Telnice (Brno-Country District)

Municipality in South Moravian, Czech Republic

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49°6′7″N 16°43′4″E / 49.10194°N 16.71778°E / 49.10194; 16.71778Country

Czech RepublicRegionSouth MoravianDistrictBrno-CountryFirst mentioned1244Area

• Total6.10 km² (2.36 sq mi)Elevation

195 m (640 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total1,650 • Density270/km² (700/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

664 59

Websitewww.telnice.cz

Telnice (German: Telnitz) is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants.

Geography

Telnice is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) southeast of Brno. It lies in the Dyje–Svratka Valley. The Říčka River flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Telnice is from 1244.^[2]

Telnice was a battlefield of the Battle of Austerlitz on 2 December 1805. Austrians under Michael von Kienmayer and Russians under Dmitry Dokhturov and Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden wrested the village from the French 3rd Line Infantry Regiment, lost it to a counterattack, and finally recaptured it. After the battle went against the allies farther north, they evacuated Telnice and retreated, suffering heavy losses in men and artillery pieces.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	619	—
1880	673	+8.7%
1890	737	+9.5%
1900	801	+8.7%
1910	824	+2.9%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	888	+7.8%
1930	1,190	+34.0%
1950	1,200	+0.8%
1961	1,379	+14.9%
1970	1,343	−2.6%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	1,305	−2.8%
1991	1,227	−6.0%
2001	1,263	+2.9%
2011	1,473	+16.6%
2021	1,642	+11.5%

Source: Censuses^[4]^[5]

Transport

The municipality is served by the Sokolnice-Telnice train station, located on the railway line heading from Křenovice to Skalice nad Svitavou via Brno.^[6]

Sights

The main landmark of Telnice is the Church of Saint John the Baptist. It was built in the Baroque style in 1726–1734 and has a Romanesque tower.^[2]

Notable people

Bohuslav Sobotka (born 1971), politician, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic in 2011–2017

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ ^a ^b "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Telnice. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
^ "Bitva u Slavkova" (in Czech). Československá napoleonská společnost. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Brno-venkov" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 13–14.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ "Detail stanice Sokolnice-Telnice" (in Czech). České dráhy. Retrieved 2024-01-08.