Moravské Budějovice

Moravské Budějovice
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Kraj Vysočina
District :	Třebíč
Area :	3715 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 3 ' N , 15 ° 48' E Coordinates: 49 ° 3 '2 " N , 15 ° 48' 28" E
Height:	465 m nm
Residents :	7,364 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code :	676 02
traffic
Railway connection:	Znojmo – Kolín , Moravské Budějovice – Jemnice
structure
Status:	city
Districts:	5
administration
Mayor :	Vlastimil Bařinka (as of 2007)
Address:	nám. Míru 31 ; 676 02 Moravské Budějovice
Municipality number:	591181
Website :	www.mbudejovice.cz/de/

Moravské Budějovice Castle

Moravské Budějovice (German Mährisch-Budwitz or Budwitz , Latin Budwicz, Pudwicz , Pudewis ) is a town with about 7,400 inhabitants southwest of Brno near Znojmo ( Znaim ). It belongs to the Okres Třebíč in Kraj Vysočina , Czech Republic .

history

The first settlement took place on a rocky promontory above the Rokytka river , along the Haberner Steig, a trade route that connected Moravia with Bohemia and is still today the national road I / 38, the most important link between Prague and Vienna .

According to the first written mention of the city in 1231 , Pope Gregory IX. the Constance of Hungary , widow of Přemysl Otakar I , under his protection; included were the lands around Budwicz . The Lords of Lichtenburg later acquired the property. After that, the city received privileges from King Vladislav II . Some time later the powerful race died out.

The noble Waldstein family with their branch Pirnitz became new masters . Under their rule, the city achieved its greatest boom. Craftsmen settled down and one of the best schools in Moravia was established in Budějovice. There was religious freedom. After the Battle of White Mountain , Zdeněk Brtnický von Waldstein was sentenced to life imprisonment as an active participant. The lords of Schaumburg received the place, weakened by their own army and siege by the emperor's armies . These did not respect the old city rights and forced the residents to do labor .

A major fire in 1673 and the Thirty Years' War it came to the depopulation of the city. Maria Anna von Schauenburg, the only daughter of Leopold von Schauenburg, had to sell the town as it could only be passed on to male descendants. The Barons Wallis von Carighmain , namely Wenzel von Wallis (1696–1774), took over in 1736 an impoverished, destroyed city with a demotivated population. Most of them stayed outside the city; in the city she was only interested in the profit that could be made. During their reign the Napoleonic Wars fell and the city became a base for the French due to its strategically important location.

In 1821 there was finally an uprising, which was suppressed militarily. In the middle of the 19th century, Mährisch Budwitz became a free city and in 1850 a district town with tax law and a district court. During the Second World War , the city became a transit camp for refugees before it was captured by the Red Army .

Attractions

Moravské Budějovice Castle , built by Rudolf Heinrich von Schaumburg
St. Jiljí Church
Rotunda of St. Michael
the parish
City fortifications
Chapel of St. Anna
Chapel of St. Johan Nepomuk
Castle Park
Jewish Cemetery

Districts

Moravské Budějovice
Jackov
Lažínky
Vesce
Vranín

sons and daughters of the town

Siegfried Bauer (1880–1942), Austrian sculptor and violin maker
Ralph Benatzky (1884–1957), Austrian composer
Eduard Dolezal (1862–1955), Austrian geodesist
Jaromír Herle (1872–1945), composer and choir director
Rudolf Raschka (1907–1948), politician
Miroslav Venhoda (1915–1987), choir conductor

Twin town

Events

From 1997 to 2013 the open-air festival Proti proudu took place annually on the open-air stage.

Web links

Commons : Moravské Budějovice - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Budweiß in the Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae - sources and full texts

Moravské Budějovice. Oficiální web města.

Individual evidence

↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
↑ L. Hošák, R. Šrámek, Místní jména na Moravě a ve Slezsku I, Academia, Praha 1970, II, Academia, Praha 1980th
↑ Hermann Kopf : Christoph Anton Graf von Schauenburg 1717–1787. Rise and fall of the district chief in Breisgau. 2nd Edition. Rombach, Freiburg im Breisgau 2000, ISBN 3-7930-0343-4 , p. 23.
↑ Hermann Kopf: Christoph Anton Graf von Schauenburg 1717–1787. Rise and fall of the district chief in Breisgau. 2nd Edition. Rombach, Freiburg im Breisgau 2000, ISBN 3-7930-0343-4 , p. 12.
↑ Helga Turková: Budíškovice Budíškovice (Budischkowitz). Castle library. In: Bernhard Fabian (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical book inventory in Germany. Status: October 1996. Digitized by Günter Kükenshöner. Olms Neue Medien, Hildesheim 2003, ISBN 3-487-11711-8 . Accessed January 7, 2015.

[1] Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)

[2] L. Hošák, R. Šrámek, Místní jména na Moravě a ve Slezsku I, Academia, Praha 1970, II, Academia, Praha 1980th

[3] Hermann Kopf : Christoph Anton Graf von Schauenburg 1717–1787. Rise and fall of the district chief in Breisgau. 2nd Edition. Rombach, Freiburg im Breisgau 2000, ISBN 3-7930-0343-4 , p. 23.

[4] Hermann Kopf: Christoph Anton Graf von Schauenburg 1717–1787. Rise and fall of the district chief in Breisgau. 2nd Edition. Rombach, Freiburg im Breisgau 2000, ISBN 3-7930-0343-4 , p. 12.

[5] Helga Turková: Budíškovice Budíškovice (Budischkowitz). Castle library. In: Bernhard Fabian (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical book inventory in Germany. Status: October 1996. Digitized by Günter Kükenshöner. Olms Neue Medien, Hildesheim 2003, ISBN 3-487-11711-8 . Accessed January 7, 2015.