Ivančice

Ivančice
Town
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Brno-venkov
Commune	Ivančice
Elevation	210 m (689 ft)
Coordinates	49°6′5.2″N 16°22′39.07″E / 49.101444°N 16.3775194°E / 49.101444; 16.3775194
Area	47.57 km2 (18.37 sq mi)
Population	9,576 (2006-10-02)
Density	201 / km2 (521 / sq mi)
First mentioned	1221
Mayor	Vojtěch Adam
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	664 91
Location in the Czech Republic
Wikimedia Commons: Ivančice
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: www.ivancice.cz

Town hall

Ivančice (Czech pronunciation: [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. It lies on the confluence of Oslava, Jihlava and Rokytná rivers.

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.

Natives of Ivančice

• Jan Blahoslav (1523 – 1571), humanist writer, Christian theologian, historian, and bishop of the Moravian Church
• Christian Entfelder (1526, here, Royal Hungary – 1544, Prussia), anabaptist
• Petrus Herbert (Hubert)^(de) (1533, Fulnek, Austria – 1571, here), Protestant theologian
• Karl von Zerotein, the Elder (German: Karl der Ältere von Zerotein^(de), Czech: Karel starší ze Žerotína^(cs) (1564, Brandeis an der Adler – 1636, Prerau), Moravian nobleman and politician; a member of the House of Zierotin
• Leopold Adler^(cs) (1850–1990), Jewish actor, director and playwright, acted in Germany
• Guido Adler (1855 – 1941), Jewish musicologist
• Alfons Mucha (1860, here – 1939), painter
• Arthur Franzetti, né Jellinek^(de) (1873, here – 1928)
• Karel Sokol Elgart^(cs) (1874 – 1929), writer, playwright, and literary critic
• Jiří Dvořák (1891 – 1977), painter
• Theodor Kilian^(cs) (1894 – 1978), Esperantist
• Hugo Weisgall (1912, here – 1997, Long Island), Jewish composer
• Vladimír Menšík (1929–1988), actor
• Jan Procházka (1929–1971), writer and film director
• Vojtěch Adam^(cs) (born 1950), politician, and doctor
• Břetislav Horyna^(cs) (born 1959), philosopher and religious scholar
• Marie Jirásková^(cs) (born 1964), artist and stage designer
• Lubomír Hargaš^(de) (1967–1997, Zidlochovice), track cyclist
• Josef Prokš^(de) (born 1959), military man
• Martin Horáček^(de) (born 1980), footballer
• Tereza Fajksová (born 1989), Miss Earth 2012

• Beneš Metod Kulda^(cs) (1820 – 1903), priest, writer, and ethnologic collector (folk songs and fairy tales)
• Jaroslav Matějka^(cs) (1927 – 2010), writer, screenwriter, journalist, filmmaker, and historian
• Vladimír Menšík (1929 – 1988), actor
• Břetislav Horyna^(cs) (born 1959), philosopher and religious scholar
• Václav Novotný^(cs) (1869 – 1932), historian
• Rabbi Joachim Oppenheim^(cs) (1832 – 1891), writer and rabbi
• Břetislav Horyna^(cs) (born 1959), philosopher and religious scholar
• Karl Panowsky^(cs) (1833 – 1894), miller and politician
• Břetislav Horyna^(cs) (born 1959), philosopher and religious scholar
• Zdeněk Růžička (born 1925), gymnast
• Břetislav Horyna^(cs) (born 1959), philosopher and religious scholar
• Václav Solín^(cs) (1527 – 1566), a priest of the Moravian Church, musician, writer, and administrator of the printery of Ivančice
• Jakub Svoboda
• Břetislav Horyna^(cs) (born 1959), philosopher and religious scholar
• Augustin Uher^(cs) (1908 – 1985), journalist, writer and historian
• Břetislav Horyna^(cs) (born 1959), philosopher and religious scholar

• Eibenschütz pedigree
• Auerbach pedigree

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ivančice.

• Municipal website

References