Miletín
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Královéhradecký kraj | ||||
| District : | Jičín | ||||
| Area : | 893 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 24 ′ N , 15 ° 40 ′ E | ||||
| Height: | 334 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 912 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 507 71 | ||||
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| Street: | Hořice - Dvůr Králové | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Miroslav Nosek (as of 2008) | ||||
| Address: | KJ Erbena 99 507 71 Miletín |
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| Municipality number: | 573175 | ||||
| Website : | www.miletin.cz | ||||
Miletín (German: Miletin ) is a city in the Czech Republic . It is located 18 kilometers east of Jičín on the Bystřice and belongs to the Okres Jičín .
history
Miletín was first mentioned in writing in 1124 in the vita of Bishop Otto von Bamberg, who was canonized in 1189 . He came through Miletín, which was owned by the Bohemian princes, on his missionary journey on the way to Pomerania via Prague and Sadská . The ruling Bohemian prince Vladislav I welcomed and hosted him at the fortress of Miletín, which served as the royal court, and presented him with gifts.
Below the fortress, a settlement developed that was owned by the royal cupbearer Zbraslav von Vchynic and Miletin in 1228. His widow Domoslava, with the consent of King Wenceslas I, gave the property to the Teutonic Order in 1241 . He established the Coming Miletin here , who also held the judicial office and the lower jurisdiction . At this time, the Grand Master also held the office of regional master of Prussia, which made Bohemia the Chamber Ball of the Order. The baron, Bodo von Torgau , the feudal lord of Arnau and Hof (Queen's Court) and the knight of Kottwitz , lord of Kottwitz , whose fiefs lay with Miletin, used their influence through the order across the board in Saxony, Franconia, Bohemia and Prussia. As one in 1261 by the Prague Bishop Johann III. The survey of the parish of Miletín initiated by the survey, Miletin then consisted of 15 villages. In the same year Miletín is proven as a market place.
In 1404 the commander of the order ceded part of the - presumably indebted - order possessions to the Bohemian castle count Johann Kruschina von Lichtenburg . After his death in 1407, the order managed to repurchase the property. In 1410 he leased it to Beneš von Choustník for his lifetime. For reasons not known, Johann Městecký von Opočno Miletíns took possession after his death . It is not known when the friars left Miletín. In 1424 the friar Nikolaus was appointed pastor of Miletín. In 1437 King Sigismund pledged Miletín and the associated villages to Hynek Kruschina von Lichtenburg , to whom Miletín would probably have been legally entitled since his father's death in 1407. After Hynek's death in 1454, Miletín inherited his son Wilhelm Kruschina, whose descendants it remained until it was sold to Jan Trčka von Lípa in 1522. In 1540 Miletín acquired Sigmund Smiřický von Smiřice , after whose death in 1548 it passed to his son Albrecht, who sold it to Georg von Waldstein in 1560 .
Georg von Waldstein raised Miletín to town in 1560 and ensured better living conditions for his subjects, for whom he also acted as a benefactor. In 1565 he built a stone town hall, and a school building is documented for 1586. In his honor, St. Georg the city arms. The Waldsteiners kept Miletín until it was sold to Georg Friedrich von Oppersdorff in 1692. Under his rule, the baroque palace was built from 1693 to 1701.
From 1743 there were frequent changes of ownership. In 1846 a fire destroyed large parts of the city and the castle was also damaged. It was rebuilt and repaired under Hynek Václav Falge. Further changes to the palace were carried out from 1881 under Alexander von Schönburg-Hartenstein , who also arranged for the palace park to be transformed into an English garden.
The Moravian Agricultural Bank acquired the large estates of the former Miletín estate in 1914. In the same year Jan Alfons Šimáček bought the castle and the associated goods, who married his daughter Marie in 1941. Stýblová, inherited.
After the Second World War, Miletín lost its town status, but regained it in 2006. A branch of the Zwickau worsted yarn factory, in which worsted yarn is produced, is of economic importance .
Attractions
- The free-standing tower originally formed the entrance gate to the commander of the Teutonic Order. It was increased to three floors in 1586.
- The parish church of the Annunciation was built in the 13th century and later rebuilt, expanded and stylistically changed several times.
- The castle is west of the parish church. It was built in the Baroque style in 1693–1701 and rebuilt and repaired several times. In 1847 it was changed in the style of the Empire. It is not open to the general public. The open castle park is home to rare conifers and deciduous trees.
- The Chapel of St. Johann von Nepomuk established the then landowner Maria von Magnis , married in 1750 . Kolowrat.
Districts
No districts are shown for Miletín.
Personalities
- Karel Jaromír Erben (1811–1870), Czech writer
