The village of Rakvice (German: Rakwitz) is located in the district of Břeclav in the South Moravian Region. Approximately 2,200 inhabitants live here. Rakvice is an important wine-growing center belonging to the Velkopavlovice wine-growing sub-region. There are a number of wineries and smaller family wineries in the village.
Church of St. John the Baptist – Originally the chapel of St. Ondřeje
built sometime between 1310 and 1346. In 1503 the chapel was elevated to
a parish church. In 1605, the Bočkajovci church was burned down, only
the tower and bare walls remained. The church was restored in the second
half of the 17th century (the purchase contract for the sale of the
Hodonín estate from 1692 mentions that the church has already been
restored) and was subsequently dedicated to St. John the Baptist. Due to
the small capacity, the church was expanded in 1875. The height of the
tower including the mine is 33.66 m.
Statue of St. John of Nepomuck –
Work of sculptor Tomáš Schweigl from 1775, purchased at the expense of
the municipality 40 guilders and Jan Březina 45 guilders.
Baroque
Cross - Missionary Cross from 1803 with cryptogram.
The name evolved from the variant Raekwitz (1248), Rakuuiz (1292), Vrakbicz, Vkrawicz (1354), Oerakwicz (1357), Verekwicz (1358), Vrkwicz (1414), Rakwicz (1447, 1558), Rakwicze (1609), Rakwitz (1633. The naming is feminine, the number is plural, the genitive is Rakvic.
Approximately in the places where the village of
Rakvice lies today, but rather closer to the flow of the Dyje, there
was a Slavic settlement until about the 13th century. This is
evidenced by several finds of Slavic pottery.
The first
written mention of the village Rakvice comes from November 6, 1248,
when Prince Oldřich III. Carinthian donated four estates in Rakvice
to the Čejkovice Templars. In the years 1430 to 1434, the chapel of
St. was built in Rakvice. Andrew. In 1498, a cemetery was
established near the chapel.
In 1540, Habans settled in
Rakvice. In 1582, the Catholic priest Albrecht left Rakvice and was
replaced by the Czech parish priest Jan Černovín. In 1605, Rakvice
was looted by an army led by Štěpán Bočkaj. At the end of the Thirty
Years' War in 1648, Rakvice had only 180 inhabitants, compared to
510 before the war. At the end of the 17th century, however, Rakvice
began to be repopulated. According to the purchase contract (sale of
the Hodonín estate) dated September 29, 1692, the church and school
in Rakvice were restored. The bell of the church was cast in 1668.
In 1762, Emperor Francis I bought the Hodonín estate, including
the village of Rakvice. In 1777, houses were numbered in Rakvice. On
May 24, 1788, the head of the village, headed by the mayor Jan
Cabal, confirmed the Josephine cadastre of the village of Rakvice.
In 1793 928 inhabitants lived in Rakvice and in 1840 1172
inhabitants. In 1866, a Prussian garrison of soldiers was
established in Rakvice, which brought cholera to Rakvice. From
August 1 to September 20, 1866, 146 citizens of Rakvice died of
cholera. The Rakvice cemetery was not enough, so it was buried in a
remote cemetery behind the manor.
Although the Břeclav - Brno
railway line was put into operation in July 1839, the village of
Rakvice did not receive its railway stop until 1886, when the
village released 600 gold coins from the budget. In 1932, a burgher
school was built in Rakvice. On May 26, 1936, the pupils of the
primary school in Rakvice went on a trip to Pálava. Along the way,
children with cars had to be transported by barge across the river
Dyje. The first two cars were transported in good condition, while
the third car was transported, the barge sank. 31 children drowned
in this tragedy.
On Sunday, April 15, 1945, the village of
Rakvice was liberated by the Red Army.
Highway D2 and road II/425 pass through the territory of the
municipality in the Hustopeče - Břeclav section. Road III also leads
here. classes:
III/42113 Velké Pavlovice - Velké Bílovice
III/42115 from road III/42113 via Rakvice to Přítluky
III/42116
(Square)
III/42226 Freak - Casket
Autonomy
Petr Vajbar
served as mayor from the beginning of the 1990s. At the founding meeting
of the council in November 2014, Radek Průdek (Sdružení pro Rakvice) was
elected to this position.