Blovice
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Plzeňský kraj | ||||
| District : | Plzeň-jih | ||||
| Area : | 2895 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 35 ' N , 13 ° 32' E | ||||
| Height: | 387 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 4,140 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 336 01 | ||||
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| Railway connection: | České Budějovice – Plzeň | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 9 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Jan Poduška (as of 2010) | ||||
| Address: | Masarykovo náměstí 143 336 01 Blovice |
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| Municipality number: | 557587 | ||||
| Website : | www.blovice-mesto.cz | ||||
Blovice (German Blowitz ) is a small town in Okres Plzeň-jih , Czech Republic . The former district town lies on the Úslava river and is the center of the Úslava municipal association. The cadastral area is 2895 hectares.
history
The area was settled as early as the Stone Age, the first settlement in the Middle Ages by Slavs . The first written mention comes from 1284. At that time Blovice (earlier also Blobitz, Blewicz, Blowicz, Blouicz ) was a market town and belonged to the Cistercian monastery in Pomuk . In 1420 the village was pledged to the Lords of Schwamberg and in the 15th century to those of Sternberg . Zdeněk Konopišťský ze Šternberka obtained the town's first privileges from King George of Podebrady in 1465 . In the 16th century the town passed through a few hands until it was acquired by Hans Kolovrat , an advocate of Bohemian culture and the Bohemian national idea , at the beginning of the 19th century .
Local division
The districts of Bohušov ( Bauschen ), Hradiště ( Steinradisch ), Hradišťská Lhotka ( Lhotka b. Steinradisch ), Hradišťský Újezd ( Aujest near Blowitz ), Komorno ( Komorn ), Stará Huť ( ironworks ), Štítov ( Styria ) belong to the town of Blovice ( Wildschitz ).
politics
Blovice has twinned cities with the following locations
Culture and sights
- Church of St. Johann Evangelista (1760–1767)
- Jewish cemetery (1683)
- Hradiště Castle (1704) in which the regional museum ( Muzeum jižního Plzeňska ) is located
Personalities
- Heinrich Opper, known as " Henri Opper de Blowitz " (1825–1903), journalist, "King of Reporters", born in Blovice
- František Raušar (1857–1941), school principal , local folklorist and founder of the museum
- František Jaroslav Vacek-Kamenický (1806–1869), priest, poet, worked in Blovice
- Vojtěch Mikuláš Vejskrab Bělohrobský (1839–1869), local teacher, poet, musician, born in Blovice
Web links
- City homepage (Czech)
- Blovice