Modrá

Modrá (formerly Nová Ves German: Neudorf) is a village and municipality (obec) in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic.

Modrá
Municipality
Modrá seen from the west
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Modrá
Coordinates: 49°6′42″N 17°24′11″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionZlín
DistrictUherské Hradiště
Area
 • Total1.81 km2 (0.70 sq mi)
Elevation
220 m (720 ft)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total662
 • Density370/km2 (950/sq mi)
Postal code
687 06
Websitehttps://www.obec-modra.cz/

The municipality covers an area of 1.81 square kilometres (0.70 sq mi), and has a population of 662 (as at 28 August 2006).

Modrá lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Uherské Hradiště, 24 km (15 mi) south-west of Zlín, and 241 km (150 mi) south-east of Prague.

Archaeological outdoor museum

As the town has one of the oldest digs from Great Moravia period, an archaeological open-air museum was built in 2004 with replicas of the Great Moravia period buildings.

Živá voda nature exposition

Živá voda Modrá is a museum/outdoor exposition of Moravian wetlands biotop, containing indoor section with underwater glass tunnel showing freshwater fish in the outdoor pond. The outside exposition has various wetlands flora native to the region.[1] In February 2018, the exposition received two Tauros heifers on loan from Milovice Nature Reserve to help with conservation grazing.[2] A young non-related Tauros bull is to arrive from Milovice soon so that the exposition can have a breeding herd.[3]

Twin towns — sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic

Modrá is twinned with:[4]

References
  1. http://www.zivavodamodra.cz/
  2. "Mladí pratuři z Milovic odjeli k Velehradu, v obci Modrá budou součástí expozice Živá voda". Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. http://www.obec-modra.cz/evt_file.php?file=2424&original=Cesta_praturu.pdf
  4. "O Hluku". obec-modra.cz (in Czech). Obec Modrá. p. 17. Retrieved 2019-09-08.



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