Kyjov


Kyjov is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 11,000 inhabitants. Kyjov is famous for its folk festival which takes place every four years. Kyjov participated and won silver in the 2008 Entente Florale.

Administrative parts

The villages Bohuslavice, Boršov and Nětčice are administrative parts of Kyjov.

History

The first mention of the village is from 1126 as a local trading centre. The town endured fires, plagues and sieges from the Ottoman Empire in the Middle Ages. During the Hussite wars the town leaned to Utraquism. It was under the rule of the Olomouc monastery until 1548, when the town achieved recognition as a King's town.
Until 1918, Gaya in Mähren - Kyjov was part of the Austrian monarchy, head of the district with the same name, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia.
Kyjov is a centre of regional folklore. Slovácký Rok – the oldest Moravian folklore festival, has taken place there since 1921.

Notable people

Kyjov is twinned with: