Moravský Písek | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | South Moravian |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Hodonín |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 48.9903°N 17.3328°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1300 |
Area Total Km2: | 14.89 |
Elevation M: | 177 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2056 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 696 85 |
Moravský Písek is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants.
Moravský Písek is located about northeast of Hodonín and 56km (35miles) southeast of Brno. It lies mostly in a flat landscape of the Lower Morava Valley. A small part of the municipal territory in the north extends into the Kyjov Hills and includes the highest point of Moravský Písek at 265m (869feet) above sea level.
The first written mention of Moravský Písek is from 1300.[2]
The I/54 road (the section from Kyjov to the Czech-Slovak border in Strání) passes through the municipality.
Moravský Písek is located on the railway line Brno–Olomouc.[3]
The only protected cultural monuments in the municipality are a Baroque stone cross dating from 1762 and a Baroque statue of St. John of Nepomuk from 1746.[4]
The main landmark of Moravský Písek is the Church of Saint Anne. It was built in 1909–1910.[5]