Jihlávka
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Kraj Vysočina | ||||
| District : | Jihlava | ||||
| Area : | 838 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 16 ' N , 15 ° 17' E | ||||
| Height: | 651 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 205 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 588 51 | ||||
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| Street: | Počátky - Horní Dubenky | ||||
| Railway connection: | Veselí nad Lužnicí – Jihlava | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
| administration | |||||
| Mayor : | Jiří Košina (as of 2007) | ||||
| Address: | Jihlávka 134 588 51 Batelov |
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| Municipality number: | 587290 | ||||
| Website : | www.nasemorava.cz/jihlavka | ||||
Jihlávka (German Klein Iglau ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located 21 kilometers northeast of Jindřichův Hradec and belongs to the Okres Jihlava .
geography
Jihlávka is located in the south of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands north of the Javořická vrchovina. To the west of the village on the saddle between the Lísek (759 m) and the Strážný vrch (706 m) runs the main European watershed between the Elbe and the Danube ; the Jihlava rises just below it . To the southeast, the Hamerský potok leads its water to Nežárka . The railway runs through the village from Jindřichův Hradec to Pelhřimov / Jihlava , the railway station is located south of Jihlávka.
Neighboring towns are Léskovec and Horní Ves in the north, Nová Ves in the northeast, Horní Dubenky in the east, Janštejn in the southeast, Kaliště and Býkovec in the south, Horní Vilímeč in the southwest, Vesce and Počátky in the west and Lázně Svaté Kateřiny in the northwest.
history
The first written mention of the place comes from the year 1356. Jihlávka originated in the border forest Borek on the border with Bohemia.
During the Hussite Wars in 1423 a battle took place between Jihlávka and Horní Dubenky, in which a division of the Taborites was destroyed.
In the 18th century, the Katharinenbad was built northwest of the village at the foot of the Lísek, and at the beginning of the 20th century it became a meeting place for Prague society. The spa guests mostly traveled by train via the train station Jihlávka - Svatá Kateřina / Klein Iglau - Sankt Katharina.
Attractions
- catholic bell tower, erected in the 1920s
- Protestant bell tower, built in the 1920s
- Monument to the Hussite Battle, east of the village on the way to Horní Dubenky
- Baroque bath chapel of St. Catherine in Lázně Svaté Kateřiny, built in 1730
- former spa in Lázně Svaté Kateřiny