Ostrovačice

Ostrovačice () is a market town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Ostrovačice
Settlement.settlement_type: Market town
Settlement.image_skyline: Ostrovačice kostel2.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Church of Saints John the Baptist and Wenceslaus
Settlement.image_flag: Vlajka obce Ostrovačice.gif
Settlement.image_shield: Znak obce Ostrovačice.jpg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: South Moravian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Brno-Country
Settlement.pushpin_map: Czech Republic

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Etymology
Geography
History
Demographics
Transport
Sport
Sights
Notable people
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Ostrovačice () is a market town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.

==Etymology== The name is derived from the personal name Ostrovák and was written as Ozstrovachovic (Ostrovákovice) in the oldest documents. The Latin name Nigra ecclesia and the German name Schwarzkirchen first appeared in the 1330s and mean 'black church'.