Nový Šaldorf-Sedlešovice is a municipality in Znojmo District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants.
Administrative division Nový Šaldorf-Sedlešovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Nový Šaldorf (1,102) Sedlešovice (566)
Geography Nový Šaldorf-Sedlešovice is urbanistically fused with neighbouring Znojmo and is located about southwest of Brno. It lies mostly in the Jevišovice Uplands, the southern part of the municipal territory lies in the Dyje–Svratka Valley. The highest point is the hill Kraví hora at above sea level. The municipality is situated on the left bank of the Thaya River, which separates it from Znojmo.
History The first written mention of Sedlešovice is from 1190. Nový Šaldorf was founded around 1580, and first mentioned in 1656.
Until 1960, the two villages formed two separate municipalities. Between 1961 and 1976, Sedlešovice was a municipal part of the Nový Šaldorf municipality. Between 1976 and 1991, Nový Šaldorf and Sedlešovice were municipal parts of Znojmo. They separated on 1 January 1992 and made the current municipality.
Demographics
Transport Nový Šaldorf-Sedlešovice is located on the railway line heading from Znojmo to Wiener Neustadt Hauptbahnhof in Austria. The municipality is served by the train station called Znojmo-Nový Šaldorf.
Sights
Among the protected cultural monuments in the municipality are a late Gothic column shrine from 1525 and two niche chapels. A cultural landmark of the centre of Nový Šaldorf is a chapel.
Notable people Franz Krückl (1841–1899), Austrian opera singer
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