Světlá nad Sázavou
| Světlá nad Sázavou | |||||
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| Basic data | |||||
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Kraj Vysočina | ||||
| District : | Havlíčkův Brod | ||||
| Area : | 4363 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 40 ' N , 15 ° 24' E | ||||
| Height: | 515 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 6,566 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 582 91 | ||||
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| Street: | Humpolec - Habry | ||||
| Railway connection: |
Havlíčkův Brod – Čáslav Havlíčkův Brod– Zruč nad Sázavou |
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| structure | |||||
| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 15th | ||||
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| Mayor : | Lenka Arnotová (as of 2007) | ||||
| Address: | Náměstí Trčků z Lípy 18 582 91 Světlá nad Sázavou |
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| Municipality number: | 569569 | ||||
| Website : | www.svetlans.cz | ||||
Světlá nad Sázavou (German Swietla ob der Sasau ) is a city in the Czech Republic . It is located 14 kilometers northwest of Havlíčkův Brod on the Sázava and belongs to the Okres Havlíčkův Brod .
geography
The city is located in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands on the right bank of the Sázava. State road 150 between Ledeč nad Sázavou and Havlíčkův Brod and the 347 between Habry and Humpolec run through Světlá .
Neighboring towns are Horní Bohušice and Dolní Bohušice in the north, Josefodol and Služátky in the northeast, Příseka in the east, Pohleď and Nová Ves in the southeast, Závidkovice in the south, Lipnička in the southwest, Dolní Březinka and Mrzkovice in the west and Horní Břestenezinka in the northwest.
history
The first documentary mention was made in 1207 as the property of the Vilémov monastery . In 1343 Archbishop Ernst von Pardubitz elevated the church to a parish church, which from 1365 was assigned to the Deutschbrod deanery . In 1385 Albrecht von Sternberg acquired the rule of Světlá and in 1392 Stefan von Sternberg had a fortress built in the Sternberg part to the left of the Sázava. In 1417 the rule fell back to the monastery. In 1420 the area became a center of the Orebites and after the destruction of the monastery by the Hussites, the Světlá dominion became Czech crown possession in 1421. In 1423 the Hussites pursued Hungarian troops and moved again via Světlá to Deutschbrod.
In 1429 Nicholas I Trčka of Lípa († 1453) acquired the rule of Světlá. Burian III. Trčka von Lípa had the fortress converted into a castle in 1567 and in 1577 bought the village of Nová Ves to the rule. In 1604 Jan Rudolf Trčka von Lípa took over the property from his uncle Maximilian. After his son Adam Erdmann Count Trčka had been murdered in Eger together with his brothers-in-law Wallenstein and Wilhelm Kinsky , Jan Rudolf Trčka put in his will from 1634 Peter Vok Švihovský von Riesenberg , Ladislav and Burian von Waldstein and Matthias Ferdinand Berka von Dubá as heirs for the dominions Světlá and Lipnice and the villages Čáslavsko , Studený , Větrný Jeníkov and Žleby . He bequeathed the income from the iron hammer to the church of Světlá, in which he and his wife were buried, to preserve the family tomb. When Johann Rudolf II died on September 29, 1634, he was accused of various crimes to the detriment of the emperor and his property was confiscated in 1635 and divided a year later and sold to various noble families. In 1639 the Swedes devastated Světlá.
Since the middle of the 17th century the owners of the manor changed several times and in 1722 it was acquired by Franz Anton Černín von Chudenic , who in 1737 also bought the part to the left of the river with the castle. In 1714, Světlá suffered great damage from the Sázava flood. The first glassworks was built in 1720. In 1748 the Krakowsky von Kolowrat acquired the rule. In 1773 a manorial garnet grinding shop was established and in 1782 the Leopoldizeche silver mine was opened between Nový Dvůr and Dlužiny. In 1786 ten glass mills were working in Světlá and Březinka. In 1791, Leopold Krakowsky von Kolowrat obliged his officials and servants to let their sons learn German as a second language. In 1792 a stately zoo for wild boars was established in the forest near Rousinov. In 1796 the garnet cutter guild was founded.
The battles between Bavarian and Austrian cuirassiers at Habry during the Napoleonic Wars in 1805 also affected Světlá and in 1809 a military hospital was set up in the castle. In 1813 the road from Světlá to Humpolec was built . In 1821 the Salm-Reifferscheidt family acquired the Světlá estate.
After the replacement of patrimonial Světlá became an independent market town in the newly established Pardubice district in 1850. In 1855 Světlá was granted city rights. In 1861 the Viennese merchant Josef Schreiber acquired the paper mill on the Sázavka north of the city and set up the Josefsthal glass cutting shop. In 1864 the timber rafting business on the Sázava to Prague was discontinued and in 1867 the construction of the Austrian Northwest Railway began , which began operations on this section between Kolín and Goltsch-Jenikau on December 29, 1869.
Several small glassworks operated in Světlá until the second half of the 20th century. In 1967 a new glass factory was built, which today belongs to Crystalite Bohemia as. During this time, the old traditional craft of garnet and gemstone cutting was also given up. Granite has been mined since the 20th century. The most important quarry is located on the hill Horka, with its granite u. a. the facade design of the Prague Karolinum.
Local division
The town Svetla nad Sazavou consists of the districts Benetice ( Benetitz ), Dolní Březinka ( sub Bschesinka ), Dolní Dlužiny ( sub Dluschin ) Horní Březinka ( Upper Bscheschinka ) Horní Dlužiny ( Upper Dluschin ) Josefodol ( Josefsthal ) Kochánov ( Kokhanov ) Leštinka ( Lesch Tinka ) Lipnička ( small Lipnice ) Mrzkovice ( Merskowitz ) Opatovice ( Opatowitz ) Radostovice ( Radostowitz ), Svetla nad Sazavou ( Swietla whether the Sázava ), Závidkovice ( Sawitkowitz ) and Žebrákov ( Schebrakow ) and the local positions Dolní Bohušice ( Lower Bauschitz ), Horní Bohušice ( Upper Bauschitz ) and Rousinov.
Attractions
- Světlá Castle with an English park, built in 1567 by rebuilding the old Sternberg fortress, used as a school from 1949 to 2011, then as a museum
- Jewish Cemetery
- St. Wenceslas Church on the market square, with the burial place of Johann Rudolf II. Trčka von Lípa and paintings by Peter Johann Brandl
- Town hall, built in 1795 and rebuilt in 1926
- Monument "Glass and Stone", erected in 1992 on the market square
sons and daughters of the town
- Václav Hradecký (1867–1940), academic painter
- Oskar Morawetz (1917–2007), Canadian pianist and composer
