ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA	CZECH REPUBLIC
Vysočina	Highlands (Jihlava) region
Okres: Žďár nad Sázavou

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Vír (German: Wühr) is situated at an elevation of 384 m on the river Svratka (Schwarza, Schwarzawa). The place was first mentioned in the first half of the 12th century. During the 1880s, Vír became a centre of tourism in the upland region between Moravia and Bohemia. The waters of the river Svratka were tamed by a dam built in the 1950s.

Glass no. 1370 [left] is labeled in Czech: Vír / Českomor[avská] vysočina ('Vír / Bohemian-Moravian Highlands').

Glass no. 4432 [near left] is labaled Pozdrav z Víru ('Greetings from Vír'). Based on the views printed on old picture postcards from Vír, the group of houses depicted on this glass should be Šťastny's Excursion Restaurant (Šťastného výletní restaurace).