Blatná
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Jihočeský kraj | ||||
| District : | Strakonice | ||||
| Area : | 4360 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 26 ' N , 13 ° 53' E | ||||
| Height: | 440 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 6,583 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 388 01 | ||||
| License plate : | C. | ||||
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| Street: | Plzeň - Písek | ||||
| Railway connection: |
Březnice – Strakonic Blatná – Nepomuk |
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 9 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Bc. Kateřina Malečková (as of 2018) | ||||
| Address: | TG Masaryka 322 388 11 Blatná |
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| Municipality number: | 550850 | ||||
| Website : | www.mesto-blatna.cz | ||||
Blatná (German Blatna ) is a city in the Czech Republic . It is located 19 kilometers north of Strakonice and belongs to the Okres Strakonice .
geography
Geographical location
Blatná is located at the confluence of the Závišínský potok in the Lomnice in the Central Bohemian hill country . There are numerous ponds in the city and the surrounding area.
City structure
The town Blatná consists of the districts Blatenka (Kleinblatna) , Blatná (Blatna) , Čekanice (Tschekanitz) , Drahenický Málkov (Malkau b. Drahenitz) , Hněvkov (Zorn village) , Jindřichovice (Heinrichsdorf) , Milčice (Miltschitz) , Řečice (Retschitz) and Skaličany (Skalchan) .
Neighboring communities
Neighboring towns are Bezdědovice and Paštiky in the north, Skaličany in the northeast, Buzice in the east, Pacelice and Hněvkov in the southeast, Mačkov and Blatenka in the south, Lhotka, Mračov and Vrbno in the southwest, Řečice and Tchořovice in the west and Hajany and Chlum in the northwest.
history
Blatná was first mentioned in 1235. The owner of the Blatna moated castle, located on a river island in the Lomnice, was Visemirus de Blatna at that time. A settlement was established on the left bank of the river opposite the castle at the crossroads of trade routes from Prague to Strakonice and from Písek to Pilsen . In various writings it can be read that the rule should have belonged to the possessions of the Templars ; however, such cannot be documented. In the second half of the 13th century, Bavor II von Strakonitz acquired the castle. With Břeněk von Strakonitz, the Bavor von Strakonitz family died out in 1404 and their property fell to Johann Lev von Rosental . Between 1520 and 1530, Zdeniek Lev von Rosental had the moated castle converted into an early Renaissance castle by Benedikt Ried . In 1541 the Sternbergers acquired Blatná, followed in 1579 by Count Rozdrazowsky von Rozdrazow auf Blatna and Pomsdorf. In 1558 Blathnau was referred to as a town. In 1601 it was elevated to the status of a city. The main source of income for its residents was fish farming. After Franz Ignaz Rozdrazowsky von Rozdrazow died childless in 1691, the Count Kolowrat -Krakowsky inherited the rule. Four years later it was sold to Count Joseph Serényi von Kis-Serény , who in 1701 bought the Skworetitz estate and joined the rulership. In 1742 he left the rule to his widow Maria Elisabeth, née Countess von Waldstein, for usufruct. After their death in 1787 the brothers Joseph Vinzenz, Amand, Johann Nepomucen and Ludwig Serényi inherited from Kis-Serény. They sold the Blatná rule on November 7, 1798 to the Imperial and Royal Chamberlain Wenzel Hildprandt Freiherr von und zu Ottenhausen. In 1803 his son Franz Hildprandt von und zu Ottenhausen inherited the property. In 1812 he built a beet sugar factory below the castle. In 1827 he sold the rule to Ferdinand Hildprandt von und zu Ottenhausen.
In 1840, the Blatna lordship, excluding the city, comprised a usable area of 11,269 yokes, 215 square fathoms, with Czech-speaking 3988 subjects, including two Israelite families. The rulership ran seven farms in Blatna, Augezd, Lom, Skworetitz, Bezdědowitz, Nieretsch and Busitz and six sheep farms in Augezd, Lom, Skworetitz, Bezdědowitz, Nieretsch and Busitz. The forests were divided into the Dobschitzer Revier, Skworetitzer Revier and the Castle District. The lordship also ran the beet sugar factory in the castle district, a potash boiler in Blatna and a limestone quarry near Mischtitz. The "Fischerstraße" coming from Sedlitz led through the rule via Blatna and Hněwkow . Servants were the protection and Munizipalstadt Blatna and the villages Chlum , Paratschow (Paračov) , Hajan , Dobschitz , Bezdědowitz , Paschtik , Skaltschan (Skaličany) , Augezd (Újezd) , Střižowitz (Střížovice) , Busitz , Wenceslas village (Václavov) , Hněwkow ( Hněvkov) , Mačkow , Mratschow (Mračov) , Mischtitz and Newčelitz (Nevželice) , the villages of Skworetitz , Muschetitz (Mužetice) , Lom , Nieretsch (Míreč) , Doll (Důl) and Patzelitz (Pacelice) , which belong to the former Skworetitz estate in Blatenka and the Čermaker mill in Latzina (Laciná) . The town of Blatna consisted of 257 houses with 1805 inhabitants, of which the 22 houses in the castle district with 199 inhabitants were directly subject to the rule. The castle district included the castle with the chancellery and house chapel of St. Andreas, a Meierhof, a brewery, a liquor house, a potash boiler, a forester's house, a smithy, the red mill, a head gardener's house and a post office as well as the remote Pustj single-layer mill, the former iron hammer Raudensky with a grist mill, oil press, and Hodan with one Board saw. The Dechanteikirche of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, the Dechantei and a school were located in the city under the joint patronage of the rule and the Archdiocese of Prague. The town hall, hospital, urban brewery, the eight inns, including three retreats, a pharmacy and four mills, on the other hand, were under the patronage of the manor. Eingepfarrt to Blatna were the villages Clum, Hajany with Řečitz, Paračow, Dobschitz, Bezdědowitz, Paschtik, Skaltschan, Augezd, Strižowitz, Busitz with Zbusy, Wenceslas village Patzelitz, Hněwkow, Mackow, Blatenka, Lhotka, Latzina , Wahlowitz with Dworetitz and Roschitz.
After the replacement of patrimonial Blatná became a district town and seat of a district court in 1850. The political district of Blatná comprised 106 municipalities and was divided into the judicial districts of Blatná and Březnice . In 1885 the sugar factory was converted into a fruit distillery. In 1899 the railway from Strakonice via Blatná to Březnice started operating. At the same time, a branch line from Blatná to Nepomuk was built , which connected the city with Pilsen . After the First World War, the gardener Jan Böhm began creating rose gardens in Blatná. By 1931, Böhm enlarged the rose plantations to 31 hectares and Blatná achieved international fame as the city of roses. In 1930 there were 3083 people in Blatná.
During the administrative reform of 1960, Blatná lost the district seat and was incorporated into Okres Strakonice. In 2002, the Lomnice flooded parts of the city.
Legend
In the dining room of the castle there is said to have been a large forest painting up to the 18th century, which depicted a Moor with a lantern in the middle of a gloomy forest area, which was surrounded by red-crossed Templars and pointed to a large stone. In 1770 a newly hired clerk is said to have examined the painting and found a hollow space of half a mason behind the depiction of the illuminated stone . After its opening, the mural should have disappeared.
Town twinning
- Calderdale , England
- Roggwil , Switzerland
- Sargé-lès-le-Mans , France
- Vacha , Germany
- Važec , Slovakia
Culture and sights
- Blatná Castle
- Church of the Assumption of Mary, built between 1290 and 1390 and remodeled in the 15th century
- Marian column on the market
- Čekanice Castle
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Jan Pravoslav Koubek (1805–1854), Czech writer and philologist
- Jindřich Hanuš Böhm (1836–1916), Czech humorous author
- Karel Strakatý (1804–1868), opera singer
- Franz Simandl (1840–1912), double bass player and music teacher
- Jan Böhm (1888–1959), Czech rose breeder
- Kamil Běhounek (1916–1983), Czechoslovak and German musician
Lived and worked in the city
- Jan Evangelista Purkyně worked from 1809 to 1812 as tutor and educator for Ferdinand Freiherr Hildprandt von Ottenhausen (1797-1859)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 0.8 MiB)
- ↑ Locales. Engagement .. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , February 10, 1883, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ Johann Gottfried Sommer : The Kingdom of Bohemia. Represented statistically and topographically. Volume 8: Prachiner Circle. Calve, Prague 1840, pp. 90-98.
