Brno-Královo Pole (German: Königsfeld, lit. 'Brno-King's Field') is a city district of Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic. It is made up of the cadastral territories of Královo Pole, Ponava and Sadová, as well as the northwestern corner of Černá Pole. The municipal district was established on November 24, 1990. It has about 30,000 inhabitants.
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 Location of Královo Pole in Brno
49°13′25″N 16°35′40″E / 49.22361°N 16.59444°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | South Moravian Region |
| City | Brno |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Andrea Pazderová (ODS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.91 km2 (3.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 30,555 |
| • Density | 3,100/km2 (8,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 612 00 |
| Website | https://www.kralovopole.brno.cz/ |
Formerly a village, it was annexed into Brno in 1919. A post office was opened 30 November 1868.[2] For the purposes of the senate elections, the territory of the district is included in electoral district number 60 of Brno-City District.
History
editUntil the first half of the 19th century, Královo Pole was a settlement, in 1844 it was promoted to a town. In 1869, the first horse-drawn carriage railway was put into operation in Královo Pole, and in 1890, the Královo Pole Engineering Works were founded. It was the establishment of engineering factories that contributed to rapid industrialization and promotion to a city in 1905. A major moment in the development of the town was the annexation of Královo Pole into Brno in 1919. Municipal schools also began to emerge rapidly, when the Slovanské náměstí 2 primary school was founded in 1913, and in 1920 across the park Gymnázium Slovanské náměstí 7.[3]
At the end of the 1960s, during the second cadastral reform of Brno, in the territory of today's Brno-Královo Pole district, there were significant changes in the borders cadastral territories, which apply to the present day.
Description
editThe Brno-Královo Pole district has a distinctly urban character, but in the north-east of the district in the Sadová area, there are extensive forests and there is an important landscape element of the Zaječí potok valley. The natural monument Medlánecké kopce with the Palackého vrch forest park extends to the northwest of the town. The main building of the Technical Museum in Brno is located in the city district. The famous Královo Pole Steel Works (Královopolská strojírna) is located in the east of the town, and the large shopping center Královo Pole is located south of it in Ponava. There are several universities on the territory of Královo Pole - the Veterinary University of Brno, the Technical University has several faculties here - the Faculty of Information Technology, the Faculty of Entrepreneurship and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Technologies. The Faculty of Information Technologies of Masaryk University is also located here. Thanks to this, the Královo Pole district is a sought-after student district.[4]
Demographics
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Sports
editThe Královo Pole indoor arena closed in 1998. There is a stadium on Srbská street, next to a housing estate.
References
edit- ^ "Participative budget in the city districts of Brno" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2023-01-01.
- ^ Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967
- ^ History of Královo Pole (in Czech) (1 ed.). Brno: Office of the city district of Brno-Královo Pole. p. 363. ISBN 80-239-3984-X. OCLC 85130123.
- ^ "Universities in Královo Pole". www.kralovopole.brno.cz (in Czech).
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Brno-město" (PDF) (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
