Telnice (Brno-Country District)
Telnice is a village and municipality in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of, and has a population of 1,339.
Telnice lies approximately south-east of Brno and south-east of Prague.
The village was the focus of tough fighting during the Battle of Austerlitz on 2 December 1805. Austrians under Michael von Kienmayer and Russians under Dmitry Dokhturov and Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden wrested the village from the French 3rd Line Infantry Regiment, lost it to a counterattack, and finally recaptured it. After the battle went against the allies farther north, they evacuated Telnice and retreated, suffering heavy losses in men and artillery pieces.
