Rožďalovice
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Středočeský kraj | ||||
| District : | Nymburk | ||||
| Area : | 2390 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 18 ' N , 15 ° 10' E | ||||
| Height: | 198 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 1,629 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 289 34 | ||||
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| Railway connection: | Veleliby – Jičín | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 7th | ||||
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| Mayor : | Petr Kapal | ||||
| Address: | Náměstí 93 28934 Rožďalovice |
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| Municipality number: | 537756 | ||||
| Website : | www.rozdalovice.eu | ||||
Rožďalovice (German Rozdalowitz ) is a town with 1,556 inhabitants in the Středočeský kraj region ( Czech Republic ).
The village is surrounded by forests on the banks of the Mrlina River and is now a popular resort. The picturesque landscape inspired many artists such as Bohuslav Knobloch , Antonín Majer , Vladimír Silovský , Max Švabinský , Jiří Škopka , Karel Vik . Viktor Dyk dedicated one of his poems to Rožďalovice.
history
The area was already settled in the Stone Age. The village was first mentioned in the years 1223 to 1226 as the property of a Soběhrd. John of Luxembourg raised the village to the rank of town in 1340 for the loyal service of his knight Ješek z Rožďalovic. From the second half of the 15th century until 1622 the place belonged to the noble family Křinecký z Ronova , from 1622 to 1760 the Lords of Waldstein and from 1815 to 1930 the Lobkowitzers . Rožďalovice has been a city since January 23, 2009.
Districts
- Hasina
- Ledečky
- Podlužany
- Podolí
- Zámostí
- Viničná Lhota
Husova street
Old City Hall
The rectory
Bookbinding Museum
Attractions
- Baroque church of St. Havel (beginning of the 18th century)
- Baroque palace (now a retirement home)
- Statues of St. Wenceslas and Johann von Nepomuk (1717, works by Johann Brokoff )
- Mariensäule (plague column) (1718)
sons and daughters of the town
- Georg Melantrich von Aventin ( Jiří Melantrich z Aventina ) (1511–1580), publisher and printer owner of the Renaissance
- Josef Georg Böhm (1807–1868), astronomer and mathematician
- Oskar Hekš (1908–1944), marathon runner
- Rudolf Jeremias Kreutz (1876–1949), Austrian writer
- Gustav Adolf Lindner (1828–1887), founder of Czech scientific education
- Vincenz Vecko (1830–1874), opera singer (tenor)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)