Sepekov

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Sepekov
Sepekov coat of arms
Sepekov (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Jihočeský kraj
District : Písek
Area : 2852 ha
Geographic location : 49 ° 26 '  N , 14 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 25 '43 "  N , 14 ° 25' 5"  E
Height: 420  m nm
Residents : 1,336 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code : 398 51
License plate : C.
traffic
Street: Tábor - Milevsko
Railway connection: Tábor – Písek
structure
Status: Městys
Districts: 3
administration
Mayor : Stanislav Sedláček (as of 2009)
Address: Náměstí 174
398 51 Sepekov
Municipality number: 549843
Website : www.sepekov.eu

Sepekov (German Sepekau ; also Sepekow ) is a minority town in the Okres Písek in the Czech Republic . It belongs to the Jihočeský kraj region and is located five kilometers southwest of Milevsko .

geography

overall view

Sepekov is located on the Mühlhauser Bach (Milevský potok) in the southern part of the Central Bohemian hill country (Středočeská pahorkatina). Neighboring towns are Božetice and Hodušín in the northeast, Skrýchov in the east, Podboři and southeast, Zběšičky in the south, Zálší and Líšnice in the southwest and Milevsko (Mühlhausen) in the northwest.

history

Sepekov is one of the oldest places in the Písek district. Legend has it that the Mühlhausen abbot Jarloch gave Sepekov a picture of the Virgin Mary and a statue that was created by the Sasau Benedictine abbot Božetěch at the end of the 11th century .

Sepekov was first mentioned in a document in 1243, when it was owned by the Witigon family branch of the Lords of Krumau , which was founded in 1194 by Witiko II. Ä. (Vítek starší) was established. His grandson Budiwoj and Witiko were the first adding "of Sepekov" (ze Sebekova). Presumably, after the branch of the Český Krumlov family died out in 1302, Sepekov came to the diocese of Prague as an episcopal estate . In any case, Heinrich I von Rosenberg exchanged the episcopal villages Sepekov, Radimovice and Čelkovice for the Rosenberg lordships of Křivsoudov and Herálec with the Prague bishop Johann IV von Dražice on July 26th, 1307 . Sepekov was destroyed during the Hussite Wars and in 1484 the Rosenbergs sold it to Zdeslav von Sternberg (Zdeslav ze Šternberka) . In 1530 Sepekov belonged to the Bechyně domain , and when it was sold in 1569 by Heinrich von Schwanberg (Jindřich ze Švamberka) to Peter Wok von Rosenberg , Sepekov remained part of the Mühlhausen (Milevsko) domain . It was acquired by the Lords of Hodějov (z Hodějova) , who, however, lost their possessions after the Battle of White Mountain because of their participation in the Bohemian uprising . Subsequently, Emperor Ferdinand III. Sepekov the Strahov Premonstratensian Monastery , from which the Lady Chapel, which was destroyed in the Hussite Wars, was renewed in 1654–1658. After the chapel was venerated by numerous pilgrims as miraculous, the Strahov abbot Hermann built the current pilgrimage church from 1730–1733, which in turn is dedicated to St. Mary was consecrated.

On October 10, 2006 Sepekov was raised to a Městys .

Community structure

The districts of Sepekov belong to:

  • Líšnice (Lischnitz)
  • Sepekov (Sepekau)
  • Zálší (Salschi)

Attractions

Pilgrimage Church of the Virgin Mary altar
Pilgrimage Church of the Virgin Mary
altar
Consecration medal 1733 Miraculous image
Consecration medal 1733
Miraculous image
  • The pilgrimage church of the Virgin Mary was built in 1730–1733 according to the design of the court architect Thomas Haffenecker . It is an oval central building, which is enclosed by a cloister with chapels at the corners. The church has a rich baroque interior. The late Gothic panel painting “Maria von Sepekov” on the main altar is particularly valuable.
  • Rectory from 1736
  • Memorial to the fallen of the First World War
  • Village chapel in Zálší

Personalities

  • Peter von Sepekov (Mistr Petr ze Sepekova), 1410–1434 professor, 1425 rector of the Charles University in Prague
  • Břetislav Benda (1897–1983), sculptor; born in the district Líšnice
  • Miloslav Vlk (1932–2017), Archbishop of Prague; born in the district Líšnice

Web links

Commons : Sepekov  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 0.8 MiB)