| Brno-Kníničky | |
| Settlement Type: | City District of Brno |
| Coordinates: | 49.2361°N 16.5278°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Czech Republic |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | South Moravian |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name2: | Brno |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Lenka Ištvanová |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.93 |
| Population Total: | 1140 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 635 00 |
Brno-Kníničky is a city district on the northwestern edge of the city of Brno, Czech Republic. It consists of the municipal part and cadastral territory of Kníničky, originally a municipality that was annexed into Brno in 1960. Its covers an area of 10.93 km. The city district was established on 24 November 1990. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.
Historical development of the name Holásky is as follows:[2]
Kníničky acquired its current boundaries during the cadastral reform of Brno in the second half of the 1960s, gaining a small part of Bystrc, the cancelled cadastral territories of Moravské Knínice I and Rozdrojovice I, a small part of Veverská Bítýška I and the northern part of Chudčice I. for a change, the eastern part of Kníničky along the Mniší potok was moved to Bystrc.[3] On July 15, 1976, Kníničky was annexed into the Brno II district,[4] within which it remained until 1990, when Kníničky became the current city district of Brno-Kníničky.
The main topics of local discourse today include the construction of the D43 motorway[5] and the project for a new entrance area to the Brno Zoo.[6] [7] [8]
Kníničky, located by the Brno Reservoir on the left bank of the river Svratka, still retains its village character. Kníničky's built-up area is located at the eastern border of the city district at the foot of Mniší hora. Kníničky also includes a part of the Brno Reservoir. Approximately two-thirds of Kníničky is covered by Podkomorské lesy, which extends west of the built-up area.
Brno-Kníničky borders the municipality of Rozdrojovice in the north, the city district of Brno-Bystrc in the east, south and southwest, the municipality of Veverská Bítýška in the west, and Chudčice and Moravské Knínice in the northwest.
For the purposes of the Senate elections, Brno-Kníničky is included in electoral district 55 of Brno-City District.[9]
The cadastral territory of Žebětín is further divided into 5 basic settlement units.
| Basic settlement unit | Population | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011[10] | 2021[11] | Change | ||
| Kníničky | 924 | 884 | -4.3% | |
| Sokolské koupaliště | 49 | 145 | +195.9% | |
| Líchy | 29 | 68 | +134.5% | |
| Trnůvka | 3 | 8 | +166.7% | |
| Pod Trnůvkou | 1 | 0 | -100.0% | |
| Zouvalka | 0 | 0 | - | |
The bus lines 302 and N89 (night time only) go through Kníničky.[12]