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17-501: Královo Pole (German: Königsfeld , in English meaning "King's Field") is one of the 4 municipal parts and cadastral territories of Brno-Královo Pole , a city district of Brno , Czech Republic , north from the city centre. The first written record of Královo Pole comes from 1240, as a village (or literally a field) belonging to the king. A Carthusian monastery was established here in late 14th century. Rapid development took place during
34-415: A housing estate. Ponava Ponava is a municipal part and cadastral territory of Brno-Královo Pole , a city district of Brno , Czech Republic . The cadastral territory has an area of 1.6 km . The territory of later Ponava was annexed to Brno in parts in 1850 and 1919. Ponava has been part of Brno-Královo Pole since November 24, 1990. About 6,800 people live here. The cadastral territory of Ponava
51-453: Is further divided into 11 basic settlement units. Královo Pole is connected with the Brno centre by several tram lines and one trolleybus line. Another trolleybus line provides a tangential connection with city districts in the west. The Brno-Královo Pole railway station is served by local passenger trains and fast trains Brno- Prague (via Havlíčkův Brod ). A bus terminal is located in front of
68-630: Is located in the city district. The famous Královo Pole Steel Works ( Královopolská strojírna ) is located in the east of the town, and the large shopping center Královo Pole is located south of it in Ponava . There are several universities on the territory of Královo Pole - the Veterinary University of Brno, the Technical University has several faculties here - the Faculty of Information Technology,
85-652: Is provided between the city center and the districts of Královo Pole , Medlánky and Řečkovice. Interesting places in the district are, for example, the Botanical Garden and Arboretum of the Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno or the Za Lužánkami football stadium. In the east of the district there is the large Královo Pole shopping center. The border with the cadastral territory of Veveří passes through Štefániková, Hrnčířská and Kounicová streets, with
102-457: The Faculty of Entrepreneurship and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Technologies. The Faculty of Information Technologies of Masaryk University is also located here. Thanks to this, the Královo Pole district is a sought-after student district. The Královo Pole indoor arena closed in 1998. There is a stadium on Srbská street, next to
119-462: The cadastral territories of Královo Pole , Ponava and Sadová , as well as the northwestern corner of Černá Pole . The municipal district was established on November 24, 1990. It has about 30,000 inhabitants. Formerly a village, it was annexed into Brno in 1919. A post office was opened 30 November 1868. For the purposes of the senate elections, the territory of the district is included in electoral district number 60 of Brno-City District . Until
136-412: The cadastres of Velká and Nová Ulice and Horní Cejl and Dolní Cejl and on April 16, 1919 (part of Ponava belonging at that time to the cadastre of Králova Pole ). However, before July 1, 1979, Ponava had a different western border than it has today: it also included the entire ZSJ Dřevařská (today part of the cadastral territory of Veveří), on the other hand, it did not include the western blocks bounded in
153-495: The east by Klatovská, Šumavská and Chodská streets. The territory of Ponava within the boundaries of 1979 was divided until July 31, 1976 between the municipal districts of Brno V (most of the cadastre) and Brno III (the southeastern part of the cadastre with almost the entire campus of the Mendel University Arboretum, both stadiums, the campus of TJ Tesla Brno and Bobycentrum. From August 1, 1976 to November 23, 1990,
170-437: The entire territory of present-day Ponava belonged to the Brno V municipal district. The cadastral territory of Ponava is further divided into 6 basic settlement units. As of the 2021 census , the population is 6,817, up 1% from 6,741 in the 2011 census . The population peaked at 10,866 in 1970. The entire district has a distinctly urban character, the important Štefánikova Street passes through it, along which tram service
187-488: The first half of the 19th century, Královo Pole was a settlement, in 1844 it was promoted to a town. In 1869, the first horse-drawn carriage railway was put into operation in Královo Pole, and in 1890, the Královo Pole Engineering Works were founded. It was the establishment of engineering factories that contributed to rapid industrialization and promotion to a city in 1905. A major moment in the development of
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#1733094131011204-524: The newly built-up area on a slope ascending westwards developed a cohesive urbanistic structure centered in the Slovanské náměstí ("The Slavic Square"), with Art Nouveau city blocks and functionalistic family houses. After World War II there was another development, housing estates were built south and later also north around. The railway with the station were relocated and some adjacent streets and blocks were rearranged. The cadastral territory of Královo Pole
221-610: The present day. The Brno-Královo Pole district has a distinctly urban character, but in the north-east of the district in the Sadová area, there are extensive forests and there is an important landscape element of the Zaječí potok valley. The natural monument Medlánecké kopce with the Palackého vrch forest park extends to the northwest of the town. The main building of the Technical Museum in Brno
238-561: The second half of the 19th century. It was started by the building of a sugar mill, followed by other industries, especially the Královopolská machine works. In 1885, Královo Pole was connected to the railway. In 1905 the settlement became a town (city). Soon after the World War I it became a part of Brno . While the oldest part of Královo Pole down at the Ponávka brook retained its village look,
255-463: The station, with bus lines to the northern outskirts of Brno. The Brno outer ring road is tunneled west–east under the district and at the tunnel portals it crosses radial highways leading to Svitavy . Brno-Kr%C3%A1lovo Pole Brno-Královo Pole ( German : Königsfeld , lit. 'Brno-King's Field') is a city district of Brno , the second largest city in the Czech Republic . It is made up of
272-446: The town was the annexation of Královo Pole into Brno in 1919. Municipal schools also began to emerge rapidly, when the Slovanské náměstí 2 primary school was founded in 1913, and in 1920 across the park Gymnázium Slovanské náměstí 7. At the end of the 1960s, during the second cadastral reform of Brno, in the territory of today's Brno-Královo Pole district, there were significant changes in the borders cadastral territories, which apply to
289-472: Was created during the reambulation of Brno, from the years 1966–1969, consisting, among other things, of changes in the cadastral division of Brno, as well as adjustments to the borders of Brno with the surrounding municipalities. It was created from parts of the cadastral territories Velká Nová Ulice and Červená, Královo Pole, Dolní Cejl and Horní Cejl. Its lands were therefore annexed to Brno in two stages: on July 6, 1850 (parts of Ponava belonging at that time to
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