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19-437: For the purposes of the senate elections, Brno-Tuřany is included in electoral district number 58 of Brno-City District . The territory of today's Brno-Tuřany city district was annexed to Brno in three stages: on April 16, 1919, the municipalities of Brněnské Ivanovice , Tuřany , Komárov , Černovice and Slatina were annexed (the three latter municipalities also included the territory of modern Brno-Tuřany), On July 1, 1960,

38-482: A minimum. Civil flights were operated during exhibitions and fairs taking place at Brno Exhibition Centre . In 1986, the new departure hall and related facilities were completed. After the fall of communism in 1989 , the airport returned to civil use, and was operated by the state-owned Czech Airport Authority. At present, the regional government of the South Moravian Region owns the airport, and it

57-467: A number of houses, also brought about the transfer of the originally Tuřany primary school to the Brněnské Ivanovice cadastral territory. At the same time, Brněnské Ivanovice lost part of its area lying west of Svitava to the benefit of Dolní Heršpice , Horní Heršpice and Komárov, to the benefit of Tuřany and Slatina the northeastern part of their original territory; on the contrary, they acquired

76-439: A small part of its original territory. In addition to the above-mentioned school building, which was acquired by Brněnské Ivanovice, they lost to Slatina only some land located near the railway line passing through Slatina. All 4 cadastral territories were previously separate municipalities and still retain their village character. Nevertheless, even in the territory of this district, industrial development took place, especially in

95-592: Is a district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic . The district is coterminous with the city of Brno . Brno-City District has a hilly and forested character in the northwestern part and flat and deforested in the southeastern part. On the border of these landscapes there is a large built-up area of the city. The territory extends into three geomorphological mesoregions: Bobrava Highlands (west and centre), Dyje–Svratka Valley (south and east), and Drahany Highlands (north). The highest point of

114-504: Is an airport in Brno , Czech Republic . It is about 7.5 km (5 mi) from Brno's city centre, on the edge of the historical Austerlitz battlefield . The airport is about 120 km (75 mi) from other international airports, such as Vienna Airport and Bratislava Airport and smaller international airports in Ostrava and Pardubice . In 2023, 686,867 passengers passed through

133-472: Is operated by a private company, Brno Airport Ltd. In November 2017, Brno Airport Ltd. was bought by the investment group Accolade . The regional government of the South Moravia Region entered negotiations on new routes, namely to Rome , Barcelona , Milan , and Lviv , in late 2017. As a result, a new airline company, Blue Air Moravia , was established owned jointly by city of Brno and

152-639: The Brno-Tuřany passenger terminal, making it the second busiest airport in the Czech Republic . The airport was built during the 1950s as a replacement for the old Brno airport located in Slatina (northeast of Tuřany airport). In 1967, a new departure hall construction began. During the 1980s, the airport was handed over for use by the Czechoslovak air force, and civil operations were reduced to

171-620: The Brněnské Ivanovice and Tuřany villages. A short section of the D2 highway also passes through the western edge of the city district. The route of the railway line 300 Přerov – Brno also passes through the territory of the city district in a north-south direction, but there is no stop on it. To the east of the city district is the Brno-Tuřany Airport , whose territory also extends into the neighboring town of Šlapanice. Brno-City District Brno-City District ( Czech : okres Brno-město )

190-716: The district is a contour line in Brno-Útěchov with an elevation of 497 m (1,631 ft), the northernmost point of the district. The lowest point is the river bed of the Svratka in Brno-Chrlice at 188 m (617 ft), the southernmost point of the district. From the total district area of 230.2 km (88.9 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 75.4 km (29.1 sq mi), forests occupy 64.0 km (24.7 sq mi), and water area occupies 4.5 km (1.7 sq mi). Forests cover 27.8% of

209-572: The district's area. The Svratka River flows across the territory from west to south. The only notable body of water is the Brno Reservoir , built on the Svratka in the western part of the territory. Small part of the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area extends into the district in the northeast. Brno%E2%80%93Tu%C5%99any Airport Brno-Tuřany Airport ( IATA : BRQ , ICAO : LKTB )

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228-484: The most significant projects of Czech contemporary architecture and a striking example of the growing trend of organic architecture . The airport offers some bars, a duty-free shop , car rentals, ATM and exchange office. The airport is covered by a free WiFi . Cargo airlines such as ASL Airlines Belgium , Volga-Dnepr , or Antonov Design Bureau often use Brno Airport as one of their stopover points. The airport handled 9,679 tons of freight in 2009. Plans for building

247-411: The peripheral parts of Brněnské Ivanovice. Already before 1918, the development of Brněnské Ivanovice and Tuřany was almost completely connected, which practically forms a single large urban unit, while the two districts are separated from each other only by relatively narrow streets. During the 20th century, the development of Holásky was also involved in this process to a lesser extent. On the other hand,

266-468: The regional authority (35%) and the parent company Blue Air (65%), headquartered in Bucharest , Romania . However, this was cancelled and the airport was bought by Accolade Holding . The terminal consists of two concourses. The new departure hall that opened in 2006 is capable of handling 1,000 passengers per hour. The building was designed by architect Petr Parolek and is considered to be one of

285-608: The somewhat isolated development of the former village of Dvorska, located at the south-eastern border of Brno, forms a completely independent unit. Among the monuments, the Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary is well-known, which is located in the historical core of Tuřany and at the same time forms a prominent feature of this district that is clearly visible from some streets. There are also three protected areas in

304-605: The south with the Brno-Chrlice city district and the town of Modřice . The population of Brno-Tuřany has now flatlined after a long period of fast growth. The connection of the city district with other parts of Brno is provided by the Public Transport Company of the City of Brno via bus lines 40, 48, 63, 78, and night bus line 95. The D1 highway route passes through the territory of the district north of

323-412: The southeastern part of the original Komárov territory, and the land in the south of the original Černovice territory. Holásky, like Brněnské Ivanovice, lost the part of the cadastre west of Svitava, and in favor of Brněnské Ivanovice and Tuřany, separate buildings from the original village in the streets Rolencová, Glocová, Ulica 1. května, Uhýrková, U lesíčka, and Kudrnov. On the contrary, Tuřany lost only

342-467: The village of Holásky , and finally on September 1, 1970, the village of Dvorska . During the second cadastral reform of Brno, carried out in the second half of the 1960s, Brněnské Ivanovice, Holásky and Tuřany also acquired their current borders. As part of this reform, the cadastral boundary of Brněnské Ivanovice and Tuřany was moved from 1. května Street to the line formed by Rolencová, Glocová, Zezulová and Měšťanská Streets, which, in addition to moving

361-411: The west of the Brno-Tuřany district. On the one hand, the relatively large nature reserve Černovický hájek, as well as the natural monuments Holásecká jezera and Rájecká túň. The territory of the Brno-Tuřany city district borders in the southwest and west with Brno-jih , in the north with Brno-Černovice and Brno-Slatina , in the east with the town of Šlapanice and the municipality of Sokolnice , in

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