Manětín
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Plzeňský kraj | ||||
| District : | Plzeň-sever | ||||
| Area : | 8465 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 0 ' N , 13 ° 14' E | ||||
| Height: | 413 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 1,142 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 331 62 - 331 64 | ||||
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Pilsen - Žlutice Planá - Kralovice |
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 15th | ||||
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| Mayor : | Josef Gilbert Matuška (as of 2018) | ||||
| Address: | Manětín 89 331 62 Manětín |
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| Municipality number: | 559202 | ||||
| Website : | www.manetin.cz | ||||
Manětín (German Manetin ) is a small town in the Czech Republic . The city, known as the baroque pearl of Western Bohemia , is located 29 kilometers north-north-west of Pilsen .
geography
The city is located in the northwestern foothills of the Rakonitzer hill country in the valley of the Manětínský potok. The town's local mountain is the elongated Chlumská hora (650 m) in the north-west. State roads 201 between Planá and Kralovice and 205 between Město Touškov and Žlutice cross in Manětín .
Neighboring towns are Chlum in the north, Stvolny, Hrádek and Brdo in the northeast, Česká Doubravice and Vladměřice in the southeast, Lipí, Dolní Lipí and Radějov in the south, Nové Městečko and Nečtiny in the southwest, and Lešovice, Doubravice and Újezd in the west.
history
Manětín was first mentioned in 1169 when Vladislav II left the place to the Order of St. John , who built a commander there in 1187 . Due to its location on the trade route from Eger to Prague , the place gained importance and in 1235 was granted its own jurisdiction and the right to fortify it by Wenceslaus I.
In 1420 King Sigismund gave Manětín to his general Bohuslav von Schwanberg . Among the Švamberks was Manětín the seat of a great power to the villages Vladměřice, Doubravice, Štichovice, Křečov, Osojno, Pláně Hodovíz, Hvozd, Lite, Radějovice, Chlum, Luková, Domašín, Křelovice, Líchov, Blažim, Krsy, Polinka , Kejšovice, Ostrov, Trhomné, Umíř, Chudeč, Dolní Jamné, Újezd, Pšov and Brdo belonged. 1544 sold Heinrich von Schwanberg ownership of the younger Wolf Kraiger of Kraigk , which he in 1547 for involvement in the uprising against Ferdinand I. was confiscated. Ferdinand sold Manetin in 1548 to Hieronymus Schlick von Weißenkirchen and Rabenstein. His son Joachim von Schlick sold Manetin to Hieronymus the Elder in 1560. Ä. from Hrobschitz . Under the Hrobschitzer, the old fortress was converted into a renaissance castle. In 1617, Christoph Karl Roupovský von Ruppau bought the Manětín estate. After the battle of the White Mountain , Roupovskýs Manětín and Herálec with Humpolec were confiscated, in 1622 Esther Lažanská von Buggau acquired the Manětín.
Under Wenzel Josef Lažanský von Buggau ( Lažanský z Bukové ) and his son Maximilian Josef, the city was redesigned in the Baroque style. After the town fire of 1712, which destroyed large parts of the town including the church, the master builder Johann Blasius Santini-Aichl gave the castle a baroque appearance. Significant Baroque artists such as Christian Philipp Bentum , Thomas Haffenecker , Peter Johann Brandl and Jean Baptiste Mathey as well as the organist Johann Josef Brixi worked in Manetin . The chateau remained in the possession of the Lažanský counts until 1945.
Local division
The town of Manětín consists of the districts Brdo ( Worda ), Česká Doubravice ( Bohemian Dobrawitz ), Hrádek ( Ratka ), Kotaneč ( Kotantschen ), Lipí ( lips ), Luková ( Lukowa ), Manětín ( Manetin ), Mezí ( Mösing ), Rabštejn nad Střelou ( Rabenstein an der Schnella ), Radějov ( Röding ), Stvolny ( Zwolln ), Újezd ( Aujest ), Vladměřice ( Steindorf ), Vysočany ( Wissotschan ) and Zhořec ( Hurz ).
Attractions
The city of Manětín is known as the baroque pearl of Western Bohemia . The most important buildings in the city include:
- Manětín Castle , redesigned in Baroque style by Johann Blasius Santini-Aichl after a fire in 1712 , is now used as a museum and gallery
- Sanctuary of St. Barbara, designed by Jean Baptiste Mathey
- Church of John the Baptist, Gothic building with paintings by Peter Johann Brandl
- baroque town houses on the market
Manětín Market Square
Statue in the market square
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sons and daughters of the town
- Hieronymus the Younger Hrobschitzky von Hrobschitz (before 1556–1603), owner of Manetin
- Josef Antonín Planický (1691–1732), composer
