Veveří Castle
Veveří is an originally ducal and royal castle in Brno in the Czech Republic. It is located about 12 kilometres northwest of Brno city centre on the Svratka River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Herbert Frank, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Czechia
- Also known as: “Zamek Veveri” and “Zámek Veveří”
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hrad Veveří and Kaple Matky Boží Veverské.
Hrad Veveří
Station
Photo: RomanM82, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hrad Veveří is a station, which is situated 210 metres northeast of Veveří Castle.
Kaple Matky Boží Veverské
Church
Photo: RomanM82, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kaple Matky Boží Veverské is a church, which is situated 530 metres west of Veveří Castle.
Pod Trnůvkou
Station
Photo: Harold, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pod Trnůvkou is a station, which is situated 1½ km east of Veveří Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nový Dvůr and Veverská Bítýška.
Veverská Bítýška
Town
Photo: Dominikmatus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Veverská Bítýška is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,500 inhabitants. Veverská Bítýška is situated 3 km northwest of Veveří Castle.
Hvozdec
Village
Photo: Dendrofil, Public domain.
Hvozdec is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Hvozdec lies approximately 15 kilometres west of Brno and 172 km south-east of Prague. Hvozdec is situated 3 km west of Veveří Castle.
Veveří Castle
- Categories: museum building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Brno, Brno-City District, South Moravia, Czech Republic, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.25655° or 49° 15′ 24″ northLongitude
16.46196° or 16° 27′ 43″ eastElevation
276 metres (906 feet)Open location code
8FXR7F46+JQOpenStreetMap ID
way 504144327OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Slovak—“Veveří Castle” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Veveri qalası”
- Belarusian: “Замак Вэвэржы”
- Bulgarian: “Вевержи”
- Chinese: “維維日城堡”
- Czech: “hrad Veveří”
- Czech: “Veveří”
- Dutch: “Burcht Veveri”
- Dutch: “Burcht Veveří”
- Esperanto: “Burgo Veveří”
- French: “Château Veveří”
- German: “Burg Eichhorn”
- German: “Burg Veveří”
- German: “Hrad Veveří”
- Hungarian: “Veveří vár”
- Italian: “castello di Veveří”
- Italian: “Castello di Veveří”
- Romanian: “Castelul Veveří”
- Russian: “Вевержи”
- Serbian: “Стари град Вевержи”
- Slovak: “Hrad Veveří”
- Slovak: “Veveří”
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