Velká Bíteš

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Velká Bíteš
Velká Bíteš coat of arms
Velká Bíteš (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Kraj Vysočina
District : Žďár nad Sázavou
Area : 4732 ha
Geographic location : 49 ° 17 '  N , 16 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 17 '19 "  N , 16 ° 13' 33"  E
Height: 476  m nm
Residents : 5,193 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code : 594 53 - 595 01
License plate : J
traffic
Street: D1 : Prague - Brno
structure
Status: city
Districts: 11
administration
Mayor : Milan Vlček (as of 2020)
Address: Masarykovo náměstí 87
595 01 Velká Bíteš
Municipality number: 596973
Website : www.vbites.cz

Velká Bíteš (German Groß Bittesch , 1940-1945 Heinrichs ) is a city in the Czech Republic . It is located 35 kilometers northwest of Brno and belongs to the Okres Žďár nad Sázavou .

geography

Velká Bíteš is located in the south of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands in the valley of the Bítýška brook . The Bítešská horka (491 m) rises to the northeast and the Chocholáč to the west. The D1 motorway runs south of the city, and exit 162 Velká Bíteš is also located there.

Neighboring towns are Vlkov , Radostínský Mlyn and Březské in the north, Křižínkov and Křoví in the Northeast, Svatoslav , Radoškov, Otmarov and Přibyslavice the east, Janovice and Košíkov the southeast, Krokočín , Jinošov and Jindřichov in the south, Jestřabí in the southwest, Březka , Nové Sady and Krevlický Dvůr in the west and Záblatí and Osová Bítýška in the northwest.

history

Velká Bíteš
town hall

Velká Bíteš was probably founded in the 12th century. At the beginning of the 13th century, under Margrave Vladislav Heinrich , German settlers expanded the Slavic settlement into a city. Heynrichs was first mentioned in a document in 1240. In the 14th century, Heynrichs were granted city rights. Margrave Jobst confirmed this in 1408 to Lacek von Krawarn , the owner of the Náměšť estate . During the Hussite Wars , the Taborites conquered the city in 1428 , after which the commander of the Teutonic Knights established in Heynrichs became extinct . In 1435 the city was again attacked and destroyed by the Hussites. The reconstruction began in 1440, with mainly Czechs settling in the city. In 1480 the lords of Lomnitz bought the goods. They were followed in 1568 by the Zierotines , under which the city reached its heyday. Recatholization began in 1626 during the Thirty Years' War. From 1629, Groß Bittesch belonged to the Counts of Verdenberg. At the end of the war, the city was visited four times by the Swedes and deserted. In 1733 the Dutch noble family van Enckenvoirt bought the property. Under the Counts of Enkenfurth, as they were mostly called, revolts broke out among the subjects. At this time the economic decline of the city began, which had become heavily in debt with the renovation of the town hall. In 1752 the rule passed to the Counts Haugwitz . In 1776 large parts of the city were destroyed by a city fire. Groß Bittesch remained part of Fideikommissgrafschaft Namiest until the middle of the 19th century .

After the abolition of patrimonial Velká Byteš / Groß Bittesch formed from 1850 a municipality in the district administration Velké Meziříčí . Three suburbs belonged to the city: Janowitz on the other side of the Bítýška in the southeast, Lhanitz ( Lánice ) in the west in front of the city wall and Rosengasse ( Růžová ) in the east in front of the city wall. In 1880 the city had 2,119 inhabitants, of which 2,078 were Czechs and 78 Germans. In 1930, 1756 of the 1761 inhabitants were Czech, the rest Germans. In 1949 Velká Bíteš was elevated to a district town. In 1950 there were 1769 people in the city. At the beginning of 1961 the Okres Velká Bíteš was dissolved and the city was assigned to the Okres Žďár nad Sázavou . In 1991 the city had 3854 inhabitants.

Local division

The city Velká Bíteš consists of the districts Bezděkov ( sink ford ), Březka ( Brzeska ) Holubí Zhoř ( Zhorz Holuby ), Jáchymov ( Joachimow ) Janovice ( Janowitz ), Jestřabí ( Jestrabitz ) Jindřichov ( Heinrichsdorf ) Košíkov ( Koschkow ) Ludvíkov ( Ludwigsdorf ), Pánov ( Panow ) and Velká Bíteš ( Groß Bittesch ).

The basic settlement units are Bezděkov, Březka, Holubí Zhoř, Jáchymov, Jestřabí, Jihlavská, Jindřichov, Ke Krevlicům, Košíkov, Ludvíkov, Pánov, Psí hora, Radostíny, U dálnice Zaa ša ška Za škola Za škola Za školou, Velká Bítešdro Zádro Zádro, Zádroš, Zádroš, Velká Bíteš-historick

The municipality is divided into the cadastral districts of Bezděkov u Velké Bíteše, Březka u Velké Bíteše, Holubí Zhoř, Jestřabí u Velké Bíteše, Jindřichov u Velké Bíteše, Košíkov, Ludvíte u and Velké Bíteše.

Town twinning

Attractions

Fortified church of John the Baptist
  • City center with fortifications from the 15th century, since 1991 an urban conservation area
  • Fortified church of John the Baptist, built in the late Romanesque style, was surrounded by fortifications in the 15th century. In 1771 a cemetery was laid out around the church.
  • Town hall, the construction can be traced back to the 15th century. The embarrassing jurisdiction was in the basement of the town hall
  • Prayer House of the Bohemian Brothers, the 16th century building now houses the town museum
  • Market square with two fountains built in 1849
  • Statue of St. John of Nepomuk, on the market, created 1714
  • Monument to TG Masaryk, on the market
  • Zhořská mokřina natural monument, swamp meadows in the forest north of Zálesná Zhoř
  • Olšoveček natural monument, south of Jindřichov, two ponds with protected animal species

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/596973/Velka-Bites
  2. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
  3. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/casti-obce-obec/596973/Obec-Velka-Bites
  4. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/zsj-obec/596973/Obec-Velka-Bites
  5. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi-obec/596973/Obec-Velka-Bites