- Land Area: 1354 ha
- Population: 1,423
- Altitude: 198 asml
The village is situated in the middle of the agricultural landscape in which the arable land is predominant, sometimes supplemented by fruit orchards and vineyards, in particular, it is situated in a shallow valley on the right bank of the Prušánecký stream.
The local area was settled in prehistoric times, in the brick factory over the Moravský Žižkov´s pond was, for example, discovered habitation and the graves of Lusatian culture and habitation of tumular culture. Found here were also Slavic graves from the 9th – 10th century.
The village itself, however, belongs to the youngest in the region and was founded only in 1731,on the impulse of Liechtenstein estate inspector, Jan Maximilian Žižka, who used to decide on the distribution of land to the settlers and according who the village got its name. Years before this place used to serve as Prince lodge and a stud farm. Moravský Žižkov initially belonged to the neighboring Velké Bílovice, from which they separated in 1792 and since then it is independent. In the second half of the 30th of the last century, National fascist community had a strong position in the village; since the First Republic, the vicinity of the village profi ts form oil mining. Live folklore traditions are still maintained by feasts, which used to take place on the third Sunday of September. However, on the 17th of August 2002, a new church of Our Lady Victorious was admited to holy orders here and on the wishes of the local people, the feast is held on this date. This wine region is obviously full of beautiful corners with wine cellars, there is no surprise then, that in August the winemakers celebrate – by the traditional „mountain driving“.
