# Brno-Tuřany

Brno-Tuřany is a city district in Brno, Czech Republic, located in the southeastern part of the city. It is made up of the cadastral territories of Brněnské Ivanovice, Dvorska, Holásky and Tuřany. The total area is 17.84 km². The city district was established on November 24, 1990, its office is located in Tuřany. About 5,900 inhabitants live here. It is known for the Brno-Tuřany Airport.
For the purposes of the senate elections, Brno-Tuřany is included in electoral district number 58 of Brno-City District.

## History

The territory of today's Brno-Tuřany city district was annexed to Brno in three stages: on April 16, 1919, the municipalities of Brněnské Ivanovice, Tuřany, Komárov, Černovice and Slatina were annexed (the three latter municipalities also included the territory of modern Brno-Tuřany), On July 1, 1960, the village of Holásky, and finally on September 1, 1970, the village of Dvorska.
During the second cadastral reform of Brno, carried out in the second half of the 1960s, Brněnské Ivanovice, Holásky and Tuřany also acquired their current borders. As part of this reform, the cadastral boundary of Brněnské Ivanovice and Tuřany was moved from 1. května Street to the line formed by Rolencová, Glocová, Zezulová and Měšťanská Streets, which, in addition to moving a number of houses, also brought about the transfer of the originally Tuřany primary school to the Brněnské Ivanovice cadastral territory. At the same time, Brněnské Ivanovice lost part of its area lying west of Svitava to the benefit of Dolní Heršpice, Horní Heršpice and Komárov, to the benefit of Tuřany and Slatina the northeastern part of their original territory; on the contrary, they acquired the southeastern part of the original Komárov territory, and the land in the south of the original Černovice territory. Holásky, like Brněnské Ivanovice, lost the part of the cadastre west of Svitava, and in favor of Brněnské Ivanovice and Tuřany, separate buildings from the original village in the streets Rolencová, Glocová, Ulica 1. května, Uhýrková, U lesíčka, and Kudrnov. On the contrary, Tuřany lost only a small part of its original territory. In addition to the above-mentioned school building, which was acquired by Brněnské Ivanovice, they lost to Slatina only some land located near the railway line passing through Slatina.

## Description

All 4 cadastral territories were previously separate municipalities and still retain their village character. Nevertheless, even in the territory of this district, industrial development took place, especially in the peripheral parts of Brněnské Ivanovice. Already before 1918, the development of Brněnské Ivanovice and Tuřany was almost completely connected, which practically forms a single large urban unit, while the two districts are separated from each other only by relatively narrow streets. During the 20th century, the development of Holásky was also involved in this process to a lesser extent. On the other hand, the somewhat isolated development of the former village of Dvorska, located at the south-eastern border of Brno, forms a completely independent unit. Among the monuments, the Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary is well-known, which is located in the historical core of Tuřany and at the same time forms a prominent feature of this district that is clearly visible from some streets.

## Geography

There are also three protected areas in the west of the Brno-Tuřany district. On the one hand, the relatively large nature reserve Černovický hájek, as well as the natural monuments Holásecká jezera and Rájecká túň.
The territory of the Brno-Tuřany city district borders in the southwest and west with Brno-jih, in the north with Brno-Černovice and Brno-Slatina, in the east with the town of Šlapanice and the municipality of Sokolnice, in the south with the Brno-Chrlice city district and the town of Modřice.

## Demographics

The population of Brno-Tuřany has now flatlined after a long period of fast growth.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1869 | 2,461 | — |
| 1880 | 2,629 | +6.8% |
| 1890 | 2,900 | +10.3% |
| 1900 | 3,456 | +19.2% |
| 1910 | 4,406 | +27.5% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1921 | 4,693 | +6.5% |
| 1930 | 6,007 | +28.0% |
| 1950 | 6,102 | +1.6% |
| 1961 | 6,148 | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 5,780 | −6.0% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1980 | 5,099 | −11.8% |
| 1991 | 4,526 | −11.2% |
| 2001 | 4,631 | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 5,674 | +22.5% |
| 2021 | 5,674 | +0.0% |
Source: Censuses :

## Transport

The connection of the city district with other parts of Brno is provided by the Public Transport Company of the City of Brno via bus lines 40, 48, 63, 78, and night bus line 95.
The D1 highway route passes through the territory of the district north of the Brněnské Ivanovice and Tuřany villages. A short section of the D2 highway also passes through the western edge of the city district. The route of the railway line 300 Přerov – Brno also passes through the territory of the city district in a north-south direction, but there is no stop on it. To the east of the city district is the Brno-Tuřany Airport, whose territory also extends into the neighboring town of Šlapanice.