Vimperk

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Vimperk
Vimperk coat of arms
Vimperk (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Jihočeský kraj
District : Prachatice
Area : 8001 ha
Geographic location : 49 ° 3 '  N , 13 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 3 '22 "  N , 13 ° 47' 2"  E
Height: 694  m nm
Residents : 7,399 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code : 385 17
License plate : C.
traffic
Street: I / 4 : Strakonice - Freyung
Railway connection: Strakonice – Volary
structure
Status: city
Districts: 22nd
administration
Mayor : Jaroslava Martanová (as of 2019)
Address: Steinbrenerova 6
385 17 Vimperk
Municipality number: 550647
Website : www.vimperk.cz
Location of Vimperk in the Prachatice district
map

Listen to Vimperk ? / i (German Winterberg ) is a historic town in southern Bohemia . It has about 7,400 inhabitants and is close to the German border with Lower Bavaria . The Sumava National Park and the Bohemian Forest Protected Landscape Area begin near the city . The city became known for its glassworks and letterpress printing, and later for the textile industry, electronics and furniture production. Audio file / audio sample

geography

Geographical location

Vimperk is located in the eastern Bohemian Forest , at the foot of the Boubín (German Kubani ) in the Volyňka valley .

City structure

The town of Vimperk consists of the districts and basic settlement units (ZJS):

  • Arnoštka (Ernstberg)
  • Bořanovice (Borschanowitz)
  • Boubská (Busk)
  • Cejsice (Zeislitz)
  • Hrabice (Rabitz) : ZJS Brantlův Dvůr ( Brantlhof ), Hrabice, Kamenná Lhota and Městská lada
  • Klášterec (Klösterle) : ZJS Huťský Dvůr (cottage yard) and Klášterec
  • Korkusova Huť (cork huts)
  • Křesanov (cranes)
  • Lipka (freedom)
  • Michlova Huť (Helmbach , also Michelhütte)
  • Modlenice (Modlenitz)
  • Pravětín (Gansau)
  • Skláře (glassworks)
  • Solná Lhota (Salt Trail )
  • Sudslavice (Zutzlawitz)
  • U Sloupů
  • Veselka (Wessele)
  • Vimperk I
  • Vimperk II: ZJS Brantlův Dvůr ( Brantlhof ), Husova čtvrť, Městská lada, Nové sídliště, Pod Sklářským vrchem, Průmyslový obvod II, Schweiglův Dvůr ( Schweigelhof ) and Vedchářionský st
  • Vimperk III: ZJS Pod Homolkou and Průmyslový obvod I
  • Vnarovy (Urowitz)
  • Výškovice (Wischkowitz)

Vimperk also includes the residential places Brantlova Pila, Hájná Hora, Hat pod Boubínem ( panel cabins ) Michlův Mlýn, Na Drozdím Dvoře, Na Radosti, Paříž ( Sobor ) Šerava (Scherau) , Smrčí, Stará Lipka ( Alt Freiung ), U Hospůdky , U Obory ( Thiergarten ), U Víseckých and Velký Dům ( Big House ).

The municipal area is divided into the cadastral districts of Arnoštka, Bořanovice u Vimperka, Boubská, Hrabice, Huťský Dvůr, Klášterec u Vimperka, Korkusova Huť, Křesanov, Lipka u Vimperka, Veskápera u Vimperk, Veska u Vimpera, Vimperka, Vimperka, Vimperka, Vimperka and Výškovice u Vimperka.

Neighboring communities

Zdíkov Čkyně Bohumilice
Neighboring communities Svatá Maří
Borová Lada Kubova Huť , Horní Vltavice Buk

climate

Vimperk has a humid continental climate. There are four distinct seasons with rather cold and sunny winter days. The average temperatures in July are only 15.5 ° C, the average temperatures in January are −3.9 ° C. This is due to the geographical location on the foothills of a low mountain range. The lowest point is 610 m above sea level and the highest point is 978 m above sea level.

Vimperk
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Source: climate-data.org
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Vimperk
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Min. Temperature (° C) −7.0 −6.6 -3.0 -0.6 5.1 8.4 10.1 9.8 6.6 2.4 -1.4 -4.7 O 1.6
Precipitation ( mm ) 75 58 66 59 89 100 112 100 76 59 61 84 Σ 939
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history

Historic market place

Most of the area around Vimperk was covered in prehistoric times by extensive areas of dense primeval forests. The first efforts to penetrate this were made by Benedictine monks from Windberg , who built the community of Klášterec in 1174 . The monks built further settlements and named them after their former places of residence. One of these was named Windberg. The whole area experienced an upswing with the establishment of a new branch of the famous Goldener Steiges , which from the 13th century led to the market settlement under the castle of Vimperk. The Thirty Years' War and the importation of salt into Bohemia via Budweis meant the end of the Golden Steige and Vimperk and the whole area had to look for new sources of livelihood. The glass industry developed.

In the 15th century, the traveling printer from Passau Johann Alacraw founded the first printing house in Bohemia in Winterberg. He printed Latin, German and Czech incunabula and the first Czech calendar for the year 1485. In 1870 Johann Steinbrener founded printing works there and in 1874 his own publishing house, J. Steinbrener , which still exists today. His prayer books , some of which were luxuriously bound with materials such as leather , tortoiseshell , mother-of-pearl , ivory and snakeskin , were widespread . From 1874 folk, soldiers, teaching and entertainment calendars were published there.

From the 19th century many people were employed in the industrial plants and in the printing works in Vimperk. The city retained its industrial character even in the communist era. After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, a number of businesses were closed. Vimperk is currently looking for a new identity and would like to find it mainly in tourism.

Population development

Population development
year 1869 1880 1890 1900 1910 1921 1930 1950 1961 1970 1980 1991 2001 2011 2019
Residents 6,656 7,224 7,751 8,320 8,768 8,172 8,674 5,288 6,073 6,657 7,257 8,090 8,281 7,743 7,399

Town twinning

On September 20, 2003, the city of Vimperk signed the partnership and cooperation agreement with the city of Freyung (Germany).

Culture and sights

Vimperk Castle

Museums

Movie theater

The Šumava cinema is located in the town's cultural center.

music

  • The Majáles Music Festival takes place every year in May.

Buildings

  • Vimperk Castle , in 1698 the castle was built by Prince Johann Adolf von Schwarzenberg from the former castle in 1260, today the city museum with exhibits of local glass production (since 1359), woodworking and the art of printing (since 1484). Above it is the Haselburg ruin .
Visitation of the Virgin Mary
  • The parish church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary is at the beginning of the town square. The year the church was built is given as 1365, but it cannot be ruled out that the structure is much older. The church has an asymmetrical double nave with a steeple in the south-west corner and a St. Anna chapel, which was added in 1500. Further renovations were carried out around 1600 and in the 18th and 19th centuries. The nave is vaulted with a mesh cross vault. A fragmentary wall painting from the 15th century depicting the 10,000 martyrs can be seen on the north side . The high altar is adorned with a beautiful Madonna from 1410. In the high altar and in the glazed tomb there are relics of St. Innocent from 1768.
  • Old Town Hall
    Old Town Hall
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  • Church of St. Bartholomew (Old Cemetery)
    St. Bartholomew

Green spaces and recreation

  • Arboretum (Městský park) ⊙
  • In the vicinity there is the jungle area around Mount Boubín (Kubany) with a nature trail.
  • Way of the Cross (Křížová cesta) ⊙

Sports

  • Ice stadium (Zimní stadion) ⊙
  • Vodník (Sportovní a rekreační areál) ⊙
  • In-line rail (in-line dráha) ⊙
  • Outdoor swimming pool (Koupaliště) ⊙
  • Football club (TJ Šumavan Vimperk) ⊙

Regular events

  • The two-day castle festival is held every year at the end of August.

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

There is a Rohde & Schwarz factory in the city .

Public facilities

  • Vimperk City Council
  • Municipal Environment Agency
  • National Park Administration Šumava National Parks Šumava (Bohemian Forest)
  • State Forest Service
  • Tax office for South Bohemia
  • hospital

education

  • Elementary schools
  • Nerudovka Middle School
  • Art school
  • General high school and sports high school

traffic

Expressway 4 runs through Vimperk from Prague to Passau and Munich. The city is located on the regional railway line 198 Strakonice - Volary.

sons and daughters of the town

  • Adalbert Fuchs (1779–1854) from Rabitz (Hrabice), professor at the Vienna Engineering Academy, father of Adalbert Nikolaus Fuchs , grandfather of the ophthalmologist Ernst Fuchs (doctor, 1851)
  • Johann Steinbrenner (1835–1909), Bohemian publishing entrepreneur
  • Franz Heissler (1868–1945), Austrian mining engineer and politician
  • Josef Puhani (1878–1947), author of the work Chronological Notes on the History of Winterberg and the Surrounding Area: 1195–1926 , 128 pages
  • Adolf Hoch (1910–1992), Austrian architect, National Socialist and Olympic champion
  • Jiří Teml (* 1935), Czech composer
  • Walter Eder (1941–2009), German ancient historian
  • Isolde Stark (* 1945), German ancient historian and children's book author

literature

Web links

Commons : Vimperk  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Winterberg in the Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/550647/Vimperk
  2. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 0.8 MiB)
  3. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/casti-obce-obec/550647/Obec-Vimperk
  4. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/zsj-obec/550647/Obec-Vimperk
  5. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/zsj-casti-obce/046469/Cast-obce-Hrabice
  6. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/zsj-casti-obce/065536/Cast-obce-Klasterec
  7. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/zsj-casti-obce/404900/Cast-obce-Vimperk-II
  8. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/zsj-casti-obce/404918/Cast-obce-Vimperk-III
  9. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi-obec/550647/Obec-Vimperk
  10. ↑ Michael Denis: Michael Denis kk Hofr. and first custos of the court library addendum to his book printer history of Vienna . printed by Johann Thomas Edlen von Trattnern kaiserl. royal Court printer and bookseller, January 1, 1793, p. 21 ( google.at [accessed on March 29, 2017]).
  11. ↑ Steinbrener House No. 3
  12. ↑ Majáles Vimperk
  13. ↑ http://www.kohoutikriz.org/priloha/puhan.php  ; Josef Puhani: Z chronologických záznamů k dějinám Vimperka a okolí v roce 1918-1919 , online at kohoutikriz.org (Czech)