Němčice nad Hanou

History

The area was already inhabited in the La Tène period. The Celtic settlement in Němčice nad Hanou belongs to the most important archaeological sites in Moravia with many valuable finds. The first written mention of Němčice nad Hanou is from 1406. In 1563, during the rule of the Pernštejn family, the village was promoted to a market town by Emperor Ferdinand I. Němčice nad Hanou became a town in 1970.

Geography

Němčice nad Hanou is located about southeast of Prostějov and south of Olomouc. It lies mostly in an agricultural landscape of the Upper Morava Valley, only the southwestern tip of the municipal territory extends into the Vyškov Gate. The Haná River flows along the southern municipal border.

Most-observed species

• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,607
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,426
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,346
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,201
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,980
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,845
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,536
• Caspian Gull

  Larus cachinnans Pallas, 1811 · Aves
  3,363

Most recent

• M 2.8 — 2018-08-17
  1 km ENE of Tren?ianske Teplice, Slovakia
• M 2.8 — 2007-08-22
  1 km ENE of Ostrava, Czechia
• M 3 — 2006-03-21
  1 km NNW of Bystré, Czechia
• M 3.1 — 2006-03-09
  3 km SSW of Tren?ianske Teplice, Slovakia
• M 2.6 — 2005-12-31
  5 km ENE of Šternberk, Czechia
• M 2.6 — 2005-05-07
  0 km NNW of Sviadnov, Czechia