Hronov
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Basic data | ||||
State : | Czech Republic | |||
Region : | Královéhradecký kraj | |||
District : | After that | |||
Area : | 2203 ha | |||
Geographic location : | 50 ° 29 ' N , 16 ° 11' E | |||
Height: | 364 m nm | |||
Residents : | 6,125 (Jan 1, 2019) | |||
Postal code : | 549 31 - 549 34 | |||
traffic | ||||
Street: | State Road 567 | |||
Railway connection: | Choceň – Meziměstí railway line | |||
structure | ||||
Status: | city | |||
Districts: | 6th | |||
administration | ||||
Mayor : | Hana Nedvědová (as of 2007) | |||
Address: | nám. Čs. armády 5 549 31 Hronov |
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Municipality number: | 574082 | |||
Website : | www.mestohronov.cz |
Hronov (German Hronow ) is a town in Okres Náchod in the Hradec Králové region in the Czech Republic . It is located six kilometers north of Náchod .
geography
Hronov is located in the valley of the Metuje ( Mettau ). To the east, across the border with Poland, are the Heuscheuergebirge and the Bohemian Angle ; Hronov had strong ties to the latter for historical reasons, and the Eagle Mountains are to the southeast .
Neighboring towns are Bezděkov ( Bösig an der Mettau ) and Machov ( Machau ) in the northeast, Vysoká Srbská ( Hochsichel ) and Žďárky ( small fire ) in the east, Velké Poříčí ( Groß Poritsch ) in the south, and Horní Radechová ( Ober-Radechau ) and Červený Kostelec ( Rothkosteletz ) in the west.
In the Malá Čermná ( Kleintschermna ) district there is a border crossing to Czermna ( German Tscherbeey ), a district of Kudowa-Zdrój ( Bad Kudowa ).
history
Hronov, which probably originated in the second half of the 13th century, was first mentioned in 1359. It bears the name of its founder, Hron von Načerat, who is documented as Hron von Náchod for 1254 . From the beginning it belonged to his reign of the same name Nachod , with which it remained connected until the abolition of patrimonial rule in 1848.
Due to its location, Hronov was repeatedly a military transit area and had to suffer many billeting and looting. During the Thirty Years War , the town was burned down by the Swedes.
During the German War , the Guard Corps moved in on the morning of June 27, 1866 under the command of Prince August von Württemberg . In 1870 Hronov received city status. With the railway connection in 1875, an economic boom began. At the beginning of the 20th century there was a cotton mill, mechanical weaving mill and a bleaching mill here.
traffic
The station is located on the Choceň – Meziměstí line , the former Chotzen-Halbstadt line of the Austro-Hungarian State Railway. Another train stop is the Hronov-Žabokrky stop .
Hronov is on the road (State Road 303) from Náchod via Malé and Velké Poříčí to Broumov . From this the state road 567 branches off to Rtyně v Podkrkonoší .
education
There is a hotel management school in Hronov.
Attractions
- The Gothic parish church of All Saints , mentioned in 1359, fell into disrepair during the Thirty Years' War. When it was rebuilt in 1716–1717, it was expanded and baroque. The free-standing bell tower was built in 1610.
- Baroque Marian column on the main square from 1725.
- The birthplace of Alois Jirasek dates from the 18th century and is a museum.
- The city theater was built in 1930 based on plans by the architect Jindřich Freiwald .
Population development
- 1832: 932 inhabitants (132 houses, 1 Jewish family)
- 1857: 1,200 inhabitants
- 1900: 3,710 Czech inhabitants
- 1970: 7,404
- 1980: 7.189
- 1991: 6,653
- 2001: 6,519
Community structure
The following localities belong to the town of Hronov:
- Malá Čermná ( Kleintschermna )
- Rokytník ( Roketnik )
- Velký Dřevíč ( Großdrewitsch )
- Žabokrky ( frog neck )
- Zbečník ( Sbetschnik )
Personalities
- Josef Regner (1794–1852), pastor of Hronov, later dean of Nachod, educator of the people
- Alois Jirásek (1851–1930), writer
- Josef Čapek (1887–1945), painter, graphic artist and writer
- Jindřich Freiwald (1890–1945), architect
- Josef Beneš (1901–1970), philosopher
- Egon Hostovský (1908–1973), writer
Twin cities
- Langenbielau ( Bielawa ), Poland
- Bad Kudowa ( Kudowa-Zdrój ), Poland
- Warrington , England
literature
- Lydia Baštecká, Ivana Ebelová: Náchod . Nachod 2004
- Joachim Bahlcke , Winfried Eberhard, Miloslav Polívka (eds.): Handbook of historical places . Volume: Bohemia and Moravia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 329). Kröner, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-520-32901-8 .
- Johann Gottfried Sommer : The Kingdom of Bohemia: Bd. Königgrätzer Kreis . 1836
Web links
- http://hronov.tschechische-gebirge.de/
- http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/tourist/jiraseks-hronov Jiraseks Hronov