Nový Šaldorf-Sedlešovice

Nový Šaldorf-Sedlešovice is a municipality in Znojmo District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,800 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
The municipality is made up of the villages of Nový Šaldorf and Sedlešovice.

Geography
Nový Šaldorf-Sedlešovice is urbanistically fused with neighbouring Znojmo and is located about 55 km southwest of Brno. It lies mostly in the Jevišovice Uplands, the southern part of the municipal territory lies in the Dyje–Svratka Valley. The highest point is the hill Kraví hora at 347 m above sea level. The municipality is situated on the left bank of the Thaya River, which separates it from Znojmo.

History
The first written mention of Sedlešovice is from 1190. Nový Šaldorf was founded around 1580, and first mentioned in 1656.

Until 1960, the two villages formed two separate municipalities. Between 1961 and 1976, Sedlešovice was an administrative part of the Nový Šaldorf municipality. Between 1976 and 1991, Nový Šaldorf and Sedlešovice were administrative parts of Znojmo. They separated on 1 January 1992 and made the current municipality.

Transport
Nový Šaldorf-Sedlešovice is located on the railway line heading from Znojmo to Wiener Neustadt Hauptbahnhof in Austria. The municipality is served by the train station called Znojmo-Nový Šaldorf.

Sights
There are no significant monuments in the municipality. Among the protected cultural monuments are a late Gothic calvary from 1525 and two niche chapels. A landmark is a chapel in the centre of Nový Šaldorf.

Notable people

 * Franz Krückl (1841–1899), Austrian operatic baritone