Rokycany

Rokycany
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Historical part of the country :	Bohemia
Region :	Plzeňský kraj
District :	Rokycany
Area :	3098 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 44 ' N , 13 ° 36' E Coordinates: 49 ° 44 '21 " N , 13 ° 35' 47" E
Height:	362 m nm
Residents :	14,192 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code :	337 01
License plate :	P
traffic
Railway connection:	Prague – Plzeň ; Rokycany – Nezvěstice
structure
Status:	city
Districts:	4th
administration
Mayor :	Václav Kočí (status: 2014)
Address:	Masarykovo náměstí 1 ; 337 01 Rokycany
Municipality number:	559717
Website :	www.rokycany.cz
Location of Rokycany in the Rokycany district

Rokycany (German Rokitzan , Rokytzan , older also Rockizan ) is a district town in the West Bohemian Pilsner Kreis in the Czech Republic with 14,192 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) . The city is located 19 kilometers east of Pilsen .

history

Church and Marian Column

town hall

Rokycany originated in the 12th century on the road from Prague to Pilsen from a village owned by the Prague bishop . In 1406 it received city rights and also flourished thanks to its location on Goldenen Straße . After the Hussite Revolution, it fell first to local nobles, then to the King of Bohemia . From 1584 Rokycany had the status of a free royal city , which it lost again in the Thirty Years War . In 1784 the city burned down completely and was rebuilt. Steel mills and other industries have existed here since the second half of the 19th century.

Town twinning

Rokycany maintains city partnerships with the following cities:

Greiz , Germany
Pfinztal , Germany

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Jan Rokycana (1390 / 97–1471), Archbishop of Prague
Anton Kraft (1752–1820), composer
Hanuš Karlík (1850–1927), industrialist in the sugar industry
Friedrich Katzer (1861–1925), geologist
Jiří Stříbrný (1880–1955), politician and journalist
Paula Deppe (1886–1922), painter and graphic artist
Jana Preissová (* 1948), actress
Věra Bílá (1954–2019), Roma singer
Karel Drgáč (* 1954), opera director
Jiří Pehe (* 1955), political scientist
Jaroslav Špaček (* 1974), professional ice hockey

Events

Every year on the last weekend in July, the Fluff Fest takes place at the sports airfield in Rokycany, which focuses on hardcore punk and the straight-edge or DIY movement. There were around 1500 visitors at the 2008 festival. Only vegan food and drinks are offered.

In May 2019 the World Championship of Classic Bowlers will take place in Rokycany.