Vlašim

Vlašim
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Středočeský kraj
District :	Benešov
Area :	4145 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 42 ' N , 14 ° 54' E Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '20 " N , 14 ° 53' 43" E
Height:	365 m nm
Residents :	11,598 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code :	258 01
structure
Status:	city
Districts:	7th
administration
Mayor :	Luděk Jeništa (as of 2006)
Address:	Jana Masaryka 302 ; 25801 Vlašim
Municipality number:	530883
Website :	www.mesto-vlasim.cz

Vlašim, aerial photo (2018)

Vlašim (German Wlaschim , older also Plesing ) is a town in the Středočeský kraj region in the Czech Republic . The city lies on the Blanice in the hilly landscape of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands .

Vlašim, airfield, aerial photo (2018)

history

Archaeological excavations have already proven a settlement in the period up to 30,000 years before the beginning of our era, about two thousand years ago Celts settled in the area, about five hundred years later the Germans , followed by Slavs .

The town is mentioned in old chronicles as early as the 13th century. The castle was first mentioned in 1303, the first written mention of the city from 1320 was discovered by Pope Pius XII. in connection with the canonization of Agnes of Bohemia .

The lords of Wlaschim ( z Vlašimi ) ruled the area until 1363 . In 1363 Wlaschim came to the Jensteiner ( Jenštejnové ), who from then on also called themselves von Wlaschim . Under Johann Očko von Wlašim the town was elevated to a town. From 1413 to 1442 Wlaschim was owned by the knight Jan von Chotěmice , who sold it to the Trčka von Lípa gentlemen , who were heavily indebted to the town. In 1546 they sold Wlaschim to the knight Markvart Stranovský ze Svojovic , who was followed in 1550 by the knights Klenovští ze Ptení . From these it came in 1588 to the knights Vostrovcové z Kralovic , who tried to pay off the city's debts. Their representative Johann belonged to the board of directors , which formed a provisional government after the class uprising of 1618. After the Battle of White Mountain , he was sentenced to death, but his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. His fortune fell to the Crown of Bohemia and the city came to the Lords of Talmberg in 1621 .

The subsequent re-Catholicization led to uprisings among the predominantly Protestant population. The peasants and citizens conquered and plundered castles in Rataje, Domašín and Wlaschim. After the looting of the Barbara monastery in Beneschau , the looters were beaten, imprisoned or executed. In the Thirty Years War in 1645 the Swedes captured Wlaschim, which they occupied and plundered.

After further short-term changes of ownership, Wlaschim came to the princes of Auersperg in 1744 .

In 1849 the city became the seat of a judicial district . In 1895 Wlaschim was connected to the railroad and in 1914 an electricity station with turbines from the Austrian company JM Voith and equipment from the company AEG was put into operation. In 1918 the shoe industry was the main focus of economic life, and in 1935 an arms factory was added. The ammunition manufacturer Sellier & Bellot has its headquarters in Vlašim. On August 15, 1937, the city became the seat of the newly established Okres Vlašim / Wlaschim district. In the course of the territorial reform of 1960 and the repeal of the Okres Vlašim, Vlašim was again assigned to the Okres Benešov.

Local division

The city of Vlašim consists of the districts Bolina ( Bolin ), Domašín ( Domassin , also Neu-Domaschin ), Hrazená Lhota ( Lhota Hrazienau ), Nesperská Lhota ( Lhota Nesper ), Polánka ( Polanka ), Vlašim ( Wlaschim , older also Plesing ) and Znosim ( Snossin ).