Moravské Budějovice

Moravské Budějovice consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2022}}

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• Moravské Budějovice (6,541)
• Jackov (150)
• Lažínky (173)
• Vesce (114)
• Vranín (115)

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Moravské Budějovice is located about {{convert|19|km}} south of Třebíč and {{convert|41|km|abbr=on}} southeast of Jihlava. It lies in the Jevišovice Uplands. The highest point is the hill Špitálka at {{convert|519|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The Rokytka Stream flows through the town. There are several fishponds in the municipal territory.

Moravské Budějovice was probably founded in the 12th century. The first written mention of Budějovice is from 1231. In 1406, the name of Moravské ('Moravian') Budějovice was used for the first time, to distinguish it from České Budějovice in Bohemia. It gained town rights in 1498.{{cite web |title=Historie města|url=https://www.mbudejovice.cz/historie-mesta/d-42807|publisher=Město Moravské Budějovice|language=cs|access-date=2021-11-05}}

The town prospered until the Battle of White Mountain. In 1648, it was acquired by the Schaumburk family which did not respect the townspeople and their rights and caused the economic problems of the town. Moreover, in 1673 half of the town was destroyed by a large fire. In 1736, the Wallis family acquired Moravské Budějovice as a poor insignificant town. During their rule, the town slowly recovered.

Until 1918, Moravské Budějovice was part of Austria-Hungary, in the district with the same name, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia.Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967

{{historical populations

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|1869|3503

|1880|3957

|1890|4334

|1900|4554

|1910|4728

|1921|5007

|1930|5130

|1950|5209

|1961|5985

|1970|6367

|1980|7265

|1991|7884

|2001|8004

|2011|7541

|2021|7093

|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}}}}

The I/38 road (part of the European route E59) from Jihlava to Znojmo passes through the town.

Moravské Budějovice is located on the railway lines Znojmo–Okříšky and Moravské Budějovice–Jemnice.{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Moravské Budějovice|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/moravske-budejovice/5435005|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2024-06-16}}

File:Area of Chapel of Saint Michael and Church of Saint Giles in Moravské Budějovice, Třebíč District.JPG

The Moravské Budějovice Castle was built for Count Rudolf Jindřich Schaumburk in the Renaissance style in the second half of the 17th century. Today it houses a museum of crafts, and castle stables are used for cultural purposes.{{cite web |title=Památky a jiné zajímavosti|url=https://www.mbudejovice.cz/pamatky%2Da%2Djine%2Dzajimavosti/d-370773/p1=41859|publisher=Město Moravské Budějovice|language=cs|access-date=2022-09-16}}

The historic centre contains several valuable burgher houses. Notable is the town hall, a Renaissance structure with Neoclassical elements.

The Church of Saint Giles is the landmark of the town. Originally it was probably a Romanesque structure from the first half of the 13th century. It was baroque rebuil and the {{convert|50|m|ft}} high tower was added in 1714. The tower is open to the public as a lookout tower. The Chapel of Saint Michael next to the church is originally a Romanesque rotunda from the 13th century. Its lower part served as an ossuary.

The Baroque building of the rectory dates from 1779. The rectory complex contains fragments of the town fortifications, including a bastion and a gate.

• Ralph Benatzky (1884–1957), Austrian composer
• Miroslav Venhoda (1915–1987), choir conductor

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

Moravské Budějovice is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Partnerská města|url=https://www.mbudejovice.cz/partnerska-mesta/ms-41965/|publisher=Město Moravské Budějovice|language=cs|access-date=2021-11-05}}

• {{flagicon|POL}} Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Poland
• {{flagicon|AUT}} Kautzen, Austria
• {{flagicon|AUT}} Pulkau, Austria
• {{flagicon|SVK}} Šaštín-Stráže, Slovakia

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