Brno

\nBrno (population 390,000, German: Brünn) is the second-largest city of the Czech Republic, located in the southeast of the country, at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers. Brno was founded in 1243. It was used as a stronghold until the 19th century. The city is a political and a cultural hub of the South Moravian Region (population 1,124,493). Soon after the industrial revolution, the city became one of the industrial centres of Austria. Since the end of the First World War, Brno has belonged to Czechoslovakia and then to the independent Czech Republic. Sometimes it is called the Czech Manchester, because even nowadays there are several world-wide known factories. Villa Tugendhat, built by Mies van der Rohe in the 1920s close to the centre of the city, is known as a monument of modern architecture, and was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2002. The famous Masaryk Circuit is located in the northwest of the town. The unique dialect spoken in Brno is called hantec.

Table of contents

1 Famous people associated with Brno 2 External links 3 See also

Famous people associated with Brno

\n* Kurt G%F6del - mathematician\n* Leos Janacek - composer\n* Milan Kundera - writer\n* Ernst Mach - physicist\n* Gregor Mendel - founder of genetics

External links

\n* Official Website\n* Masaryk University Brno\n* Brno University of Technology\n* JANACEK ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS IN BRNO

See also

\n* Asteroid 2889 Brno, named after the city \n\n\n\n\n\n