Starý Plzenec
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Plzeňský kraj | ||||
| District : | Plzeň-město | ||||
| Area : | 1838 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 42 ′ N , 13 ° 28 ′ E | ||||
| Height: | 343 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 5,105 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 332 02 | ||||
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| Railway connection: | České Budějovice – Plzeň | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 2 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Zdeněk Matas (as of 2007) | ||||
| Address: | Smetanova 932 332 02 Starý Plzenec |
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| Municipality number: | 558371 | ||||
| Website : | www.staryplzenec.cz | ||||
Starý Plzenec (German Altpilsen ) is a town in Okres Plzeň-město , Czech Republic . It is located eleven kilometers southeast of the city center of Pilsen on the Úslava .
geography
The place is located at 343 m above sea level. M. on the left bank of the Úslava . Hausberg the city is the 560-meter high cone of Radyně with the ruins of the castle Radyně ( Karlskrone ) to the southwest. In the north of the city rises the 431 m high Hůrka, on which the remains of the early medieval Pilsen Castle are located.
To the north runs the route of the D 5 / European route 50. The railway line from Pilsen to Budweis runs through the village .
Neighboring towns are Letkov in the north, Tymákov in the northeast, Sedlec and Lhůta in the east, Šťáhlavy and Losiná in the south, Černice and Bručná in the west and Koterov in the northwest.
history
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The first documentary mention comes from Thietmar von Merseburg from the year 976 ( proelium ad Pilisin ), based on which Boleslav II defeated a Bavarian army under the castle. The settlement with the Pilsen Castle, the most important early medieval economic and administrative center of the Přemyslids in western Bohemia, was built in the 10th century at the junction of the trunk road from Prague to Regensburg over the Úslava . In the 13th century, an unsuccessful attempt to re-establish a town in the High Middle Ages is archaeologically documented. A few years later, around 1295, the city of New Pilsen was laid out about 10 kilometers downstream of the Úslava. The settlement was then called Old Pilsen (1333: Antiqua Pilzna , 1442: w Starem Plzenczy ). In 1266 the settlement had eight churches that were placed under the patronage of the Chotěšov monastery .
With the founding of the city of Pilsen, Altpilsen lost its importance. In 1361 Charles IV had the Radyně Castle built. Until the 15th century, the city was under the Bohemian crown and was then given to various noble families. In the 18th century there was not much left of the former importance and the old privileges of Plzenec and the place sank into the village. It was not until 1845 that Starý Plzenec was declared a market town again and in 1902 a town.
A brewery was established in 1871, which was converted into the Bohemia sparkling wine cellar in 1964. The town belonged to the Okres Plzeň-jih until December 31, 2006 .
economy
Starý Plzenec is the seat of the largest wine and sparkling wine producer in the Czech Republic. Henkell & Söhnlein KG has held the majority of shares in Bohemia Sekt since 1999 . In 2005, Bohemia Sekt also became the Czech market leader in vodka with the acquisition of the Pražská Vodka, Nordic Ice and Silver Ice brands.
Community structure
To town Starý Plzenec the district right of Úslava location Sedlec (part Sedletz ) and the local situation Mala Strana located also across the river at the foot of Hurka in the north.
Attractions
- Remains of the early medieval Pilsen administrative castle on the Hůrka hill
- The St. Peter and Paul Rotunda on the Hůrka hill from the second half of the 10th century is the oldest standing structure in western Bohemia. It also adorns the Plzeňský kraj flag .
- Church of the Birth of Mary, the Romanesque church was redesigned in the 14th century
- St. Johann Baptista Church, built in Romanesque style and remodeled in the 14th century
- Town hall, built in the second half of the 19th century
- Buildings in the Bohemian peasant baroque
- Ruins of the castle Radyně ( Karlskrone )
Church of the Birth of Mary
Masaryk Square
Church of St. John the Baptist
town hall
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
- ↑ Profous, A . 1951: Místní jména v Čechách. Praha, Vol. III, p. 381