Name: Bohemia versus Moravia: Does the old divide still matter in Czechia?
Uploaded: 2026-11-06T13:15:02+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: Moravia was once a distinct historical land, and some of its inhabitants still consider themselves Moravian rather than Czech. But the number declaring exclusively Moravian nationality has fallen sharply since 1991. In this episode of Czechast, Vít Pohanka explores the old boundary between Bohemia and Moravia and revisits interviews with a Moravian political activist and

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Moravia was once a distinct historical land, and some of its inhabitants still consider themselves Moravian rather than Czech. But the number declaring exclusively Moravian nationality has fallen sharply since 1991. In this episode of Czechast, Vít Pohanka explores the old boundary between Bohemia and Moravia and revisits interviews with a Moravian political activist and a historian who disagree about the region’s identity and future.

In the village of Herálec, the River Svratka once separated two communities belonging to different historical lands.

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Author: Vít Pohanka