Moravský Krumlov - the city

The city is located on the border of the South Moravian plains and the foothills of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands. It is surrounded by the Rokytna River, which creates a wide double meander in these places, which also determines the layout of the city and gave it its name (krumm - crooked). The local settlement was elevated to a city by the decree of Otakar II. in 1260. As a Podansk town, it was held by the lords of Obřany and Kunštát, the lords of Lipá, Kravař and Cimburk and...