Horácko

Horácko is a cultural and ethnographic region in the southeast Bohemia and southwest Moravia and middle part of present-day Czech Republic.

Other important centres include Velké Meziříčí, Žďár nad Sázavou, Třebíč, Telč, Dačice, Slavonice, Moravské Budějovice and Moravský Krumlov.

The northern and western parts of the region form rolling, densely forested, hilly country with traditional wooden rural architecture.

In keeping with the character of the landscape and the available local raw materials, industry is concentrated on woodwork, iron ore and stone processing, and manufacture of glass and textiles.

In difficult mountainous areas, only resistant strains of corn, fodder plants and especially flax and potatoes can be grown.

Dance ensemble dressed in traditional folk costumes of the Horácko region
Veselý kopec Museum with traditional buildings of Horácko
Cizkrajov – example of Horácko landscape
Eastern part of Horácko