Křižánky

Křižánky is a municipality in Žďár nad Sázavou District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Most of the built-up area with well preserved folk architecture is protected by law as a village monument reservation.

Administrative parts
The municipality is made up of the villages of České Křižánky, České Milovy and Moravské Křižánky.

Geography
Křižánky is located about 16 km northeast of Žďár nad Sázavou and 64 km northwest of Brno. The municipality lies on both banks of the Svratka River, which forms the border between the historical lands of Bohemia and Moravia. The stream Kyšperský potok, which flows into the Svratka in the municipality, supplies the relatively large Kyšperský pond.

Křižánky is located in the Upper Svratka Highlands and within the Žďárské vrchy Protected Landscape Area. The mountain Devět skal, which is with an elevation of 836 m the highest peak of the Upper Svratka Highlands and the second highest peak of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, is located in the municipal territory.

History
The first written mention of Křižánky is from 1392.

Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights
The main landmark of Křižánky is the Church of Our Lady of Help. It was built in 1932–1934.

For its preserved folk architecture, most of the built-up area is protected as a village monument reservation. The village consists of scattered wooden and brick houses and farm buildings from the 18th–20th centuries.

Notable people

 * František Cína Jelínek (1882–1961), landscape painter; lived and worked here