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Škvorec Castle
Škvorec is a market town in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts The village of Třebohostice is an administrative part of Škvorec. Geography Škvorec is located about east of Prague. It lies on the border between the Prague Plateau The Prague Plateau ( cs, Pražská plošina) is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the area of Prague and in the Central Bohemian Region. Geomorphology The Prague Plateau is a mesoregion of the B ... and Benešov Uplands. The highest point is the hill Na Plachtě at above sea level. History The first written mention of Škvorec is from 1279. In 1497, King Vladislaus II promoted Škvorec into a market town. The market town was acquired by Albrecht von Wallenstein in 1621, but he sold it to Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein a year later. He joined it to the Kostelec estate. Sights Škvorec Castle, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Městys
Městys (or, unofficially or obsolete, městečko (literally "small town")), translated as "market town", is a status conferred on certain municipalities in the Czech Republic, lying in terms of size and importance higher than that of simple ''obec'' (municipality), but lower than that of ''město'' (city, town). Historically a ''městys'' was a locality which had the right to stage livestock markets (and some other "extraordinary" and annual markets), and it is therefore translated as "market town". The term went out of official use in Czechoslovakia in 1954, but was reintroduced in the Czech Republic in 2006. As of September 2020, there are 228 municipalities on which the status of ''městys'' has been re-admitted. In all cases, these are municipalities that have requested the return of their former title. This title has not been newly awarded to any municipality that would not have it in the past, the law does not even set any specific criteria for it, only procedural competenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
