Nechanice
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Královéhradecký kraj | ||||
| District : | Hradec Králové | ||||
| Area : | 2802 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 14 ' N , 15 ° 38' E | ||||
| Height: | 239 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 2,329 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 503 15 | ||||
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| Street: | Hradec Králové - Nový Bydžov | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 8th | ||||
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| Mayor : | Jiří Pechar (as of 2007) | ||||
| Address: | Husovo nám. 83 503 15 Nechanice |
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| Municipality number: | 570451 | ||||
| Website : | www.nechanice.cz | ||||
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Nechanice (German Nechanitz ) is a town in Okres Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic . It is located 14 kilometers west of the district town of Hradec Králové .
geography
Nechanice is located in the Vychodolabská tabule on the Bystřice river . Neighboring towns are Suchá and Stračovská Lhota in the north, Třesovice and Střezetice in the northeast, Lubnó and Horni Přím in the east, Hrádek and Radostov in the southeast, Končice and Zvikov in the south, Kobylice and Nový Bydžov in the west and Podoliby in the northwest.
history
Nechanice was first mentioned in 1228, when the Czech King Wenceslas I the monastery Leitomischl for the salvation of his deceased brother Vladislav overwrote fines that in the Landtafel were recorded. The certificate was testified by Peter von Nechanice ( Petr z Nechanic ) , among others . He was the chaplain of Nechanice and acted as a representative of the Witigon branch of the Lords of Krumlov , who owned Nechanice at the time. Around this time Nechanice already had a church and a fortress, which was inhabited in 1235 by Záviš of Nechanice , a son of Vitikos II of Krumlov ( Vítek starší ). Záviš is documented for the years 1216 to 1257 and held the office of sub-chamberlain of King Wenceslaus I from 1233 to 1236. It is likely that Záviš elevated the fortified village of Nechanice to a town and at the same time gave it the Witigon coat of arms with the five-petalled rose.
Presumably after the branch of the Český Krumlov family died out in 1302, Nechanice fell to the Bohemian royal family as a settled fiefdom; in any case, King John of Luxembourg is proven to be the owner of Nechanice. Other owners included Albrecht von Kolowrat and Johann von Waldstein , who before 1521 sold the Nechanice estate to Nikolaus Pencingár von Bydžín. His descendant, Ctibor Smil, lost the possessions after the battle of the White Mountain . Nechanice was later owned by Count Schaffgotsch and finally by Count Harrach until the expropriation in 1945 . After their castle in Sadová burned down in 1744, Franz Ernst von Harrach near Nechanice built the Hrádek Castle , which subsequently served as the seat of the Harrach Counts.
In 1866 Nechanice was badly affected by the Battle of Königgrätz in the German War . In the second half of the 19th century, music making was of economic importance, mainly harps . Since 1865, Nechanice, which was elevated to a town in 1867, was the seat of the district of the same name, which existed until 1928. For political reasons Nechanice lost the status of a town in 1949 and only got it back in 1992.
Districts
The districts belong to Nechanice
- Komárov ( Komorn )
- Lubno
- Nerošov ( Nereschow )
- Sobětuš ( Sobietusch )
- Staré Nechanice ( Alt Nechanitz )
- Suchá ( Dürr ) and
- Tůně ( Thun ).
Attractions
- The Church of the Assumption , mentioned in 1228, was rebuilt and expanded under Ernst von Schaffgotsch in 1680–1692. After a fire in 1827, the church was rebuilt by Count Harrach in 1833.
- Statue of Anna herself from the 18th century on the market square
- The statue of St. John of Nepomuk on Prager Strasse dates from 1730
- Military cemetery for those killed in the Battle of Königgrätz in Bažantnice
- The grave of František Škroupa, the composer of the Czech anthem, is located in the former cemetery in Štrossovy sady
- Hrádek u Nechanic Castle , southeast of Nechanice
- The remains of the old fortress can be found in the meadows behind the town by the Bystřice river
Personalities
- Ignaz Raab (1715–1787), church painter
- Jan Křtitel Vaňhal (1739–1813), composer
