Hrdějovice
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Hrdějovice (German: Hartowitz) is a municipality and village in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Opatovice is an administrative part of Hrdějovice.
Etymology
The name is derived from the personal name Hrděj, meaning "the village of Hrděj's people".[2]
Geography
Hosín is located about 4 km (2 mi) north of České Budějovice. Most of the municipal territory lies in the České Budějovice Basin, but it also extends into a tip of the Třeboň Basin in the north. The western municipal border is formed by the Vltava River. There is a former china clay mine called Orty, protected as a nature monument.
History
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The first written mention of Hrdějovice is from 1350. Opatovice was first mentioned in 1378. From 1661 to abolition of serfdom in 1850, it belonged to the Hluboká estate owned by the Schwarzenberg family.[3]
Demographics
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Transport
Hrdějovice is located on the railway line heading from České Budějovice to Tábor and Chotoviny.[6]
Sights
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Among the landmarks of Hrdějovice is the Chapel of the Virgin Mary, built in the Baroque style in the mid-18th century and rebuilt in 1876, and a pilgrimage chapel with a healing well from 1889.[7]
The layout and the folk architecture in Opatovice is well preserved. The village is protected as a village monument zone.[8] The main landmark in Opatovice is the Chapel of the Holy Trinity from 1863.[7]
Notable people
- František Mareš (1857–1942), physiologist, philosopher and politician
References
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). p. 767.
- ^ "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Hrdějovice. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Detail stanice Hrdějovice" (in Czech). České dráhy. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ a b "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Hrdějovice. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "Opatovice" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
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