Vacenovice

Vacenovice
Municipality
Centre with the municipal office
Flag Coat of arms
Vacenovice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 48°56′42″N 17°10′27″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Hodonín
First mentioned	1228
Area
• Total	14.65 km^2 (5.66 sq mi)
Elevation	208 m (682 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	2,160
• Density	150/km^2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	696 06
Website	www.vacenovice.cz

Vacenovice is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants.

Geography

Vacenovice is located about 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Hodonín and 48 km (30 mi) southeast of Hodonín. It lies in a flat landscape of the Lower Morava Valley.

History

The first written mention of Vacenovice is from 1228, when King Ottokar I donated the village to the monastery in Velehrad. From the beginning of the 16th century until the 20th century, the village belonged to the Milotice estate. From 1560 to 1622, the Anabaptist community lived in Vacenovice.[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 796 —     1880 962 +20.9% 1890 1,016 +5.6% 1900 1,052 +3.5% 1910 1,213 +15.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,244 +2.6% 1930 1,301 +4.6% 1950 1,472 +13.1% 1961 1,807 +22.8% 1970 1,959 +8.4%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 2,058 +5.1% 1991 2,052 −0.3% 2001 2,083 +1.5% 2011 2,146 +3.0% 2021 2,087 −2.7%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

Church of the Sacred Heart

The only protected cultural monument in the municipality is a Baroque statue of St. John of Nepomuk, dating from the second half of the 18th century.[5]

The main landmark of Vacenovice is the Church of the Sacred Heart. It was built in 1927–1930. In the interior there is a painting of the Sacred Heart by Jano Köhler.[6]

Notable people

• Dana Zátopková (1922–2020), javelin thrower, Olympic winner; lived here in childhood

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Vacenovice. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
3. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
4. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
5. "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Vacenovice". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
6. "Památky" (in Czech). Obec Vacenovice. Retrieved 2024-04-02.

External links

• Official website