Herálec is a municipality and village in

Havlíčkův Brod District Havlíčkův Brod District ( cs, okres Havlíčkův Brod) is a district in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Havlíčkův Brod. Administrative division Havlíčkův Brod District is divided into three administ ...

in the

Vysočina Region The Vysočina Region (; cs, Kraj Vysočina "Highlands Region", , ) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located partly in the south-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia and partly in the south-west of the hist ...

of the

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. It has about 1,200 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Dubí, Kamenice, Koječín, Mikulášov, Pavlov u Herálce and Zdislavice are administrative parts of Vilémov.

Geography

Herálec is located about southwest of

Havlíčkův Brod Havlíčkův Brod (, until 1945 Německý Brod; german: Deutschbrod) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law a ...

and northwest of Jihlava. It lies in the Křemešník Highlands. The highest point is at above sea level. The territory is rich in small ponds.

History

The first written mention of Herálec is from 1280.

Transport

The D1 motorway from

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

passes through the municipal territory. Herálec is located on the railway line Havlíčkův Brod–

Humpolec Humpolec (; german: Humpoletz) is a town in Pelhřimov District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Brunka, Hněvkovice, Kletečná, Krasoňov, Lhotka, Petrovice, Plačk ...

Sights

The most important monument is the Herálec Castle. The originally Renaissance castle was built in 1601 on the site of an old medieval fortress. It was modified several times. Today it serves as a hotel. The castle is surrounded by an English park. Among the landmark of Herálec is the Church of Saint Bartholomew. It is a modern pseudo-Gothic church without historical value. In Herálec is a valuable cemetery, which includes six tombstones from the times of the

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

. A notable technical monument is the Baroque granary, which dates from 1726. Today the building is unused and dilapidated.

Notable people

Adolf Kosárek Adolf Kosárek (6 January 1830, Herálec – 29 October 1859, Prague) was a Czech landscape painter in the Realist style. Biography His parents were employed as servants by the Trauttmansdorff family. When he was three, his family moved to C ...

(1830–1859), landscape painter *

Jan Zábrana Jan Zábrana (4 July 1931 in Herálec – 3 September 1984 in Prague) was a Czech writer and translator. His parents were teachers and politicians persecuted by the communist regime after the communist revolution of 1948: his mother, a member of ...

(1931–1984), writer and translator

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heralec Villages in Havlíčkův Brod District