Obrataň

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Obrataň
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Obrataň (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Kraj Vysočina
District : Pelhřimov
Area : 3209 ha
Geographic location : 49 ° 25 ′  N , 14 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 25 ′ 18 ″  N , 14 ° 56 ′ 19 ″  E
Height: 574  m nm
Residents : 813 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code : 394 12 - 395 01
License plate : J
traffic
Street: Tábor - Pelhřimov
Railway connection: Horní Cerekev – Tábor
Jindřichův Hradec – Obrataň
structure
Status: local community
Districts: 8th
administration
Mayor : Josef Hovorka (as of 2018)
Address: Obrataň 204
394 12 Obrataň
Municipality number: 548472
Website : www.obecobratan.cz

Obrataň (German Wobratein ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located 19 kilometers east of Tábor and belongs to the Okres Pelhřimov .

geography

Obrataň is located in the Kejtovský potok valley in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands . State road 19 from Tábor to Pelhřimov and the railway connection between these cities run through the village . Obrataň is the terminus of the narrow-gauge railway Jindřichův Hradec - Obrataň .

Neighboring towns are Cetoraz in the north, Šimpach and in the northeast, Dvořiště and Kámen in the east, Věžná and Brná in the southeast, Střítež in the south, Sudkův Důl and Bezděčín in the southwest, Pořín, Radostovice and Lejčkov in the west as well as Prasetín and Hrobskádka Zwádka in the north-west.

history

The village was first mentioned in a document in 1365. In 1384 the Church of the Birth of Mary was founded, which received a gold-plated silver chalice with Czech garnets from the archbishop.

In 1906 the narrow-gauge railway to Jindřichův Hradec was inaugurated.

Community structure

The municipality of Obrataň consists of the districts Bezděčín ( Besdietschin ), Hrobská Zahrádka ( Sachradka b. Hrob ), Moudrov ( Maudrow , also Maudra ), Obrataň ( Wobratein ), Šimpach ( Schimpach , older also Schimbach ; after Antonín Profous originally Schönbach ), Sudkův Důl ( Sudekgruben ), Údolí ( Audol , also Thal Josaphat ) and the one-layer Dvořiště ( Höflein ). Basic settlement units are Bezděčín, Hrobská Zahrádka, Moudrov, Obrataň, Šimpach, Sudkův Důl and Vintířov.

The municipality is divided into the cadastral districts of Bezděčín u Obrataně, Hrobská Zahrádka, Moudrov, Obrataň, Šimpach, Sudkův Důl and Vintířov.

Attractions

  • Narrow-gauge railway to Jindřichův Hradec, technical monument
  • František Daňek's Insulator and Lightning Protection Museum in Dvořiště
  • Church of the Birth of Mary, built in 1384
  • Monument to TG Masaryk, created by Jan Vítězslav Dušek

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.uir.cz/obec/548472/Obratan
  2. Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
  3. ^ A b c Antonín Profous, Jan Svoboda: Místní jména v Čechách: Jejich vznik, původ, význam a změny. Vol. I-IV. Prague
  4. http://www.uir.cz/casti-obce-obec/548472/Obec-Obratan
  5. http://www.uir.cz/zsj-obec/548472/Obec-Obratan
  6. http://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi-obec/548472/Obec-Obratan