Borohrádek

Borohrádek
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Královéhradecký kraj
District :	Rychnov nad Kněžnou
Area :	1399 ha
Geographic location :	50 ° 6 '  N , 16 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 5 '52 "  N , 16 ° 5' 38"  E
Height:	257  m nm
Residents :	2,079 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code :	517 24
traffic
Street:	Týniště nad Orlicí - Choceň
Railway connection:	Choceň – Týniště nad Orlicí Chrudim – Borohrádek
structure
Status:	city
Districts:	2
administration
Mayor :	Martin Moravec (as of 2016)
Address:	Husova 240 517 24 Borohrádek
Municipality number:	576131
Website :	www.mestoborohradek.cz

Borohrádek (German Heideburg ) is a city in the Czech Republic . It is located 22 kilometers southeast of the city center of Hradec Králové on the Silent Eagle and belongs to the Okres Rychnov nad Kněžnou .

geography

The city is located on the Hohenbrucker Tafel ( Třebechovické tabule ) on the left bank of the Silent Eagle. The railway from Týniště nad Orlicí to Choceň runs through Borohrádek , from which the Borohrádek – Holice – Chrudim line branches off in the town .

Neighboring towns are Žďár nad Orlicí and Chotiv in the north, Moravsko in the northeast, Šachov and Zdelov in the east, Velká Čermná and Čermná nad Orlicí in the southeast, Veliny in the southwest and Koudelka and Poběžovice u Holic in the west.

history

The first written record dates back to 1308, when Jaroslav von Borohrádek and Ctibor von Uhersko defeated Frederick the Fair's troops between Opočno and Turov . Since 1342 Borohrádek was the seat of power and belonged to the lords of Pottenstein . Around 1400 it was owned by the Licek von Riesenburg ( Lickové z Rýzmburka ). Later it came to Nikolaus ( Mikuláš ) Licek von Riesenburg, who was accepted into the gentry's estate at the beginning of the 16th century and died around 1504. Borohrádek's heir was his son Jan Licek, who in 1548 acquired the Rokitnitz and Hoděčín dominions . Through his son Siegmund ( Zikmund ) Borohrádek got his five sons. They sold the Borohrádek rule to Christoph Betengel the Elder in 1582. Ä. von Neuenberg, who was also Lord of Reichenau between 1587 and 1589 . During the reign of the Betenangels, the old fortress was rebuilt; a new mansion and a farm yard were built. In 1730, under Franz Karl II. Kolowrat von Liebstein, the farm yard was rebuilt.

In 1811 the mansion burned down and Franz Josef II. Kolowrat von Liebstein had a little Empire castle built between 1816 and 1820. The other owners of the castle were the lords von Lützow and the Salm-Salm family , who owned the castle until it was nationalized in 1945. In 1971 the Borohrádek market was raised to the status of a town.

Local division

The town of Borohrádek consists of the districts Borohrádek ( Heideburg ) and Šachov ( Schachov ).

Attractions

The main square

• Borohrádek Castle, the Empire-style building was built between 1816 and 1820 under the Kolowrat von Liebstein family instead of a Renaissance manor
• Early baroque church of the Archangel Michael, built between 1669 and 1673
• wooden bell tower in the cemetery
• Rococo column of the Virgin Mary, in the market
• Trinity Church in Šachov, built in 1600
• Summer oak with a trunk circumference of 6.20 m on the road to Šachov

Web links

• Borohrádek Castle

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
2. ↑ Jaroslav Sula: Rokytnice v Orlických Horách a Mauschwitzové of Armenruh. Oftis, Ústí nad Orlicí 2010, ISBN 978-80-7405-086-2 .