Židlochovice

Židlochovice
Židlochovice
	Town
	Castle seen from the southwest
	Flag Coat of arms
	Židlochovice
	Coordinates: 49°2′22″N 16°37′8″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Brno-Country
Government
• Mayor	Jan Vitula (TOP 09)
Area
• Total	5.93 km2 (2.29 sq mi)
Elevation	190 m (620 ft)
Population (2019)[1]
• Total	3,826
• Density	650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Postal code	667 01
Website	http://www.zidlochovice.cz/

Židlochovice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʒɪdloxovɪtsɛ]; German: Groß Seelowitz) is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.

The town covers an area of 5.93 square kilometres (2.29 sq mi), and has a population of around 3,800.

Židlochovice lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of Brno.

History

Until 1918, Gross-Seelowitz - Židlochovice (named Seelowitz before 1867) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), in the Auspitz - Hustopeče district, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia.[2]

Austrian KK 2 kr stamp, bilingual cancelled in 1881

A post-office was opened in 1850.

Twin towns — sister cities

Židlochovice is twinned with:[3][4]

Gbely, Slovakia
Großkrut, Austria

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References

"Population of municipalities of the Czech Republic". Czech Statistical Office. 1 January 2019.
Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967
"Družobné mestá". gbely.sk (in Slovak). Gbely. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
Nad letošní výstavou vín držel ochrannou ruku starosta města Ing. Jan Vitula i Jošt, markrabě moravský (in Czech), Město Židlochovice: Zpravodaj č. 04/2019, p. 7

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[1] "Population of municipalities of the Czech Republic". Czech Statistical Office. 1 January 2019.

[2] Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967

[3] "Družobné mestá". gbely.sk (in Slovak). Gbely. Retrieved 2019-09-17.

[4] Nad letošní výstavou vín držel ochrannou ruku starosta města Ing. Jan Vitula i Jošt, markrabě moravský (in Czech), Město Židlochovice: Zpravodaj č. 04/2019, p. 7