Kunštát
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Jihomoravský kraj | ||||
| District : | Blansko | ||||
| Area : | 2420 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 30 ' N , 16 ° 31' E | ||||
| Height: | 445 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 2,787 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| License plate : | B. | ||||
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| Street: | Boskovice - Olešnice | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 6th | ||||
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| Mayor : | Zdeněk Wetter (Status: 2018) | ||||
| Address: | Náměstí krále Jiřího 106 679 72 Kunštát |
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| Municipality number: | 581879 | ||||
| Website : | www.kunstat-mesto.cz | ||||
Kunštát (German: Kunstadt ) is a town in Okres Blansko in the Czech Republic . It is located 11 km west of Boskovice .
history
Kunstadt was first mentioned in 1281. At that time it belonged to the Olomouc treasurer Kuna of Zbraslav and Kunstadt , who is documented for the years 1250-1295. He founded the Kuna family branch ( Kunova linie ), from which the gender name of the lords of Kunstadt is derived, which was transferred to all subsequent branches of the family, including the Bohemian lineage of the lords of Podebrady .
The Kunstadt Castle is only documented for 1360. After 1408 Kunstadt belonged to Boček II of Podebrady († 1417). He bequeathed Kunstadt to his sons Boček and Viktorin . After 1448, the latter passed on to his son Georg von Podiebrad , who arranged for the castle to be rebuilt.
The last owner of the Kunstadt estate was Ludwig Zajímač, who belonged to the Kunstadt and Lichtenau family branch. Wilhelm II von Pernstein bought it from him in 1520 . After several changes of ownership, Kunstadt fell to Stephan Schmied von Freihofen, who after 1620 housed Kunstadt Johann Amos Comenius in the castle and who later had to go into exile himself because of his commitment to Calvinism .
In 1680, Kunstadt was owned by the Austrian nobleman Johann Maximilian von Lamberg . The last owners from 1901 were the Coudenhove-Honrichs, who were expropriated in 1945. Ceramics production developed from 1889, later the machine and chemical industries also settled. On July 1, 1994, Kunštát was elevated to the status of a city.
Community structure
The city of Kunštát consists of the districts Hluboké u Kunštátu , Kunštát, Rudka, Sychotín, Touboř and Újezd, which also form cadastral districts.
Town twinning
- Stari Grad , Croatia
Attractions
- Kunštát Castle
- The parish church dedicated to St. Stanislaus was built in 1687.
- The monument to George of Podebrady on the main square was erected in 1885.
- In the district of Rudka : underground sandstone sculptures of the legendary sleeping Blanik knights (Czech: jeskyně Blanických rytířů ) created by the amateur artist and hobby stonemason Stanislav Rolínek (1902–1931) in the 1920s, also commissioned by the mayor of n Kunštá, František Burian Lookout tower (Czech: Burianova rozhledna ) on the nearby mountain Milenka (619 m a.s.l.), built 1929–1931 as a job creation measure during the Great Depression and as a regional tourist attraction.
- Pottery market: Every year on the 3rd weekend in September, a nationally known large ceramic market takes place around the castle.
Sons and daughters of the city, as well as personalities connected to the city
- Rudolf Maria Hynek (1883–1952), Czech doctor and author
- František Halas (1901–1949), Czech poet, member of the Devětsil , was connected to the city and found his burial place here
- Ludvík Kundera (1920–2010), Czech writer, lived in the city and found his tomb there
See also
literature
- 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 , pp. 305-306.
