| Černá | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Vysočina |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Žďár nad Sázavou |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.4261°N 15.8639°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1464 |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.45 |
| Elevation M: | 523 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 311 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 594 42 |
Černá is a municipality and village in Žďár nad Sázavou District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
The village of Milíkov is an administrative part of Černá.
The name literally means 'black'.
Černá is located about 16km (10miles) south of Žďár nad Sázavou and 19km (12miles) east of Jihlava. It lies in the Křižanov Highlands. The brook of Křivý potok flows through the municipality. The territory is rich in small fishponds.
The first written mention of Černá is from 1464. In 1556, the village was bought by Vratislav II of Pernštejn. From 1559, it was owned by the Chroustenský family. Jan Rafael Chroustenský had built a Renaissance castle at the end of the 16th century. After the Battle of White Mountain, the properties of the Chroustenský family were confiscated, and in 1624 Černá was handed over to the Collalto family. They owned the estate until 1918, when the property was confiscated by the government.[2]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality, but the municipality is located near the D1 motorway from Prague to Brno.
The castle underwent a Baroque reconstruction in the 18th century, but it mainly concerned interiors and the Renaissance character of the castle was preserved. After 1948 the castle was owned by the municipality, and social and cultural events were held there. At the beginning of the 1990s, the building was sold to the new owner. Today the castle is privately owned and inaccessible to the public.[2]