Louňovice pod Blaníkem
| Louňovice pod Blaníkem | |||||
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Středočeský kraj | ||||
| District : | Benešov | ||||
| Area : | 1711 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 38 ' N , 14 ° 51' E | ||||
| Height: | 396 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 652 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 257 06 | ||||
| License plate : | S. | ||||
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| Status: | Městys | ||||
| Districts: | 4th | ||||
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| Mayor : | František Bébr (as of 2006) | ||||
| Address: | J. Žižky 16 257 06 Louňovice pod Blaníkem |
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| Municipality number: | 530107 | ||||
| Website : | www.lounovicepodblanikem.cz | ||||
Louňovice pod Blaníkem (German Launiowitz , formerly Launowitz ) is a Městys in the Czech Republic .
geography
Louňovice is located on the Blanice river , southeast of the district town of Benešov near Prague, in the hilly, natural landscape of Central Bohemia.
history
The region was originally settled by Celts who built a 125 × 175 meter fortress on the Blaník mountain. The festival fell into disrepair. The first written mention of the place comes from 1149, when the abbot Gotschalk von Seelau had a convent built in the area. The first nuns came from Steinfeld . They later helped found the Kanitz convent in Moravia .
The monastery was burned down by the Hussites in 1420, the only building that remained was the Assumption Church. The village became the property of the Hussite town of Tábor in 1436 through the confirmation of King Sigismund . At the beginning of the 15th century a small wooden castle was built on the Malý Blaník hill.
In 1547 the new landowners built a renaissance fortress by Oldřich Skuhrovský on the site of the former convent . From 1652 to 1675 the castle was rebuilt in the Baroque style, from 1672 to 1924 it belonged to the Archdiocese of Prague . Since 2007 the place has the status of a Městys again .
Districts
- Býkovice
- Rejkovice
- Světlá ( Lichtenwalde )
- Mrkvová Lhota
Attractions
- The legendary pilgrimage mountain Blaník with the rocky landscape Veřejová skála, from which, according to the old legend, the Bohemian knights should liberate the land when it is on the brink. Karel Villani made Blaník a place of pilgrimage in 1851 , and a lookout tower was built in 1940.
- Church of the Assumption of Mary from the 14th century, rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 2nd half of the 17th century .
- Baroque castle from the 17th century with its own brewery (no longer in operation) and beer cellars.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Petr Borkovec (* 1970) poet, translator and culture editor in Prague
- Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745), court composer in Dresden
