Kostelec nad Orlicí

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Kostelec nad Orlicí
Coat of arms of Kostelec nad Orlicí
Kostelec nad Orlicí (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Královéhradecký kraj
District : Rychnov nad Kněžnou
Area : 2618 ha
Geographic location : 50 ° 7 '  N , 16 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 7 '22 "  N , 16 ° 12' 41"  E
Height: 273  m nm
Residents : 6,201 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code : 517 41
traffic
Railway connection: Chlumec nad Cidlinou – Międzylesie
structure
Status: city
Districts: 4th
administration
Mayor : František Kinský (as of 2020)
Address: Palackého náměstí 38
517 41 Kostelec nad Orlicí
Municipality number: 576361
Website : www.kostelecno.cz

Kostelec nad Orlicí (German: Adlerkosteletz ) is a town in the Okres Rychnov nad Kněžnou in the Czech Republic .

geography

The city is located seven kilometers southwest of Rychnov nad Kněžnou ( Reichenau an der Knieschna ) in the Valley of the Wild Eagles and belongs to the foothills of the Eagle Mountains . The stream Štědrý potok flows north of Kostelec and the confluence of the Kněžná and Bělá rivers to the northwest .

Due to its picturesque location, the city is a destination for relaxation and excursions.

Neighboring towns are Lupenice in the north, Rychnov nad Kněžnou and Popluží in the northeast, Vamberk and Doudleby nad Orlicí in the east, Suchá Rybná and Kozodry in the south and Častolovice in the west.

history

Marian column
St. George Church
New lock

Kostelec nad Orlicí was first mentioned in 1303 and belonged to the Pottenstein rule until 1746 . It is documented as a market town for 1358 and a city for 1568. Around this time there was an economic boom with the production of cloth. During the Reformation the city became an important center of the Bohemian Brethren . They built a church from 1580 to 1586, which served as a Catholic church from 1620 and was consecrated to St. Wenceslas .

In 1668, the then owner of the Pottenstein estate, Wenceslaus Zaruba von Hustířan, built a castle on the site of a fortress east of the city center , which was later called the Old Castle . In 1746 Kostelec was released from the Pottenstein lordship and in 1796 sold by Count Harbuval de Chamaré to Count Josef Kinsky (1751–1798) from the Chotzen line of the Kinsky family . His grandson of the same name Josef (1806–1862) built an empire-style castle on the western outskirts of the city from 1829 to 1835 , which the Kinsky family lived until 1945. After the expropriation, it was initially partially used for laboratories and later abandoned to decay. After the Velvet Revolution , it was returned to the Kinsky family in 1997.

In 2014, František Kinský , the current owner of the fully restored chateau, was elected mayor of Kostelec nad Orlicí.

The population development of Kostelec increased continuously. At the time of the Thirty Years' War it was around 1000, in 1836 it was 2565, in 1890 3793, in 1900 around 5000 and in 1937 5639 inhabitants.

Attractions

  • Town hall from 1574
  • Marian column and fountain on the market square
  • St. Wenceslas Church from 1580–1586
  • St. Anna cemetery chapel, rebuilt in early baroque style in 1686–1691
  • Parish church of St. Georg, built 1769–1773 according to plans by Franz Kermer in the Baroque style
  • Several wayside shrines from the 17th to 19th centuries
  • The Old Castle east of the city center was built in 1668 by Wenceslaus Zaruba von Hustířan and after a fire in 1777 it was rebuilt by Count Kinsky.
  • The New Palace was built from 1829 to 1835 according to plans by the Viennese architect Heinrich Koch in the Empire style and surrounded by a wide English park with rare trees.

Districts

The districts belong to the municipality of Kostelec nad Orlici

  • Kostelec nad Orlicí ( Eagle Costeletz )
  • Koryta ( hollows )
  • Kostelecká Lhota ( Lhota at Adlerkosteletz )
  • Kozodry ( goat grove )

traffic

It is located on the main road ( Silnice I / 11 ) from Hradec Králové to Žamberk and has a railway connection on the Hradec Králové - Doudleby nad Orlicí line .

Twin cities

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Lived and worked in the place

literature

Web links

Commons : Kostelec nad Orlicí  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
  2. Kevin Hanschke. Messrs. Kinsky, Doudleby, Novacek and Ms. von Sternberg. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , February 6, 2020, p. R 5.