Vyšší Brod

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Vyšší Brod
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Vyšší Brod (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Historical part of the country : Bohemia
Region : Jihočeský kraj
District : Český Krumlov
Area : 6976 ha
Geographic location : 48 ° 37 '  N , 14 ° 19'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 36 '57 "  N , 14 ° 18' 42"  E
Height: 568  m nm
Residents : 2,621 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code : 382 73
License plate : C.
traffic
Street: II / 163: Český Krumlov - Bad Leonfelden
Railway connection: Rybník – Lipno nad Vltavou
structure
Status: city
Districts: 8th
administration
Mayor : Milan Zálešák (as of 2018)
Address: Míru 250
382 73 Vyšší Brod
Municipality number: 545848
Website : mestovyssibrod.cz
Location of Vyšší Brod in the Český Krumlov district
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Vyšší Brod (German Hohenfurth ; Latin Altum Vadum ) is a town in the Krumau district in South Bohemia , Czech Republic . The place is best known for the Vyšší Brod monastery .

geography

Vyšší Brod is located in the South Bohemian Region at the confluence of the Menší Vltavice with the Vltava . Six kilometers south of the city is near the Studánky / Weigetschlag border crossing, which connects the city with the Austrian town of Bad Leonfelden , at the Schwedenschanze in the Mlýnecký potok valley at 48 ° 33 '7 "  N , 13 ° 19" 59 "  E the southernmost point of the Czech Republic, which is also the southernmost point of the closed Czech language area.

Neighboring towns are Malšín and Ostrov in the north, Přizeř and Rožmberk in the northeast, Těchoraz in the east, Horní Dvořiště and Herbertov in the southeast, Studánky in the south, Loučovice in the west and Lipno nad Vltavou and Dolní Jílovice in the northwest. The Lipno reservoir lies to the northwest .

Community structure

The Vyšší Brod consists of the districts Dolní Drkolná ( Unterschlagl ), Dolní Jílovice ( German Gillowitz ) Herbertov ( Gerbetschlag ) Hrudkov ( Ruckendorf ) Lachovice ( Lachenwitz ) Studánky ( Kaltenbrunn ) Těchoraz ( Zichraß ) and Vyšší Brod ( Hohenfurth ). Basic settlement units are Dolní Drkolná, Dolní Jílovice, Hrudkov, Hrudkov-u léčebny, Kyselov ( Sarau ), Lachovice, Studánky, Svatomírov ( Zwarmetschlag ), Těchoraz, U Zastávky and Vyšší Brod. Vyšší Brod also includes the settlements Horní Mlýn ( Obermühle ), Kleštín ( Reith ), Kozinec ( Gaishof ), Lomský Dvůr ( fisherman's farm), Lopatné ( Lopatne ) and Steindlův hamr ( Steindlův hamr ). On the community corridors, the abandoned settlements Bolechy ( Wullachen ) Boršíkov ( Woisetschlag ) Bystrá ( shield ), Čížkrajice pod Chobolkou ( Schlagl on Roßberg ) Horni Drkolná ( Oberschlagl ), Dolni Přísahov ( Unterschönhub ) Hodslav ( Hatzles ) Horni Přísahov ( Oberschönhub ), Hradový ( Kastlern ), Kamenná ( Stein ), Konrátov ( Kainretschlag ), Mlýnec ( Lahrenbecher ), Petřejov ( Bretterschlag ), Pošlák ( Poschlag ), Radvanov ( Raif Maß ), Valdov ( Waldau ) and Valkounov ( Walketschlag ).

The municipality is divided into the cadastral districts of Bolechy, Dolní Drkolná, Herbertov, Hrudkov, Studánky u Vyššího Brodu, Svatomírov and Vyšší Brod.

Neighboring communities

Frymburk nad Vltavou , Lipno nad Vltavou Malšín Rožmberk nad Vltavou
Loučovice Neighboring communities Dolní Dvořiště , Horní Dvořiště
Bad Leonfelden Schenkenfelden Rainbach in the Mühlkreis , Reichenthal

history

The Vltava surts were already used by the Celts on their way from the Třísov oppidum to the Linz area with the hilltop settlements on Gründberg and Freinberg.

In the vicinity of such a ford across the Vltava, a settlement was built before 1250, which served to guard the trade route leading from Bohemia to Upper Austria . It was owned by the Witigonen and after the death of Witiko von Prčice came to the Witigonischen family branch of the Rosenbergs . Hohenfurth was first mentioned in a document in 1259, when Wok von Rosenberg founded the Cistercian monastery Hohenfurth . Only for the year 1394 is the Czech name form “Vyšebrod” documented, from which the spelling Vyšší Brod later developed. The name “high ford” is explained by the higher elevation compared to the fords at Zátoň and Krummau , which are located downhill from the Vltava .

In the Hussite Wars in 1422 the town, the monastery and the deanery church of St. Bartholomew destroyed. 1528 Hohenfurth was by Johann III. from Rosenberg raised to a town. The patronage of the monastery and the monastic estates were practicing to 1611, the Lords of Rosenberg, then for short periods of time Johann Zrinský of Seryn, the nephew of the last Rosenberg , Peter Wok von Rosenberg was, and the Emperor Matthias and Ferdinand II. From In 1622 the patronage lay with the new owners of the Krumau rule, the lords of Eggenberg and from 1719 with the princes Schwarzenberg . Secular rule was exercised by the monastery from 1822 until the abolition of patrimonial rule in 1848. In 1850 Hohenfurth was subordinated to the district administration in Kaplitz and received city rights in 1870. In 1930 Hohenfurth consisted of 2,027 inhabitants (1,731 of them German ).

After the First World War Hohenfurth came to Czechoslovakia . At the official census of 1921 Hohenfurth had 1632 inhabitants, of which 1481 (91%) spoke German. According to the Munich Agreement, Hohenfurth belonged to the German Reichsgau Oberdonau from 1938 to 1945 .

During the Second World War numerous objects were stolen by the SS- Linz, which were later exhibited in the Upper Austrian State Museum. In 2009 these were returned to the monastery.

After the end of the Second World War , the territories ceded in the Munich Agreement came back to Czechoslovakia and the German-speaking population was expelled .

During the time of communist rule, it belonged to the border area of ​​the so-called Iron Curtain , which resulted in the evacuation of many of the surrounding villages. Due to the decline in population, Vyšší Brod lost its town charter in the 1950s. After the political upheaval of 1989, it was raised to a town again on July 1, 1994. In 1991 the population was 1,973 and rose to 2,648 in 2005. Due to its attractive location, the sights and numerous leisure activities, tourism has developed into an economic factor.

Culture and sights

Vyšší Brod Monastery

Theaters and museums

  • Postal Museum

Buildings

  • Vyšší Brod Cistercian Abbey
  • Pilgrimage chapel Maria Rast am Stein
  • The deanery church of St. Bartholomew was built in 1260–1270 on the upper side of the market and destroyed in 1422 in the Hussite Wars. It was renewed in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • Monastery Church of the Assumption

Green spaces and recreation

  • The Vyšebrodska hiking trail leads through the mystical nature of the eastern Bohemian Forest.
  • On the Abtweg I you pass the St. Wolfgang waterfalls.

Sports

  • Canoe and rafts on the Vltava River
  • Equestrian sport

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Vyšší Brod  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/545848/Vyssi-Brod
  2. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 0.8 MiB)
  3. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/casti-obce-obec/545848/Obec-Vyssi-Brod
  4. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/zsj-obec/545848/Obec-Vyssi-Brod
  5. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi-obec/545848/Obec-Vyssi-Brod
  6. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Kaplitz district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  7. ↑ http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/SUD/orte/K.html
  8. ↑ Vyšší Brod Monastery gets looted art back from Upper Austria on Radio Praha on June 11, 2009, accessed on June 27, 2009
  9. ↑ St. Wolfgang waterfalls (Abtweg I and II) on lineckastezka.cz (German and Czech).
  10. ↑ Novack, Methudius <1749c-1831> Veni sancte spiritus in D major on opac.rism.info.