Brno-Kníničky

Brno-Kníničky
Brno-Kníničky
City District of Brno
	View of Kníničky from the west
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Brno-Kníničky in Brno
	Coordinates: 49°14′10″N 16°31′40″E / 49.23611°N 16.52778°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
City	Brno
Government
• Mayor	Lenka Ištvanová
Area
• Total	10.93 km2 (4.22 sq mi)
Population (2023)
• Total	1,140
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	635 00
Website	www.kninicky.eu

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 (German: Klein Kinitz), originally a municipality that was annexed into Brno in 1960. Its covers an area of 10.93 km². The city district was established on 24 November 1990. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.

Name

Historical development of the name Holásky is as follows:^[2]

1436 - Malé Knehyničky
1475 - Malé Knihničky
1538 - Malé Knihniczky
1559 - Malé Knijhniczky
1573 - Malé Knihniczky
1609 - Kynicžky
1611 - Malé Kinitcki
1674 - Klein Künitz
1718 - Klein Künitz
1720 - Maly Kinižky
1728 - Parvo Kinitio
1751 - Klein Kunitz
1846 - Klein Künitz
1872 - Klein Kinitz
1872 - Kyničky
1924 - Kníničky

History

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]

Geography

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]

Territorial divisions

The cadastral territory of Kníničky is further divided into 5 basic settlement units.

Basic settlement unit	Population
Basic settlement unit	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	-

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	445	—
1880	458	+2.9%
1890	510	+11.4%
1900	508	−0.4%
1910	570	+12.2%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	537	−5.8%
1930	527	−1.9%
1950	636	+20.7%
1961	734	+15.4%
1970	651	−11.3%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	570	−12.4%
1991	549	−3.7%
2001	513	−6.6%
2011	1,006	+96.1%
2021	1,105	+9.8%

Source: Censuses^[12]^[13]

Transport

The bus lines 302 and N89 (night time only) go through Kníničky.^[14]

References

^ "Participative budget in the city districts of Brno" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2023-01-01.
^ "Jméno obce – Kníničky" (PDF). Knínický zpravodaj (in Czech). 2017. p. 3.
^ "Kníničský zpravodaj, June 2008" (PDF). Kníničský zpravodaj (in Czech). 2008.
^ Ústřední věstník České socialistické republiky, částka 4, č. 10/1976, str. 127 [Central Gazette of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, issue 4, no. 10/1976, p. 127]
^ "Kníničky trápí doprava. A také R43" [The traffic is bothering Kníničky. And also the R43]. Brněnský deník (in Czech). 2010-09-25.
^ "Kníničtí: Parkoviště pro ZOO postavte jinde" [Kníničky residents: Build the parking lot for the Zoo elsewhere]. Brněnský deník (in Czech). 2012-02-22.
^ "Kníničky proti vstupu do zoo. Studie nic nezměnila" [Kníničky against entering the zoo. The study did not change anything] (in Czech). 2012-02-23. Archived from the original on 2013-07-19.
^ "Parkoviště zoo: lidé se bojí hluku i špatného vzduchu" [Brno Zoo parking lot: people are afraid of noise and bad air]. Brněnský deník. 2012-02-21.
^ "Popis volebního obvodu číslo 55" [Description of electoral district 55] (in Czech). Senat.cz. January 2012.
^ "V. Basic data for municipalities, parts of municipalities and basic settlement units: Brno-City District" (PDF) (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Brno-město" (PDF) (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ "Doprava" [Transport]. kninicky.eu (in Czech). Kníničky.

[1] "Participative budget in the city districts of Brno" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2023-01-01.

[2] "Jméno obce – Kníničky" (PDF). Knínický zpravodaj (in Czech). 2017. p. 3.

[3] "Kníničský zpravodaj, June 2008" (PDF). Kníničský zpravodaj (in Czech). 2008.

[4] Ústřední věstník České socialistické republiky, částka 4, č. 10/1976, str. 127 [Central Gazette of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, issue 4, no. 10/1976, p. 127]

[5] "Kníničky trápí doprava. A také R43" [The traffic is bothering Kníničky. And also the R43]. Brněnský deník (in Czech). 2010-09-25.

[6] "Kníničtí: Parkoviště pro ZOO postavte jinde" [Kníničky residents: Build the parking lot for the Zoo elsewhere]. Brněnský deník (in Czech). 2012-02-22.

[7] "Kníničky proti vstupu do zoo. Studie nic nezměnila" [Kníničky against entering the zoo. The study did not change anything] (in Czech). 2012-02-23. Archived from the original on 2013-07-19.

[8] "Parkoviště zoo: lidé se bojí hluku i špatného vzduchu" [Brno Zoo parking lot: people are afraid of noise and bad air]. Brněnský deník. 2012-02-21.

[9] "Popis volebního obvodu číslo 55" [Description of electoral district 55] (in Czech). Senat.cz. January 2012.

[10] "V. Basic data for municipalities, parts of municipalities and basic settlement units: Brno-City District" (PDF) (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office.

[czso-11] "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

[12] "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Brno-město" (PDF) (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.

[13] "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

[14] "Doprava" [Transport]. kninicky.eu (in Czech). Kníničky.

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