Bavorov
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Jihočeský kraj | ||||
| District : | Strakonice | ||||
| Area : | 3539 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 7 ' N , 14 ° 5' E | ||||
| Height: | 446 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 1,572 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 387 73 | ||||
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| Railway connection: | Číčenice – Haidmühle | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 6th | ||||
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| Mayor : | Miroslav Fenc (as of 2018) | ||||
| Address: | nám. Míru 1 387 73 Bavorov |
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| Municipality number: | 550809 | ||||
| Website : | www.bavorov.cz | ||||
Bavorov (formerly Obrovice , German Barau , Latin Bavarovium ) is a town in the South Bohemian region of Jihočeský kraj in the Czech Republic . It belongs to the Okres Strakonice .
geography
Geographical location
Bavorov lies eight kilometers west of Vodňany on the Blanice . Neighboring towns are Budyně in the north, Svinětice in the northeast, Chelčice in the east, Truskovice and Barovské Svobodné Hory in the southeast, Šipoun and Strunkovice in the south, Dubská Lhota, Dub and Bročice in the southwest, Tourov and Trzice in the west and Útěšov in the northwest. The ruins of the Helfenburg Castle are five kilometers east of Bavorov . The 1074 cycle path leads through the village.
City structure
The municipality of Bavorov consists of the following districts:
- Bavorovské Svobodné Hory ( Barau Open Mountains )
- Blanice ( Großblanitz )
- Čichtice ( Tschichtitz ), see also: Jewish Cemetery (Čichtice)
- Svinětice ( Swinietitz )
- Tourov ( Taurau )
- Útěšov ( car show )
history
Bavorov was located on the Goldener Steig and was first mentioned in 1228 as Obrovice . It was owned by the Bavor von Strakonitz , from whom the place name is derived and who built a wooden castle here.
In 1351 the brothers Peter , Jobst , Johann and Ulrich von Rosenberg bought Bavorov. Four years later, with the permission of King Charles IV, they built the Helfenburg east of Bavorov, which served as the administrative seat of the lordship of the same name, to which Bavorov belonged. In 1359 the Rosenbergs built a hospice and a school. In 1361 they granted Bavorov the privileges of a royal town and in 1381 the Rosenberg coat of arms with the five-petalled rose. After the parish church was completed in 1384, they built a library next to it.
After the document with the granted privileges had been destroyed during the Hussite Wars , Heinrich V von Rosenberg confirmed the privileges anew in his name and that of his brothers and extended them to include the higher jurisdiction . A year later, Bavorov came with the Helfenburg rule to Johann von Schwanberg ( Jan ze Švamberka ) and in 1503 again to the Rosenbergs. During the reign of Wilhelm von Rosenberg , the Bohemian and Roman-German King Ferdinand I. Bavorov granted two annual markets and a weekly grain market in 1552. In the same year Wilhelm von Rosenberg approved the formation of a shoemaker's guild .
In 1593 the last Rosenberg, Peter Wok von Rosenberg, sold the Helfenburg estate with the abandoned Helfenburg to the city of Prachatice . In 1607 she confirmed Bavorov's previous privileges and extended them to include brewing rights . Because of the support of the Bohemian uprising , Prachatice lost its possessions through imperial confiscation after the battle of the White Mountain . The rule of Helfenburk with Bavorov fell to the Bohemian Chamber , which also withdrew the previous privileges. In 1622, Emperor Ferdinand II gave the Helfenburg rule to his court chamber president Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg for his services in the Catholic League . It was not until 1675 that Bavarov got his previous privileges back. After the Eggenbergs died out in 1719, Bavorov fell to the Schwarzenbergs . In 1747, Maria Theresa confirmed all previous privileges to Bavorov in her capacity as Queen of Bohemia.
After the abolition of patrimonial Bavorov was assigned to the Písek district in 1850 and raised to the status of town by the district office in 1853. In 1867 a fire destroyed large parts of the city.
After the Second World War, Bavorov lost its town charter in 1949. In 2000 it was again promoted to town.
Culture and sights
- The parish church of the Assumption was built from 1361 and completed in 1384
- The historic downtown of Bavorov is a listed building
Sons and daughters of the place
- Josef Krasoslav Chmelenský (1800–1839), critic, poet, librettist and educator
