page_title: Ostrovačice
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Ostrovačice / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Austrian KK 2 heller stamp, bilingual cancelled SCHWARZKIRCHEN - OSTROVACICE (Moravia) in 1900.
context_page_description: Ostrovačice is a market town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.
  The town covers an area of 86 km2, and has a population of 672.
  Ostrovačice lies approximately 15 km west of Brno.
context_section_description: Until 1918, the town (bilingual name SCHWARZKIRCHEN - OSTROVAČICE) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), in the BRÜNN (Brno) district,  in Moravia. The German name only was used before 1867.
caption: Austrian KK 2 heller stamp, bilingual cancelled in 1900
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