Kuřim

Kuřim is located about {{convert|12|km|0}} north of Brno. It lies mostly in the Bobrava Highlands, only the eastern part of the municipal territory extends into the Drahany Highlands. The highest point is the hill Kuřimská hora at {{convert|435|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The town is situated at the confluence of streams Kuřimka and Luční potok.

The first written mention of Kuřim is from 1226, when King Ottokar I issued a charter about the payment of tithes to the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. The settlement was probably founded in the 12th century during the colonization by Přemyslids. From 1464 to 1527, it was a property of Lords of Boskovice, then it was bought by the Nekeš family. From 1547, the village was owned by the city of Brno. In 1570, Kuřim was promoted to a market town, but later lost the title. During the Thirty Years' War, Kuřim was badly damaged several times by the Swedish army. It was again promoted to a market town in 1785.{{cite web |title=Územní plán města Kuřimi – koncept|url=https://www.kurim.cz/filemanager/files/file.php?file=27344|publisher=Město Kuřim|pages=6–7|language=cs|date=February 2009|access-date=2024-04-10}}

In 1964, Kuřim was promoted to a town.

{{historical populations

|align=none|cols=3

|1869|1403

|1880|1535

|1890|1585

|1900|1610

|1910|1874

|1921|2024

|1930|2844

|1950|4131

|1961|5944

|1970|7076

|1980|7695

|1991|8621

|2001|8930

|2011|11540

|2021|11485

|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}}}

In the northern part of the town is an industrial zone. The largest employer is TE Connectivity Czech, a branch of TE Connectivity.{{cite web |title=TE Kuřim|url=https://te.jobs.cz/kurim/|publisher=TE Connectivity Czech|language=cs|access-date=2023-02-09}}

There is a prison for convicted men aged 18 years and more on the outskirts of the town. It has a capacity of 498 prisoners and employs 260 people.{{cite web |title=Věznice Kuřim: Základní informace|url=https://www.vscr.cz/organizacni-jednotky/veznice-kurim/sekce/zakladni-informace|publisher=Vězeňská služba České republiky|language=cs|access-date=2021-11-15}}

Kuřim is located on the railway lines Tišnov–Židlochovice, Brno–Křižanov and Tišnov–Hustopeče.{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Kuřim|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/kurim/5434655|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2024-05-19}}

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The Church of Saint Mary Magdalene was founded in 1226. It was originally a Romanesque building. After it was burned down in the Thirty Years' War, it was reconstructed in its today's late Baroque form in 1766–1772. The rectory was also founded in 1226. The original wooden structure was rebuilt after 1806.{{cite web |title=Památky|url=https://www.kurim.cz/cs/navstevnik/pamatky/|publisher=Město Kuřim|language=cs|access-date=2021-11-15}}

The original medieval fortress next to the church was rebuilt into a Renaissance residence in 1592–1594. Today the Kuřim Castle houses a school and its courtyard is used for cultural purposes.

On the Kuřimská hora Hill is a water chapel of John of Nepomuk, probably built in 1722. The statue of Saint Florian on the town square is from 1679.

• Mathias Franz Graf von Chorinsky Freiherr von Ledske (1720–1786), Bishop of Brno; died here
• Vladimír Petlák (1946–1999), volleyball player
• Danuše Nerudová (born 1979), economist and university professor; lives here

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic}}

Kuřim is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Propozice a podrobné informace k Partners Cities Cup|url=http://fckurim.cz/propozice-a-podrobne-informace-k-partners-cities-cup/|publisher=FC Kuřim|language=cs|access-date=2020-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109164153/http://fckurim.cz/propozice-a-podrobne-informace-k-partners-cities-cup/|archive-date=2023-01-09}}

• {{flagicon|POL}} Niepołomice, Poland
• {{flagicon|SVK}} Stupava, Slovakia

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