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22-497: Kvasice is located about 8 kilometres (5 mi) southeast of Kroměříž and 14 km (9 mi) west of Zlín . It lies on the border between the Upper Morava Valley and Chřiby range. The highest point is at 300 m (980 ft) above sea level. The Morava River flows through the municipality. In the northern part of the municipal territory is situated Štěrkovna Kvasice, an artificial lake created by flooding

44-400: A UNESCO World Heritage Site . The historic town centre with the castle complex is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation . The villages of Bílany, Drahlov, Hradisko, Kotojedy, Postoupky, Těšnovice, Trávník, Vážany and Zlámanka are administrative parts of Kroměříž. Kroměříž is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Zlín . About two thirds of

66-726: A mint and representative gardens in 1666–1675. Kroměříž again became an important town. The Constitutive Imperial Congress sat in Kroměříž in 1848. In August 1885 a meeting took place here between the Austrian and the Russian emperors. On the outskirts of the town there is the Agricultural Research Institute Kroměříž (formerly the Research Institute of Grain, etc., founded in 1951), which

88-541: A Renaissance tower, which was added in 1577. The architectural value was partly damaged by inappropriate reconstruction in the years 1992–1993. Krom%C4%9B%C5%99%C3%AD%C5%BE Kroměříž ( [ˈkromɲɛr̝iːʃ] ; German : Kremsier ) is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic . It has about 28,000 inhabitants. It is known for Kroměříž Castle with its castle gardens, which are

110-465: A commandery was a commander . The word derives from French commanderie or commenderie , from mediaeval Latin commendaria or commenda , meaning "a trust or charge", originally one held in commendam . Originally, commandries were benefices, particularly in the Church, held in commendam . Mediaeval military orders adopted monastic organizational structures and commandries were divisions of

132-648: A gravel quarry. The first written mention of Kvasice is from 1141. Until 1423, it was mostly owned by the Lords of Benešov. From 1433 to the end of the 15th century, the village was a property of the Kužel family, but then the owners often changed. In 1636–1757, Kvasice was owned by the Rottal family. In 1757–1902, the estate was ruled by the Lamberk family. In 1902, Kvasice Castle was inherited by Jaroslav of Thun und Hohenstein. He

154-552: Is twinned with: Commandery In the Middle Ages , a commandery (rarely commandry ) was the smallest administrative division of the European landed properties of a military order . It was also the name of the house where the knights of the commandery lived. The word is also applied to the emoluments granted to a commander. They were the equivalent for those orders to a monastic grange . The knight in charge of

176-436: Is best known for Baroque Kroměříž Castle with its valuable gardens. The polygonal tower of the castle is the main landmark as well as the oldest remnant of the old Bishop's Castle. The gardens and castle at Kroměříž were added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1998. Despite several reconstructions after the war damage, the Church of Saint Maurice retained its early Gothic appearance. Bishop Bruno von Schauenburg

198-639: Is buried in the church. The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was the oldest church in the town. The original church from the 13th century was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War. The current structure was built in the late Baroque style the first half of the 18th century. It has preserved bell tower from the 13th century. The town's main museum is Kroměříž Region Museum. There is also Karel Kryl 's exposition on life and work of one of

220-467: Is engaged in research and breeding of cereals. There is a hospital and a psychiatric hospital in Kroměříž. Both are among the main employers in the town. The D1 motorway from Brno to Ostrava passes through the northern part of the town. Kroměříž lies in the ethnographic region of Haná . It has rich cultural life for which it earned a nickname " Athens of Haná". The town has traditionally held an international festival of military brass music and

242-584: Is in a document written between 1107 and 1125, when the settlement was bought by Olomouc bishop Jan II. Some sources cite a deed of another Olomouc bishop Jindřich Zdík from 1141 as the first unquestionable written mention of Kroměříž. In the Middle Ages, it was a market village on the crossroads of the Amber and Salt roads . It was located at a ford across the Morava where the toll was collected. In

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264-464: The Order of Knights of St. John of Jerusalem , and later the Order of Teutonic Knights and other knightly orders were organized along similar lines. The property of the order was divided into "priorates" (or priories ), subdivided into "bailiwicks," which in turn were divided into "commanderies" or " commendæ "; these were placed in charge of a " commendator " or commander . The word is also applied to

286-543: The 13th century, Kroměříž became the centre of a dominion owned by the Olomouc bishopric . The Knights Hospitaller settled here and built a church and a commandery in 1238. In 1241 and 1253, Kroměříž suffered raids by the Tatars , Cumans and Hungarians . The settlement got depopulated and had to be recolonized. Kroměříž is last referred to as a market village in a document by Ottokar II of Bohemia from 1256. After 1256,

308-494: The Olomouc bishop Bruno von Schauenburg came to power over Kroměříž. He improved the town and fundamentally contributed to its development. He founded the market square on the hill above the original settlement and had it surrounded with walls. He also had the Church of Saint Maurice built and had vineyards planted around the settlement. In 1266, Kroměříž was first referred to as a town. In 1322, Jews were allowed to settle in

330-530: The castle were badly damaged in the Thirty Years' War . It was plundered by Swedish troops under command of Lennart Torstensson in 1643. Most of the buildings were burned down. The town was further damaged by a large fire in 1656. Kroměříž recovered during the rule of Bishop Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn , who had rebuilt the town and the castle. The castle was first repaired, and in 1686 completely rebuilt. He also has repaired town walls, and founded

352-735: The emoluments granted to a commander of a military order of knights. A commandry of the Teutonic Knights, each headed by a Komtur , was known as a Komturei or Kommende . The equivalents among the Knights Templar were " preceptor " and "preceptory". In 1540, the possessions in England of the Knights Hospitaller - the commanderies to which the English term first referred - were seized as crown property. In

374-630: The international festival of sacred music FORFEST. The Castle Gallery has collection of about 500 paintings and is among the most significant in Europe. It includes Flaying of Marsyas , a late painting by Titian . The town is home of the football club SK Hanácká Slavia Kroměříž . The club plays mainly in the third tier of the Czech ofootball system, but in 2023–24, it played in the Czech National Football League . The town

396-457: The mid-19th century, an English park was founded around the castle. Today the castle houses a retirement home. The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was built in 1730–1740. It is a large valuable valuable one-nave church with a pair of thin towers. The cemetery church in Kvasice is also dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It has a late Gothic nave from the 15th century and

418-430: The most famous natives. In the former Bishop's Mint from 1665 is a mint exposition. Kroměříž Castle was used to film some scenes from Amadeus (1984), Immortal Beloved (1994), Četnické humoresky (1997), A Royal Affair (2012), Angélique (2013), The Musketeers (2015), and Maria Theresia (2017). Other films shot in the town include The Ear (1970) and Requiem pro panenku (1992). Kroměříž

440-688: The municipal territory lies in the Litenčice Hills , the eastern part lies in the Upper Morava Valley . A small southern part extends into the Chřiby range. The highest point of the territory is the Obora hill at 322 m (1,056 ft) above sea level. The town is situated on both banks of the Morava River. The Haná River flows into the Morava on the northern outskirts of the town. The first written mention of Kroměříž (under its Latin name Cromezir )

462-539: The town. In the mid-16th century, the Kroměříž Jewish community was the largest serf Jewish community in Moravia . The bishops protected the community for the income flowing from it. During the rule of bishop Stanislav I Thurzo , the local bishop's residence was repaired and rebuilt into a late Gothic and Renaissance castle. His followers further refined the town and provided costly building repairs. The town and

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484-483: Was the brother-in-law of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria , who used to go to Kvasice forests to hunt. There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality. The Kvasice Castle was originally a Gothic fortress, first mentioned in 1365. In the 1580s, it was rebuilt into a Renaissance castle. At the beginning of the 19th century, it was modified in the Neoclassical style into its present form. In

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