Křižánky
Introduction '''Křižánky''' is a municipality in Žďár nad Sázavou District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Most of the built-up area with well preserved folk architecture is protected by law as a village monument reservation.
Administrative parts The municipality is made up of villages of České Křižánky, České Milovy and Moravské Křižánky.
Geography Křižánky is located about  northeast of Žďár nad Sázavou and  northwest of Brno. The municipality lies on both banks of the Svratka River, which forms the border between the historical lands of Bohemia and Moravia. The Kyšperský stream, which flows into the Svratka in the municipality, supplies the relatively large Kyšperský pond.Křižánky is located in the Upper Svratka Highlands and within the Žďárské vrchy Protected Landscape Area. The mountain Devět skal, which is with an elevation of  the highest peak of the Upper Svratka Highlands and the second highest peak of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, is located in the municipal territory.
History The first written mention of Křižánky is from 1392.
Sights The Church of Our Lady of Help was built in 1932–1934.
Notable people *František Cína Jelínek (1882–1961), landscape painter; lived and worked here
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