Ivančice ( [ˈɪvantʃɪtsɛ]; German: Eibenschütz) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic, 21 kilometres (13 mi) south-west of Brno. The town has approximately 9,300 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of Oslava, Jihlava and Rokytná rivers.
Ivančice was first mentioned in 1221, and from 1288 it had the status of a royal town. In the fifteenth century the town came into the hands of the von Lipá family, and it stayed in their possession until the Battle of White Mountain. In the sixteenth century, the town was an important centre for the Unity of the Brethren; Ivančice was home to Jan Blahoslav, bishop of the brethren and Czech linguist. In the Thirty Years' War Ivančice was recatholicised and lost its previous significance.
Ivančice was the birthplace of Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist Alphonse Mucha. The town is now home to a museum of the life of actor Vladimír Menšík.
Jan Blahoslav (1523 – 1571), humanist writer, Christian theologian, historian, and bishop of the Moravian ChurchChristian Entfelder (1526, here, Royal Hungary – 1544, Prussia), anabaptistPetrus Herbert (Hubert) (1533, Fulnek, Austria – 1571, here), Protestant theologianKarl von Zerotein, the Elder (German: Karl der Ältere von Zerotein, Czech: Karel starší ze Žerotína (1564, Brandeis an der Adler – 1636, Prerau), Moravian nobleman and politician; a member of the House of ZierotinLeopold Adler (1850–1990), Jewish actor, director and playwright, acted in GermanyGuido Adler (1855 – 1941), Jewish musicologistAlfons Mucha (1860, here – 1939), painterArthur Franzetti, né Jellinek (1873, here – 1928)Karel Sokol Elgart (1874 – 1929), writer, playwright, and literary criticJiří Dvořák (1891 – 1977), painterTheodor Kilian (1894 – 1978), EsperantistHugo Weisgall (1912, here – 1997, Long Island), Jewish composerVladimír Menšík (1929–1988), actorJan Procházka (1929–1971), writer and film directorVojtěch Adam (born 1950), politician, and doctorBřetislav Horyna (born 1959), philosopher and religious scholarMarie Jirásková (born 1964), artist and stage designerLubomír Hargaš (1967–1997, Zidlochovice), track cyclistJosef Prokš (born 1959), military manMartin Horáček (born 1980), footballerTereza Fajksová (born 1989), Miss Czech Republic Earth 2012, Miss Earth 2012 titleholderBeneš Metod Kulda (1820 – 1903), priest, writer, and ethnologic collector (folk songs and fairy tales)Jaroslav Matějka (1927 – 2010), writer, screenwriter, journalist, filmmaker, and historianVladimír Menšík (1929 – 1988), actorBřetislav Horyna (born 1959), philosopher and religious scholarVáclav Novotný (1869 – 1932), historianRabbi Joachim Oppenheim (1832 – 1891), writer and rabbiBřetislav Horyna (born 1959), philosopher and religious scholarKarl Panowsky (1833 – 1894), miller and politicianBřetislav Horyna (born 1959), philosopher and religious scholarZdeněk Růžička (born 1925), gymnastBřetislav Horyna (born 1959), philosopher and religious scholarVáclav Solín (1527 – 1566), a priest of the Moravian Church, musician, writer, and administrator of the printery of IvančiceJakub SvobodaBřetislav Horyna (born 1959), philosopher and religious scholarAugustin Uher (1908 – 1985), journalist, writer and historianBřetislav Horyna (born 1959), philosopher and religious scholarEibenschütz pedigreeAuerbach pedigree
