Hustopeče

Hustopeče
Town
Municipality building
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Břeclav
Commune	Hustopeče
Elevation	215 m (705 ft)
Coordinates	48°56′27.05″N 16°44′15.44″E / 48.9408472°N 16.7376222°E / 48.9408472; 16.7376222Coordinates: 48°56′27.05″N 16°44′15.44″E / 48.9408472°N 16.7376222°E / 48.9408472; 16.7376222
Area	24.53 km2 (9.47 sq mi)
Population	5,937 (2005)
Density	242/km2 (627/sq mi)
First mentioned	13th century
Mayor	Hana Potměšilová
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	693 01
Location in the Czech Republic
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: www.hustopece-city.cz

Hustopeče (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦustopɛtʃɛ]; German: Auspitz) is a town in southern Moravia of the Czech Republic with 5,956 inhabitants. Hustopeče lies in the Břeclav District and is 25 km northwest of Břeclav.

Hustopeče was first mentioned in 1303. By the end of the 19th century, it was on the byline from Šakvice north to the Vienna-Brno-Prague line.

Until 1918, AUSPITZ - HUSTOPEČE (AUSPITZ until the mid-19th century) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), in the district with the same name, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in the Margraviate of Moravia.

Until the end of the Second World War, most of its inhabitants were ethnic Germans.

In 1938, it was occupied by the Nazi army as one of the municipalities in Sudetenland. The German-speaking population was expelled in 1945 (see the Beneš decrees) and replaced by Czech settlers.

The town skyline was dominated by the Gothic St. Wenceslaus Church. Its 74 m high steeple collapsed in 1961, which damaged the church's structure greatly, and in 1962 the Czechoslovak government ordered it to be torn down. A new futuristic church was built on the site of the old one between 1990 and 1994, and was designed by L. Kolka. The new St. Wenceslaus' church has a 47 m high steeple (52 m including its cross).