Editing Brno (section)

===17th century===
[[File:Veduta Brna se znakem Markrabství moravského, rok 1670.jpg|thumb|upright|Coat of arms of the Margraviate of Moravia in ''Book of the state of lords'' with the picture of Brno (1670)]]
In 1641, during the [[Thirty Years' War]], the Holy Roman Emperor and Margrave of Moravia [[Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand III]] ordered the permanent relocation of the diet, court, and the land tables from Olomouc to Brno, as Olomouc's [[Collegium Nordicum]] made it one of the primary targets of Swedish armies.<ref name="Garstein">{{cite book |title=Rome and the Counter-Reformation in Scandinavia: The age of Gustavus Adolphus and Queen Christina of Sweden, 1622–1656| first=Oskar|last=Garstein| publisher=BRILL|year=1992}}</ref> In 1642 Olomouc surrendered to the [[Swedish Army]], which occupied it for eight years.{{refn|This led to decline in population of Olomouc from over 30,000 people to mere 1,675 and total devastation of the city.|group="note"}} Meanwhile, Brno, as the only Moravian city which, under the leadership of [[Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches]], succeeded in defending itself from the Swedes under General [[Lennart Torstenson]] during the [[siege of Brno]] in 1645, served as the sole capital of the Margraviate of Moravia. After the end of the Thirty Years' War in 1648, Brno retained its status as the sole capital. This was later confirmed by the Holy Roman Emperor [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]] in 1782, and again in 1849 by the Moravian constitution.{{refn|However, Olomouc also had legal status of capital city, although this title was purely an honorary matter rather than a real role, sometimes it was referred to as "the Secondary Capital"<!-- CZ: "druhé hlavní město" -->.|group="note"}} Today, the Moravian Land Tables are stored in the [[Moravian Regional Archive]], and are included among the national cultural sights of the Czech Republic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mvcr.cz/clanek/moravske-desky-zemske.aspx|title=Moravské desky zemské|publisher=Ministerstvo vnitra České republiky|access-date=3 October 2011|language=cs|archive-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221923/http://www.mvcr.cz/clanek/moravske-desky-zemske.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:View of Brno in the year 1700.jpg|thumb|Brno c. 1700]]

During the 17th century [[Špilberk Castle]] was rebuilt as a huge baroque [[citadel]].<ref name="spilberkhist"/> Brno was besieged by the [[Prussian Army]] in 1742 under the leadership of [[Frederick the Great]], but the siege was ultimately unsuccessful. In 1777 the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno|bishopric of Brno]] was established by the [[Catholic Church]]; [[Mathias Franz Graf von Chorinsky Freiherr von Ledske]] was the first Bishop.<ref name="brnohist"/>{{refn|The cathedral of the bishopric of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Brno]], the [[Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul, Brno|Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul]], is depicted on the 10[[CZK]] coin.|group="note"}}