Vlachovo Březí

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Vlachovo Březí
Vlachovo Březí coat of arms
Vlachovo Březí (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Jihočeský kraj
District : Prachatice
Area : 1997 ha
Geographic location : 49 ° 5 '  N , 13 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 4 '54 "  N , 13 ° 57' 32"  E
Height: 525  m nm
Residents : 1,713 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code : 384 22
License plate : C.
traffic
Street: Volyně - Husinec
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Status: city
Districts: 8th
administration
Mayor : Lubomír Dragoun (as of 2018)
Address: náměstí Svobody 56
384 22 Vlachovo Březí
Municipality number: 550663
Website : www.vlachovobrezi.cz
Location of Vlachovo Březí in the Prachatice district
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Vlachovo Březí (German Wällisch Birch , also Wällischbirken , older even Welsch Birch ) is a town with 1,669 inhabitants (2006) in the Czech Republic . It is located nine kilometers north of Prachatice and belongs to the Okres Prachatice . The cadastral area is 1996 ha.

geography

location

The city is located 525 m above sea level. M. in the valley of Libotyňský potok . State road 144 runs through the town between Husinec and Volyně .

Neighboring towns are Újezdec and Konopiště in the north, Lipovice in the northeast, Chocholatá Lhota in the east, Budkov and Husinec in the southeast, Chlumany in the south, Dolní Kožlí and Horní Kožlí in the southwest, Doubrava and Uhřice in the west and Horní Nakvasovice and Dolní Nakvasovice in the north.

Community structure

The town of Vlachovo Březí consists of the districts Chocholatá Lhota (village Lhotka) , Dachov (Dachau) , Dolní Kožlí (Lower Kosli) , Doubrava (Doubrawa) , Horní Kožlí (Upper Kosli) , Mojkov (Mojkau) , Uhřice (Auerschitz) and Vlachovo Březí.

The municipality is divided into the cadastral districts of Chocholatá Lhota, Dachov, Dolní Kožlí, Horní Kožlí, Mojkov, Uhřice and Vlachovo Březí.

Neighboring communities

Zálezly Bušanovice , Újezdec Lipovice
Radhostice Neighboring communities Budkov
Žárovná Lažiště , Dvory , Pěčnov Chlumany

history

The first written mention of Březí comes from 1274. At that time, the noble family z Březí owned the place. Later, the Malovec from Malovice , whose line descended from Vladislav Malovec called itself Vlach Malovec z Březí since the beginning of the 15th century, the Březí rule. In 1468 the Gothic fortress burned down and a Renaissance castle was built in its place, which burned down in 1620. In 1538 King Ferdinand I raised Březí to a market town.

After the Thirty Years War, Karl Leopold Caretto di Millesimo acquired the property. In 1676 he became Freiherr von Wunschwitz, who sold the rule to Gundakar von Dietrichstein in 1680 . At this time, Březí developed into a center for cloth making, whose products were sold as far as Passau and Linz . The place grew to approx. 3000 inhabitants and a Jewish community emerged. In 1858 the Herbersteiners inherited the castle with all its accessories.

In 1868 Vlachovo Březí was promoted to town. In 1948 the von Herberstein family was expropriated. From this time on, the cityscape was impaired by the construction of uniform prefabricated buildings and an oversized school site. In 1968 the place lost its town charter and got it back on October 10, 2006.

Attractions

Inscription Menetekel at the entrance to the Jewish cemetery
  • Baroque palace in the city center, built in 1698 under the Dietrichstein family
  • Baroque parish church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, built between 1659 and 1669 in place of a previous Romanesque building from 1359. In 1735 a renovation took place, in which the chapels of St. Barbara and John of Nepomuk were added.
  • Chapel of the Holy Spirit from the 18th century, to which a Stations of the Cross has been leading since 1853
  • Jewish Cemetery
  • Former synagogue
  • Dean's office on the market
  • Castle brewery

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Lived and worked in the city

  • Jakub Bursa (* 1813 in Dolní Nakrasovice, † 1884 in Wällisch Birken), Bohemian builder

Web links

Commons : Vlachovo Březí  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/550663/Vlachovo-Brezi
  2. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 0.8 MiB)
  3. ^ Latest general map of Germany in XXIV sheets. Improved from Büsching's description of the earth, Chauchards and other latest maps. Edited by F. A. Schrämbl. K.  Kilian Ponheimer scrip., N. 60; XV
  4. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/casti-obce-obec/550663/Obec-Vlachovo-Brezi
  5. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi-obec/550663/Obec-Vlachovo-Brezi