Solnice
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Královéhradecký kraj | ||||
| District : | Rychnov nad Kněžnou | ||||
| Area : | 1266 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 12 ' N , 16 ° 14' E | ||||
| Height: | 322 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 2,188 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 517 01 | ||||
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| Street: | Rychnov nad Kněžnou - Dobruška | ||||
| Railway connection: | Častolovice - Solnice | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 2 | ||||
| administration | |||||
| Mayor : | Ladislav Kubíček (as of 2007) | ||||
| Address: | Masarykovo náměstí 1 517 01 Solnice |
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| Municipality number: | 576808 | ||||
| Website : | www.solnice.cz | ||||
Solnice (pronunciation: [ ˈsolɲɪt͡sɛ ], German Solnitz ) is a city in the Czech Republic . It is located six kilometers northwest of Rychnov nad Kněžnou on the Bělá and belongs to the Okres Rychnov nad Kněžnou .
geography
Solnice is located on both sides of the Bělá in the foothills of the Eagle Mountains . State roads 14 between Rychnov nad Kněžnou and Dobruška and 321 between Kostelec nad Orlicí and Skuhrov nad Bělou cross in the city . The Solnice railway station, east of the city near Kvasiny , is the end of the local railway Častolovice - Rychnov nad Kněžnou - Solnice.
Neighboring towns are Ještětice and Nové Dvory in the north, Boroviny in the northeast, Kvasiny and Lukavice in the east, Panská Habrová in the southeast, Litohrady, Domašín, Dubno, and Dubina in the south, Černíkovice in the southwest and Byzhradec and Hroška in the northwest.
history
Solnice , which belonged to the Skuhrov domain, was first mentioned in a document in 1321, when the owner Jan von Meziříčí assigned pastoral tasks to the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star on the Zderaz . In 1359 the brothers Jan and Vznata from Meziříč on Skuhrov handed over the pastoral duties to the Prague White Cross Lords with the Red Heart . They built a monastery in Solnice, which was destroyed during the Hussite Wars . In 1386 Solnice received a number of privileges from the Meziříč on Skuhrov, including the elevation to the status of a town under Königgrätzer law and the exemption from robot service .
In 1456 Georg von Podiebrad broke Solnice from Skuhrov and incorporated the town into the Litice rule . His son Heinrich d. Ä. sold the properties to Wilhelm II of Pernstein in 1495 , from whom they passed to Jaroslav von Pernstein . From this the Glatzer pledgee Ernst von Bayern also acquired Solnice in 1556, who sold it two years later to the Benjamin von Vlknov family from Prague.
A fortress was built in 1558, which was rebuilt into a manorial inn in 1699 after the Kvasnice chateau was built, with the exterior design being preserved. After the Battle of White Mountain , the Benjamin lost their property. Solnice bought Heinrich von Dohna in 1624 . In 1699 the Prague Carmelite Order founded the Monastery of Mary of Victory .
The “Zámeček” inn was managed until 1952 and was the location for the 1948 film Hostinec U kamenného stolu by Josef Gruss . After 1990 the property was converted into a hotel and has been unused for sale for some time.
Local division
The city of Solnice consists of the districts Ještětice ( Jeschtietitz ) and Solnice ( Solnitz ) and the localities Boroviny ( Borowin ) and Nové Dvory ( Neuhof ).
Attractions
- Baroque church of the Beheading of John the Baptist, built between 1681 and 1686 and rebuilt between 1869 and 1870
- Herz-Jesu-Kirche in the cemetery, neo-renaissance building from 1903–1904; the neglected building is not accessible
- Town hall, built between 1829 and 1835 in Empire style
- Marian column on the market, erected in 1714
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Antonín Hajn (1868–1949), journalist and politician
- Alois Hajn (1870–1953), translator, journalist and politician
Lived and worked in the city
- Josef Ehrenberger (1815–1882), writer and historian, worked as a pastor in Solnitz