Pustiměř

History

The first written mention of Pustiměř is in a deed of Stará Boleslav chapter from 1046. In the 1141 deed of Bishop Jindřich Zdík, Pustiměř was listed as a property of the Olomouc bishopric. After a monastery was founded in Pustiměř in 1340, the settlement became a market town and further developed. The monastery was demolished during the Hussite Wars, but it was officially abolished only in 1588. The development of Pustiměř was ended by the Thirty Years' War.

Geography

Pustiměř is located about northeast of Vyškov and northeast of Brno. It lies mostly in the Vyškov Gate, only the northwestern part of the municipal territory extends into the Drahany Highlands. The stream Pustiměřský potok flows through the municipality.

Most-observed species

• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,874
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,583
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,568
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,518
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,375
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,088
• Eurasian Kestrel

  Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,873
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,809

Most recent

• M 2.8 — 2018-08-17
  1 km ENE of Tren?ianske Teplice, Slovakia
• 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 2.7 — 2005-03-10
  3 km NNW of Krmelín, Czechia
• M 3 — 2003-09-19
  9 km ENE of Smolenice, Slovakia