1. Region Vysočina known and unknown History of territorial and administrative divison of region Vysočina

2. Until Battle of Bílá Hora (1620) Aristocratic division Vysočina was ruled e.g. by: Lords of Kunštát Trčkové of Lípa

3. From Battle of Bílá Hora (1620) Until emperor´s reform (1850) ● 1627: – Renewed ordinance for Czech lands ● 1628: – Renewed ordinance for Moravian lands ● 1751: – Reform of region administration

4. From emperor´s reform (1850) Until the communist reform (1949) ● 1850: – Establishment districts (e.g. district Německý Brod) – Village is the basic segment of self-government ● 1855-1868: – Gradual cancellations of previous regions ● 1928: – Establishment of provinces

5. From the communist reform (1949) Until reduction of number of regions (1960) ● 1949: – Total reorganization of territorial and administative division – Annulment of provincial establishment and statutory cities – Jihlava region was almost the same as today Vysočina region – The head of the region was the National Region Committee

6. From reduction of number of regions (1960) Until creation of new regions (2000) ● 1960: – Number of regions was reduced to 8 from 13 – Number of districts was reduced to 75 from 187 ● 1990: – Abolition of National Region Committees ● 2000: – Creation of the new regions (This is until today )

7. Thank you for your attention ● Used pictures: – http://spravnimapa.topograf.cz/kraj-vysocina – http://www.hrad- litice.cz/modules/tableadmin2/external/imageext_new.php?modal=true&image=WG9%2BY3N%2BZXJi X2t1bnN0YXR1XzEuanBnfmdhbGVyaWV%2Bb2JyYXpla19jb3VudGVyfjYwfmdhbGVyaWV%2BMX 4xMDd%2Bb1k%3D&width=254&height=400 – http://www.ucekaj.com/stepa/index_soubory/trcka.html – http://geography.upol.cz/soubory/lide/szczyrba/GCR2/GCR2_prednaska_02.pdf – https://www.kr-vysocina.cz/hranice-kraje-vysocina/g-15016 ● Used informations: – http://geography.upol.cz/soubory/lide/szczyrba/GCR2/GCR2_prednaska_02.pdf – https://cs.wikipedia.org (more of articles)