Pyšely
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Středočeský kraj | ||||
| District : | Benešov | ||||
| Area : | 1281 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 53 ' N , 14 ° 41' E | ||||
| Height: | 372 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 1,971 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 251 67 - 257 22 | ||||
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| Street: | Říčany - Benešov | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 5 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Stanislav Vosický (status: 2007) | ||||
| Address: | nám. TG Masaryka 4 251 67 Pyšely |
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| Municipality number: | 538680 | ||||
| Website : | www.pysely.cz | ||||
Pyšely (German Pischel ) is a city in the Czech Republic . It is located eleven kilometers north of Benešov and belongs to the Okres Benešov .
geography
Pyšely is located on the right side of the Sázava Valley in the north of the Central Bohemian Uplands . The town lies on the southern slope of a 419 m high hill crowned by a Loreta chapel above the valley basin of the Pyšelský potok. To the east of the city, the European route 55 / State road 3 runs between Benešov and the D 1 motorway .
Neighboring towns are Dub and Zaječice in the north, Nová Ves and Pětihosty in the north-east, Čtyřkoly in the east, Vysoká Lhota in the south-east, Borová Lhota, Městečko and Nové Městečko in the south, Nespeky in the south-west, Papírna, Řřivá and Veshele in the west as well as Dubé Městečko in the north-west.
history
Pyšely originated in the 11th or 12th century. The place was first mentioned in 1295 as the property of Přebor von Pyšel. Later the place belonged to the royal council and chief judge Karl Mratsch von Dauba . In 1680 the church school was founded.
At the beginning of the 18th century, Count Franz Anton Halleweil owned Pyšely, at whose request Emperor Leopold I raised the town to a market town in 1703. The Loretto Chapel was built under the Count Halleweil. The next owner was Johann Heinrich Graf von Bissingen. After patrimonial was replaced in 1848, Pischel became an independent market town. The responsible district court was in Eule .
In 1937 a museum was set up on the initiative of Arnošt Chvojka. Pyšely has been a town since January 30, 2007.
Local division
The town of Pyšely consists of the districts Borová Lhota ( Kiefernlhota ), Kovářovice ( Kowarschowitz ), Nová Ves ( Neudorf ), Pyšely ( Pischel ) and Zaječice ( Sajetschitz ).
Attractions
- Pyšely baroque castle
- Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, the Romanesque building from the 11th century was given its current baroque appearance between 1781 and 1783
- Four statues of St. Francis of Assisi, Franz Xaver, Anna and Florian at the church,
- Statue of St. John of Nepomuk from 1760, at the castle
- Statue of St. Adalbert of Prague, at the Loreta Chapel
- Baroque rectory
- Loreta Chapel north of the city, a cemetery was added in 1789, renovated in 1992
- Former synagogue
sons and daughters of the town
- Emanuel Rádl (1873–1942), philosopher, biologist and professor
