Bezděkov (german: Besdiekau) is a municipality and village in
Klatovy District
Klatovy District ( cs, Okres Klatovy) is a district ('' okres'') within Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Klatovy. With its area of 1,946 km² it is the largest district in the Czech Republic.
List of municipalities
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in the
Plzeň Region
Plzeň Region ( cs, Plzeňský kraj; german: Pilsner Region) is an administrative unit (''kraj'') in the western part of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is named after its capital Plzeň (English, german: Pilsen). In terms of area, Plzeň Reg ...
of the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
. It has about 900 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Koryta, Poborovice, Struhadlo, TetÄ›tice and VÃtaná are administrative parts of BezdÄ›kov.
Geography
Bezděkov is located about west of
Klatovy
Klatovy (; german: Klattau) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Administrative parts
Klatovy is made up of 30 ...
and south of
Plzeň
Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...
. It lies in the
Å vihov Highlands Å vihov may refer to places in the Czech Republic:
*Švihov (Klatovy District), a town in the Plzeň Region
**Å vihov Castle in the town
* Å vihov (RakovnÃk District), a municipality and village in the Central Bohemian Region
*Å vihov, a village a ...
. The highest point is at above sea level, below the top of Velký BÃtov hill. The
Úhlava
The Úhlava () is a long river in the Czech Republic, a right tributary of the Radbuza. Its source is situated on a slope of PancÃÅ™ mountain in the Å umava mountains, Klatovy District at an elevation of . It passes the villages and towns Nýrs ...
River flows along the eastern municipal border and shortly through the municipality.
History
The first written mention of Bezděkov is from 1331. The village was probably founded in the 13th century.
Sights
The main landmark of Bezděkov is the Bezděkov Castle. The original castle was built on the site of an older Gothic fortress in 1737. In 1854–1856, the castle was rebuilt into its current Gothic Revival form by the architect
Vojtěch Ignác Ullmann
VojtÄ›ch Ignác Ullmann (23 April 1822 in Prague – 17 September 1897 in PÅ™Ãbram) was a Czech architect working in Revivalism architecture, particularly Renaissance Revival architecture.
Life
Ullmann studied architecture at the Academy of Fin ...
. Today, the castle is privately owned and inaccessible.
The Church of Saint Anne on a hill near Bezděkov dates from 1693. After its capacity became insufficient, the Church of Saint Wenceslaus was built in the centre of the village in 1899–1901. It belongs to the youngest churches in the region.
Notable people
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Christian Heinrich Spiess
Christian Heinrich Spiess (4 April 1755 – 17 August 1799) was a German writer of romances and later pulp fiction, horror stories.
Life
He was born in Freiberg in Saxony.
For a time an actor, he was appointed in 1788 controller on the estate of ...
(1755–1799), German writer; lived and died here
Gallery
Bezděkov (okres Klatovy), základnà škola.jpg, Primary school
BezdÄ›kov (okres Klatovy), rybnÃk.jpg, Pond
Bezděkov, náhrobek spisovatele Spiesse.jpg, Grave of Christian Heinrich Spiess
References
External links
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Villages in Klatovy District