Brno-Country District

Brno-Country District is divided into seven administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Ivančice, Kuřim, Pohořelice, Rosice, Šlapanice, Tišnov, and Židlochovice.

Brno-Country District surrounds the city of Brno from almost all sides and thus has a non-standard shape and diverse character: hilly and forested in the northern part and flat and deforested in the southern part. The territory extends into six geomorphological mesoregions: Upper Svratka Highlands (north), Křižanov Highlands (west), Dyje–Svratka Valley (south), Bobrava Highlands (southwest and northeast), Boskovice Furrow (a strip along the Bobrava Highlands across the territory) and Drahany Highlands (east). The highest point of the district is the hill Sýkoř in Synalov with an elevation of 705 m (2,313 ft), the lowest point is the Nové Mlýny Reservoir in Pasohlávky at 169 m (554 ft).

From the total district area of 1,499.0 km² (578.8 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 836.7 km² (323.1 sq mi), forests occupy 474.8 km² (183.3 sq mi), and water area occupies 29.9 km² (11.5 sq mi). Forests cover 31.7% of the district's area.^[1]

The longest rivers are the Svratka, which flows across the entire territory from north to south, and Jihlava, which flows from the west and joins the Svratka before the southern district border. Other important rivers are the Oslava, Svitava, Bobrůvka and Litava. There are not many bodies of water. The only exception is the southernmost part of the territory with a system of ponds and with a part of Nové Mlýny reservoirs.

Part of the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area extends into the district in the east and is the only large-scale protected area in the district.

The largest employers with headquarters in Brno-Country District and at least 500 employees are:^[5]

The D1 motorway from Prague to Brno and Ostrava leads across the district. The D2 motorway separates from it and leads from Brno to Czech-Slovak border. There is also the short section of the D52 motorway from Brno to Pohořelice, which further continues as the I/53 road to Znojmo.

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:^[6]

• Pernštejn Castle
• Porta coeli Convent
• Rosice Castle

The best-preserved settlements and landscapes, protected as monument zones, are:^[7]

• Doubravník
• Ivančice
• Lomnice
• Battlefield of the Battle of Austerlitz (partly)

The most visited tourist destination is the water park Aqualand Moravia in Pasohlávky.^[8]