Milovice

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Milovice (Břeclav District)

Milovice (German: Millowitz) is a village and municipality (obec) in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.

The municipality covers an area of 6.53 square kilometres (2.52 sq mi), and has a population of 450 (as at 28 August 2006).

Milovice lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of Břeclav, 40 km (25 mi) south of Brno, and 215 km (134 mi) south-east of Prague.

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Milovice (Nymburk District)

Milovice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɪlovɪtsɛ]; German: Milowitz) is a town in the Czech Republic in the Nymburk District located about 38 kilometres (24 mi) northeast of Prague. Towards the end of 2013 the total population reached 10,000 people.

The village was first mentioned in 1396. Nowadays, the town Milovice belongs among the fastest growing suburban areas in the Czech Republic mainly thanks to cheap accommodation left by Soviet Army.

In January 2015, a group of 14 Exmoor ponies were moved from Exmoor National Park to Milovice in an effort to save biodiversity of the location through conservation grazing.

Military base

The first military base was founded by Austro-Hungarian Army in 1904. During the World War I there was a prisoner camp of Russian and Italian soldiers, which have military cemetery in town. After the War, the newly founded Czechoslovak Army started to use the camp as a main military base in Bohemia. During the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, the base served as a centre for German film propaganda, where fake footage from the Eastern Front was shot. In 1968 the base came Soviet control and played an important role during the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia and became the headquarters for the CGF (Central Group of Forces) afterwards.They built a massive airport and accommodation for about 100,000 Soviet soldiers and their relatives. The last of the troops left in 1991 and the base was abandoned in 1995.