Hustopeče

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For village with similar name see Hustopeče nad Bečvou.

Hustopeče
Town
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Břeclav
Commune	Hustopeče
Elevation	215 m (705 ft)
Coordinates	48°56′27.05″N 16°44′15.44″E / 48.9408472, 16.7376222
Area	24.53 km² (9.47 sq mi)
Population	5,937 (2005)
Density	242 /km² (627 /sq mi)
First mentioned	13th century
Mayor	Kuchyňka Luboš
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	693 01
Location in the Czech Republic
Wikimedia Commons: Hustopeče
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: www.hustopece-city.cz

Hustopeče (IPA: [ˈɦʊstopɛtʃɛ]; German: Auspitz) is a town in southern Moravia of the Czech Republic with 5,956 inhabitants. Hustopeče lies in the Břeclav District and is 25 km northwest of Břeclav.

[edit] History

Hustopeče was first mentioned in 1303. By the end of the 19th century, it was on the byline from Šakvice north to the Vienna-Bruno-Prague line. Until the end of the Second World War, most of its inhabitants were ethnic Germans.

The town skyline was dominated by the Gothic St. Wenceslaus Church. Its 74 m high steeple collapsed in 1961, which damaged the church's structure greatly, and in 1962 the Czechoslovak 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).

[edit] People from Hustopeče

• Ilse Tielsch, an Austrian writer

[edit] Personalities

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

[edit] References

• Much of the information in this article is based on and translated from that found in its German equivalent.

[edit] External links

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