Velká nad Veličkou | |
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: | 48.8825°N 17.5206°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1228 |
Area Total Km2: | 25.91 |
Elevation M: | 288 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2808 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 696 74 |
Velká nad Veličkou (German: Welka) is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants.
Velká nad Veličkou is located about east of Hodonín and 36km (22miles) west of Trenčín. It lies in the White Carpathians mountain range. The highest point is the hill Háj at 573m (1,880feet) above sea level. The Velička River flows through the municipality.
The first written mention of Velká nad Veličkou is from 1228. In 1370, the settlement was sold to Beneš of Kravaře and merged with the Strážnice estate.[2]
Velká nad Veličkou is located on a railway line heading from Hodonín to Vrbovce, Slovakia.[3]
Velká nad Veličkou lies in the ethnographic region of Horňácko.
The landmark of Velká nad Veličkou is the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene. The original Gothic church was built in the 14th century. At the end of the 15th century, it was fortified and served as a refuge during raids from neighboring lands. After it was burned down by Tatars in the 17th century, it was rebuilt in its current form in the mid-18th century. The church complex includes a wall around the church and a valuable statue of St. John of Nepomuk from 1747.[4] [5]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic. Velká nad Veličkou is twinned with:[6]