Jindřichův Hradec
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| Country |  Czech Republic |
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| Region | South Bohemian | ||
| District | Jindřichův Hradec | ||
| River | Nežárka | ||
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| Population | (2007) | ||
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| First mentioned | 1220 | ||
| Mayor | Karel Matoušek | ||
| Timezone | CET ([[UTC+1]]) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST ([[UTC+2]]) | ||
| Postal code | 377 01 | ||
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| Wikimedia Commons: Jindřichův Hradec | |||
| Website: www.jh.cz | |||
Jindřichův Hradec ['jɪndr̝ɪxuːf 'ɦradɛts] (German: Neuhaus) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has approximately 22,700 inhabitants.
Landmarks
The city castle and palace is the third largest in the country after those in Prague and Český Krumlov. It covers 3 ha. and contains 320 rooms. More than 10,000 works of art and a similar number of books may be found there.
The district museum, which is in a renaissance building that was once the Jesuit seminar appeared in the city in 1882 and is one of the oldest regional museums in Bohemia. The most well-known item in the museum is the Kryza, the largest mechanical Christmas manger scene in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
- The Church of Ascension
- The Chapel of Saint Mary Magdalene
- The Church of Saint Jan Křtitel with the nearby building that once housed minorite monks and was later an infirmary.
- The Church of the Most Holy Trinity
- The Church of Saint Catherine
- The Church of Saint Jacob
- The Church of Saint Wenceslas
Houses in the marketplace (Friendensplatz) with the pristine gothic city hall
People
- Karel Berman
- Adam Michna (1600-1676) - Bohemian organist, composer, singer and poet
- Aleš Kotalík - Ice Hockey player
- Milan Michálek - Ice Hockey player
- Zbyněk Michálek - Ice Hockey player
- Vladimír Špidla
- Renáta Tomanová - Tennis player
Sister city
Neckargemünd, Germany
Steffisburg, Switzerland
Trivia
- Asteroid 21783 Jindřichůvhradec is named in honour of city
- Gymnasium Vitězslava Nováka was founded in 1595, making it one of the oldest non-university schools in Central Europe
External links
- Municipal website (cs, de, en)
- Jindrichuv Hradec - travel guide ( basic facts, history, sights, one-day trips)
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