Prace, Czech Republic

Prace (Pratzen) is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Geography
Prace is located about 12 km southeast of Brno. It lies in the Dyje–Svratka Valley. The highest point is the hill Pracký kopec at 325 m above sea level.

History
The first written mention of Prace is from 1274.

The pivotal action in the Battle of Austerlitz was fought over a nearby elevated area called Pracký kopec.

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

Sights
The main landmark of Prace is the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. It was originally a Baroque church, rebuilt in the Neoclassical style.

The Cairn of Peace Memorial in Prace memorializes those killed in the Battle of Austerlitz. It is an architecturally valuable Gesamtkunstwerk, built in the Art Nouveau style in 1910–1912. The monument symbolizes an ancient Slavic burial mound and consists of a four-sided truncated pyramid with a height of 26 m.

A cultural monument is the mass grave of about 800 Russian soldiers who died in the Battle of Austerlitz.