History - photo gallery
How time passed in Diviška
in almost all areas of life. For the city of Brno, the creation of a new state was absolutely essential
importance. Although Brno had the status of the capital of Moravia under Austria-Hungary, it was
understood more as a provincial and working-class suburb of Vienna. Statute of the capital of Moravia
(from 1928 the Moravian-Silesian lands) remained to him, for political and national reasons it was
ties to Vienna were undesirable, on the contrary, thanks to the city's geographical location, ties to Slovakia grew stronger.
The key moment for Královo Pole was the annexation to Brno on April 16, 1919. Merger
with the Moravian capital meant a multifaceted for the former city of Královo Pole
development.
In 1921, water supply and electric lighting were introduced here, a year later they started
main streets were paved, sewers were completed, and from 1926 the street railway began to run through Královo Pole to Řečkovice. The construction industry also revived, which saw its greatest boom between 1905 and 1918 in connection with the development of industry and the influx of new workers. Several new streets were added, several important buildings were built.
In the immediate vicinity of the future Diviš colony, it was the Institute for the Crippled at Kociánka (1919)
and America's Homeland (1925). Americká domovina was an institution for youth from 14 to 18 years of age, which was created at the initiative of the American Czech, factory worker W. F. Severa. Thanks to Czech and Slovak donations
compatriots, but also other patrons, orphans or
gifted indigent inmates.
The construction of new family houses and apartment buildings quickly cut off agricultural land
land in the territory of Králov Pole. The housing issue was very hot. In addition to modern requirements
suitable dwellings, a large percentage of people still lived in completely unsuitable ones
conditions of basement flats (e.g. Barákova or Divišova streets), in overcrowded flats without
the necessary social equipment. The economic crisis, the consequence of which was the growth of the unemployed,
caused many people to lose the possibility of even the most basic accommodation.
And here we stand at the beginning of Diviš's colony.
The very first inhabitants lived in shelters built in a former sand quarry,
from where the sand was probably taken to the nearby railway. Later, people started to build on the hillside
above the quarry, houses made of old bricks, which they carried up on their backs as well as water and other things
material.
The first one was allegedly built by the Zeman family on today's Dřínová street. For the first three years here
154 houses were built. Construction was often very fast thanks to people helping each other.
An average of 10 people lived in the miniature houses, because the owners rented out part of the house
other families to obtain funds to pay off the construction or improve their livelihoods. In the beginning
In the 1930s, additional plots were measured in the colony for the construction of houses, but they did not increase anymore
at the same rate as at the beginning, yet in 1938 there were 192 (197) living in Diviš's colony
houses of 1,500 inhabitants.
Shops and services for the inhabitants of the colony also began to operate here gradually. Next to two
of general merchandise stores (Hálovi and Mrs. Jelínková), there was a butcher (Opat), a confectioner (Bartoněk),
but also a baker, barber, cobbler (Janoušek and Zeman) and glazier.
To this day, witnesses still remember with great nostalgia the kindergarten that was opened in Divišov Colony in 1939.
The arrivals were mostly from the village, so it is not surprising that in addition to working in some of the factories, they also engaged in farming on small plots of land. Every house had a goat or hen and rabbits,
somewhere even a piggy bank. They only had one horse. They went to the surrounding fields for ears of corn and potatoes.
The field actually surrounded the box. Four farmers worked here, and although most of the inhabitants walked
to work in factories, when needed (for example for the harvest), they went to help in the fields. The village lifestyle was also reminded of the holidays and events that were celebrated in the column - harvest festivals,
remains, Easter fun and even vintage, which given that on the surrounding hillsides
there were still vineyards in the thirties of the 20th century, it is not so surprising.
Cultural life was also provided by the cinema and amateur theater. Sports activities were made possible by two playgrounds and in winter
an ice rink was created, the terrain also offered sledding.
Residents of Diviška used to walk to the city via Černá Pole, Bratislavská Street. In itself
the colony had no roads, people walked along narrow paths and lit with kerosene lamps. Most people
she worked in Borgeska (later Královopolská strojírna), they went to work more and more
women too.
Apparently, a certain isolation of this locality caused it to gradually become busy
a cultural event that many of the witnesses fondly remember to this day.
text from the book "Divišova čtvrť, village in the city" in the context of historical events, First Republic, PhDr. Eva Dvořáková
Photogallery
Theater
Feast
The architecture of the colony - protected by historical preservation
Some houses are protected by PU of the city of Brno.