Lenora

Lenora
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Jihočeský kraj
District :	Prachatice
Area :	1780 ha
Geographic location :	48 ° 56 ' N , 13 ° 48' E Coordinates: 48 ° 55 '32 " N , 13 ° 48' 24" E
Height:	765 m nm
Residents :	734 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code :	384 42 - 384 44
License plate :	C.
traffic
Street:	Horní Vltavice - Volary
Railway connection:	Strakonice – Volary
structure
Status:	local community
Districts:	5
administration
Mayor :	Antonín Chrapan (as of 2018)
Address:	Lenora 36 ; 384 42 Lenora
Municipality number:	550353
Website :	www.lenora.cz
Location of Lenora in the Prachatice district

Das Rechle , a covered wooden bridge over the Warm Vltava

Lenora (German: Eleonorenhain ) is a Czech municipality with 744 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in Okres Prachatice (Prachatitz district) in Jihočeský kraj .

geography

Community structure

The community of Lenora consists of the districts Houžná (Hüblern) , Kaplice (chapels) , Lenora, Vlčí Jámy (Wolfsgrub) and Zátoň (Schattawa) . Lenora also includes the residential areas Dubí ( Eichelhäuser ), Korýtko ( Gründelhäuser ), Nová Houžná (Neuhüblern) and Stará Rachota ( Beim Wachtfeitl ). Basic settlement units are Houžná, Kaplice, Lenora, Nová Houžná, Vlčí Jámy and Zátoň.

The municipality is divided into the cadastral districts of Houžná, Lenora and Vlčí Jámy.

Neighboring communities

Horní Vltavice
		Volary
Strážný	Stožec

history

The place on the Warm Vltava in the Bohemian Forest was only created in 1834 when Johann Meyr built a glassworks . Johann Adolf II Prince zu Schwarzenberg (1799–1888), who owned the forest area, gave the settlement the name Eleonorenhain in honor of his wife Eleonore. Princess Eleonore von Schwarzenberg (1812–1873) was a daughter of Moritz von Liechtenstein and Marie Leopoldine Esterházy von Galánthá (1788–1846).

Around 1859 the place was one of the largest glassworks in Bohemia . With the expulsion of the German-speaking population after 1945, the glassworks, which was last owned by the brothers Alfons and Siegfried Kralik, was nationalized.

On a hill there is a memorial in memory of Andreas Hartauer , who created the song Tief drin im Böhmerwald . The Bohemian composer Bedřich Smetana stayed in Eleonorenhain several times because of his tinnitus in order to recover. His stay in Eleonorenhain is documented by an entry in the guest book of the tourist house run by the Kralik family. It is assumed that he was inspired for his work Die Moldau here near the source of the Moldau .

Next to the castle is the Rechle , a covered wooden bridge over the Warm Vltava, the most famous building in the area.

Culture and sights

museum

The exhibits on display in the glassmaking museum all come from the local glassworks.

Sports

Lenora is connected to the Iron Curtain Trail , the longest official long-distance cycle path in Europe, which runs along the former Iron Curtain.

Regular events

The Lenorská slavnost chleba (bread festival) takes place annually on the last Sunday in July.

Personalities

Andreas Hartauer , author of the Bohemian Forest song, lived in Eleonorenhain for 2 years
Richard Kralik Ritter von Meyrswalden, Austrian writer, born here
Mathilde Kralik von Meyrswalden, Austrian composer
Heinrich Kralik von Meyrswalden , glass manufacturer in Eleonorenhain, born here
Gottlob Kralik von Meyrswalden , glass manufacturer in Fürstenberg (Oder) , born here
Alfons Kralik Ritter von Meyrswalden, glass manufacturer in Eleonorenhain, born here
Siegfried Kralik Ritter von Meyrswalden, glass manufacturer in Eleonorenhain, born here
Bedřich Smetana , guest in the summer resort of the tourist house

literature

Helmut Binder, Reinhold Fink: The Prachatitz district in the Bohemian Forest in old postcards. Morsak, Grafenau 1992, ISBN 3-87553-399-2 .
Elfriede Fink: I'm at home. The Bohemian Forests Egon Urmann from Eleonorenhain talks about his life in Bohemia . Ohetaler, Riedlhütte 2007, ISBN 978-3-937067-82-7 .
Fritz Hudler: Eleonorenhain - the glassmaker's place in the Bohemian Forest that emerged from wild roots . Morsak, Grafenau 1989, ISBN 3-87553-346-1