Jevišovka

A village situated at the confluence of the Thaya and Jevišovka Rivers. Until 1950, it was called Frélichov and was inhabited mostly by a Croatian minority population. The Croats arrived to southern Moravia in the 16th century, fleeing from the Turks who were gradually gaining the upper hand in conquering the Balkans. The local nobility settled them at the Moravian-Austrian border in several depopulated and desolate villages, which they brought to prosperity again. The Croats, living side to side with their Czech and German neighbors, managed to keep their own language, culture, traditions and customs for centuries. After the annexation of the Sudetenland, they had to join the German army, which was used as a pretext for their displacement after February 1948. There was no longer room for the original settlers in the borderland that was about to be re-settled with a new population loyal to the communist regime.