high jumpers competing in the Moravia High Jump Tour

Moravia High Jump Tour

The Moravia High Jump Tour is an elite-level, invitation-only, indoor Athletics competition for the world's best high jumpers, both men and women. It is a high jump-only competition, held in the eastern Czech region of Moravia. Although the competition is held in small basketball gynasiums, without...

. The narrow basketball gymnasium in Hustopece routinely produces world-leading jumps by both men and women.

External links

• Municipal website (in Czech)
• Monuments of Hustopeče (in Czech, pdf)