Vlasatice

Vlasatice
Municipality
Vlasatice Castle
Flag Coat of arms
Vlasatice
Coordinates: 48°55′50″N 16°29′17″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Brno-Country
Area
• Total	22.94 km2 (8.86 sq mi)
Elevation	183 m (600 ft)
Population  (1.1.2012)
• Total	799
• Density	35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Postal code	691 30

Vlasatice (Template:Lang-de), is a village and municipality (obec) in the Brno-Country District of the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.

Geography

Vlasatice lies approximately 32 kilometres (20 mi) south of Brno and 197 kilometres (122 mi) south-east of Prague.

Vlasatice is located on the creek Miroslavka.

History

Since 1276 the town of Vlasatice was in possession of the monastery of Rosa Coeli. From 1342 until 1633 the village had a system of High justice (lit. "blood justice", "blood-court"), which is the highest penal authority, including capital punishment.

During the Hussite Wars, the castle in the village was conquered and occupied by Taborites. Around 1428, Catholic troops regained the castle.

A parish existed since 1276. Around the year 1560, Protestantism got a hold in Vlasatice. During 1618, all possessions were taken away from Count Thurn Thirty Years' War and given to Cardinal Dietrichstein. Since 1622 the region was re-catholicized. During the Thirty Years' War, the village was devastated by troops of the Holy Roman Emperor.

After the end of World War II, all territories, commonly known as the Sudetenland given to Germany in 1939 as a result of the Munich agreement were returned to the State of Czechoslovakia. In 1946 the majority of the villagers were driven away to Germany during the Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia as a result of the Beneš decrees. Starting in 1946 Vlasatice was repopulated with ethnic Czechs by the new government.