Budišov nad Budišovkou

Budišov nad Budišovkou
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Moravskoslezský kraj
District :	Opava
Area :	7916 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 48 ' N , 17 ° 37' E Coordinates: 49 ° 48 '7 " N , 17 ° 37' 20" E
Height:	512 m nm
Residents :	2,908 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code :	74787
traffic
Street:	Opava - Město Libavá
Railway connection:	Suchdol nad Odrou – Budišov nad Budišovkou
structure
Status:	city
Districts:	4th
administration
Mayor :	Patrik Schramm (as of: 2018)
Address:	Halaškovo náměstí 2 ; 747 87 Budišov nad Budišovkou
Municipality number:	506460
Website :	www.budisov.eu

Budišov nad Budišovkou (German Bautsch ) is a town in the Okres Opava in the Czech Republic .

geography

The town is located in Moravia in the basin of the Budišovka river ( Dürre Bautsch ) at the transition between the Oder Mountains and the Lower Jeseníky , about 25 kilometers southwest of the city center of Opava ( Troppau ). In the southwest it is dominated by the local mountain Mlžný Kopec (684 m). North is the Lubník valley with the remains of the castle Vildštejn ( Wildstein ) and the dam Kružberk ( Mohra Dam ). State road 443 from Opava to Město Libavá runs through the town .

Neighboring towns are Svatoňovice in the east, Staré Oldřůvky in the south, Podlesí in the southwest, Dolní Guntramovice ( Unter-Gundersdorf ) in the west and Dvorce in the northwest.

history

Market square in the city center

Budišov was first mentioned in 1239 in connection with a dispute between the Hradisko monastery and the Olomouc cathedral chapter over the forests of the Oder Mountains, which ended in 1305 in favor of the chapter. The first document dated from 1301 shows that Budišov was a town-like settlement as early as the 14th century. At the same time Budišov formed the center of the surrounding silver and lead mining. In 1323 Budišov became the property of the Archbishop of Olomouc.

After Budišov had been given as pledge to various noble families in the 15th century, Bishop Stanislaus Thurzo began promoting the city. The first guilds were founded at the beginning of the 16th century. Budišov acquired inheritance jurisdiction from Markus Kuen in 1558. Since 1564 the place had a city coat of arms, which was given its current design in 1613 by Franz Xaver von Dietrichstein .

With the Thirty Years War began the decline of the city, which was destroyed by Swedish and Danish armies. In the period that followed, epidemics broke out that decimated the population. On June 28, 1758, during the Seven Years' War between Gundersdorf and Bautsch, Austrian troops under Colonel Laudon fought with a Prussian vanguard and the next day the hussars burned down under Zieten from the Gundersdorf bush .

In the course of the 18th century, Bautsch had sunk into insignificance and the industrialization that began in the 19th century passed by Bautsch, which was far away from all important traffic routes. The main trade was home weaving and slate mining was practiced since the 19th century . To alleviate poverty, a tobacco factory was built in 1870 with state support. In 1880, 3,714 people lived in the town belonging to the Sternberg district administration. When the local line Zauchtel-Bautsch went into operation in 1891, Bautsch received a railway connection. This led to the settlement of companies, in particular the weaving mill, curtain factory, shoe factory and an agricultural machinery factory.

After the establishment of Czechoslovakia, a Czech school opened in 1923. In 1930 Bautsch had 4,274 inhabitants, of whom 4,069 (95%) were German. After the Munich Agreement , Bautsch was incorporated into the German Reich in 1938 as part of the district of Bärn in the administrative district of Troppau , Reichsgau Sudetenland . On October 7, 1938, most of the Czech residents were evacuated.

After the Second World War , the city came back to Czechoslovakia. The German-speaking population was expelled .

Demographics

Population development
year	Residents	Remarks
1842	2,669	in 349 houses (with the suburbs Niederaue and Oberaue )
1857	3,081
1900	4.122	German residents
1930	4,274
1939	4,072

Community structure

The town of Budišov nad Budišovkou consists of the districts Budišov nad Budišovkou ( Bautsch ), Guntramovice ( Gundersdorf ), Podlesí ( Schönwald ) and Staré Oldřůvky ( Altendorf ). Basic settlement units are Budišov nad Budišovkou, Dolní Guntramovice ( Nieder Gundersdorf ), Horní Guntramovice ( Ober Gundersdorf ), Lesy ( Herzogwald ), Nové Oldřůvky ( Neudorf bei Bautsch ), Podlesí and Staré Oldřůvky.

The municipality is divided into the cadastral districts of Budišov nad Budišovkou, Guntramovice, Lesy, Nové Oldřůvky, Podlesí nad Odrou and Staré Oldřůvky.

Attractions

View of Budišov nad Budišovkou with the baroque parish church of the Assumption of Mary

Parish church Maria Himmelfahrt, baroque building by Nikolaus Thalherr from the years 1746 to 1755
Town hall, built in 1653
Statue of St. John of Nepomuk, on the bridge over the Budišovka, erected in 1720
Slate mining museum
Staré Oldřůvky open cast slate mine

sons and daughters of the town

Franz Ignatz Cassian Hallaschka (1780–1847), Austrian philosopher, physicist and astronomer
Franz Kröner (1889–1958), Austrian philosopher (born in the Schönwald district )
Ernst Kuntscher (1899–1971), German politician
Oskar Schnirch (1902–1995), Austrian cameraman
Greta Fischer (1910–1988), educator