The districts ("okres") are going to be dismissed. They were replaced by
regions ("kraj") and some of the present district qualifications will be
transferred to about 180-200 "qualified cities" in January 1, 2003. Moreover,
the districts are not self-governing entities while the regions are (therefore
the districts had, have and will have *no* symbols). Consequently, I believe
that the Czech municipalities should be classified according to regions
only, with no references to the decaying districts. Here is a list of new
divisions - proposals only - (present okres): Blansko (BK), Boskovice (BK),
Brno (BM), Břeclav (BV), Bučovice (VY), Hodonín (HO), Hustopeče (BV), Ivancice
(BI), Kyjov (HO), Mikulov (BV), Moravský Krumlov (ZN), Rosice (BI), Slavkov
u Brna (VY), Šlapanice (BI), Tišnov (BI), Veselí nad Moravou (HO), Vyškov
(VY), Znojmo (ZN), Židlochovice (BI).
Jan Zrzavy, 30 Aug 2001