Týn nad Bečvou
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Olomoucký kraj | ||||
| District : | Přerov | ||||
| Area : | 1199 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 31 ' N , 17 ° 34' E | ||||
| Height: | 238 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 835 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 751 32 - 753 54 | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
| administration | |||||
| Mayor : | Josef Vaculín (as of 2006) | ||||
| Address: | Náves Bedřicha Smetany 68 751 31 Týn nad Bečvou |
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| Municipality number: | 570079 | ||||
| Website : | www.tynnb.cz | ||||
Týn nad Bečvou (German Thein ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located four kilometers southeast of Lipník nad Bečvou and belongs to the Okres Přerov .
geography
Týn is located southwest of the mouth of the Jezernice on the left bank of the Bečva river below the Helfštýn castle (German Helfenstein , also Helfstein ) on the northern edge of the Maleník Forest . The mountain Krásnice rises to the east.
history
The area is where graves from the younger Stone Age were found . The first written mention comes from the year 1447, when Týn belonged to the domain of the Lords of Helfstein. Under the rule of the Pernsteiners the village had 22 settlements, the lords of Ludanice built a farm and a brewery.
Personalities
The composer Bedřich Smetana stayed with his sister and brother-in-law in 1852 and 1854.
Attractions
- Helfstein Castle is one of the largest late medieval fortifications in Europe
- Rocks under Helfstein Castle (climbing rock)
- Church of the Virgin Mary (1733) with former cemetery
- Statue of St. John of Nepomuk (1778)
- Gabrielka, a forest path named after Bedřich Smetana's daughter