Dolní Věstonice

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Dolní Věstonice

Total population

339

Coordinates48.89°, 16.64°

Demographic figures from Czech Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Dolní Věstonice is a municipality and village in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. The municipality is located on the shore of the Nové Mlýny reservoirs, on the border between the Mikulov Highlands and Dyje–Svratka Valley.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Charles Sealsfield

American author and journalist (1793-1864)

Gottfried Krczal

Czechoslovak senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament and German nation politician (1885-1966)

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Hans Greger

Austrian politician (1881-1964)

J

Johann Dolanski

R

Rudolf Štrubl

Czech composer and clarinettist (1915–1982)

H

Hermann Potschka

SS officer (1911–1945)

F

Franz Raab

(1764-1804)

Václav Drbola

Czech Roman Catholic priest (1912–1951)

František Svoboda

Czech politician, publicist and union member (1876–1967)

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Jan Beran

Czech photographer (1913–2003)

Jan Hajda

Czech politician (1949-2018)

J

Josef Freising

Czech educator (1875-1971)

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Pavel Havránek

Czechoslovak politician (1877–1941)

K

Karl Lederer

Czech winemaker

Wilhelm Reinländer

M

Miloš Trapl

Czech historian and university educator

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in South Moravian

• Horní Věstonice
  1.3 mi away · pop. 447
• Pavlov
  1.5 mi away · pop. 543
• Popice
  2.9 mi away · pop. 925
• Klentnice
  3 mi away · pop. 558
• Pouzdřany
  3.3 mi away · pop. 763
• Pasohlávky
  4.7 mi away · pop. 735
• Uherčice
  5.5 mi away · pop. 1,010
• Mikulov
  5.6 mi away · pop. 7,387
• Vranovice
  5.6 mi away · pop. 2,369
• Přibice
  6 mi away · pop. 999
• Nová Ves
  6.3 mi away · pop. 326
• Dobré Pole
  6.6 mi away · pop. 409

Browse all places in South Moravian →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Pied Avocet

Recurvirostra avosetta

Seen 2026-09-25

Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

Seen 2026-09-25

Green-winged Teal

Anas crecca

Seen 2026-09-25

Northern Lapwing

Vanellus vanellus

Seen 2026-09-25

viper's-bugloss

Echium vulgare

Seen 2026-09-24

Goldilocks Aster

Galatella linosyris

Seen 2026-09-24

sickle alfalfa

Medicago falcata

Seen 2026-09-24

Cream Scabious

Scabiosa ochroleuca

Seen 2026-09-24

Rush Skeletonweed

Chondrilla juncea

Seen 2026-09-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers