Náměšť nad Oslavou

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Náměšť nad Oslavou
Coat of arms of Náměšť nad Oslavou
Náměšť nad Oslavou (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Kraj Vysočina
District : Třebíč
Area : 1862 ha
Geographic location : 49 ° 12 '  N , 16 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 12 '26 "  N , 16 ° 9' 31"  E
Height: 365  m nm
Residents : 4,871 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code : 675 71
License plate : J
traffic
Street: SilniceI23.svg Třebíč - Rosice
Railway connection: Střelice – Okříšky
structure
Status: city
Districts: 4th
administration
Mayor : Vladimír Měrka (as of 2020)
Address: Masarykovo nám. 104
675 71 Náměšť nad Oslavou
Municipality number: 591211
Website : www.namestnosl.cz

Náměšť (German Namiest or Namiescht or Namiest at the Oslawa is) a city in Okres Třebíč with about 4910 inhabitants on the river Oslava ( Oslawa or Oslau ), about thirty kilometers west of Brno and about twenty kilometers east of Trebic ( Třebíč ) in the Czech Republic .

history

In 1234 a castle in Náměšť nad Oslavou owned by a lord from Lomnitz was first mentioned. The round tower in the castle park is still part of this medieval fortress. Around 1304 the place was destroyed by the penetrating Cumans , in 1408 the lords of Kravarn captured the castle and the village. Another owner was the governor of Moravia, Ctibor Tobischau von Cimburg . From 1481 the rule was again owned by the Lords of Lomnitz. From this time there is reports of a first printing house, the prints were important for the standardization of the written Czech language . The rule of Zierotin also only lasted for a short time, after the lost battle on the White Mountain they had to sell the property, which was bought by Albrecht von Wallenstein . Until the line died out in 1733, the place and castle were owned by Johann Baptist Verda von Verdenberg , whose heirs sold in 1752 to Friedrich Wilhelm von Haugwitz , whose family was only expropriated and expelled in 1945. In 1759 the city burned down.

In 1886 the place was connected to the rail network. 1923 Náměšť nad Oslavou was raised to the city.

Community structure

Náměšť nad Oslavou consists of the districts Náměšť nad Oslavou , Jedov , Otradice and Zňátky . Basic settlement units are Jedov, Klínky, Klínky-sever, Kozenec, Na Křemelkách, Nad dvorem, Náměšť nad Oslavou-historické jádro, Otradice, U Rathanu, Zámek and Zňátky.

The municipality is divided into the cadastral districts of Náměšť nad Oslavou, Jedov, Otradice and Zňátky.

Attractions

Baroque bridge and Anabaptist Church
City view from the castle
  • Renaissance chateau in Náměšť nad Oslavou
  • Castle park under nature protection according to FFH
  • Tomb of the noble family Haugwitz , 1822-1825, designed by Joseph Kornhäusel built
  • Baroque bridge over the Oslawa with twenty sandstone figures, created by Josef Winterhalder in 1737 , depicting saints and angels
  • Baroque Church of St. John the Baptist (1641) with statues of saints by Adolf Loos in front of the church
  • Hussite church , built in 1939 in the functionalist style
  • Rathan pond
  • Žižka oak , 800 to 1000 years old, the oldest oak in Moravia, named after the Hussite military leader Jan Žižka , who, according to legend, slept under it
  • Babylon observation tower on Zelený Kopec in the direction of Kramolín (24 m high)
  • Military airfield

Personalities

Town twinning

Web links

Commons : Náměšť nad Oslavou  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/591211/Namest-nad-Oslavou
  2. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
  3. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/casti-obce-obec/591211/Obec-Namest-nad-Oslavou
  4. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/zsj-obec/591211/Obec-Namest-nad-Oslavou
  5. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi-obec/591211/Obec-Namest-nad-Oslavou