Mokrá-Horákov

Mokrá-Horákov is a municipality in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
The municipality is made up of the villages of Mokrá and Horákov. They are urbanistically fused.

Geography
Mokrá-Horákov is located about 8 km east of Brno. It lies in the Drahany Highlands. The highest point is at 430 m above sea level. The Říčka stream flows along the western municipal border.

The northern part of the municipality extends into the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area. The area along the Říčka stream within Moravian Karst is rich in cave systems and is protected as Údolí Říčky Nature Reserve.

History
The first written mention of Mokrá is from 1350. From the end of the 14th century until the establishment of a sovereign municipality in 1848, Mokrá was owned by the Royal Capital Chapter of Saints Peter and Paul in Brno.

Horákov was first mentioned in 1371. Horákov was at first a small independent estate. In 1533, it was annexed to the Kobylnice estate. Later it became part of the Sokolnice estate, owned by the Mitrovský family.

On 26 July 1976, the municipalities of Mokrá and Horákov were merged.

Economy
Mokrá is known for a stone quarry and for one of the two plants of the largest cement producer in the country, Heidelberg Materials.

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

Sights
There are no major sights in the municipality. In Mokrá is the Chapel of Saint Barbara. It is a small Neoclassical building dating from after 1800. The second chapel in Mokrá is the Chapel of the Transfiguration, but it is not protected as a cultural monument.

In Horákov is the Chapel of Saint Gotthard. It was built in 1898 and it is the main landmark of the village centre.

The most notable cave in the territory of Mokrá-Horákov is Pekárna Cave. In addition to its natural values, this cave is also an archaeological site, protected as a cultural monument. It is a valuable proof of intensive use of the cave for living during the Early Stone Age.

In Mokrá is Mokrá-Horákov Observation Tower. It is a small iron tower with a height of 10 m.

Notable people

 * Miloslava Misáková (1922–2015), gymnast, Olympic winner