Horní Pěna () is a municipality and village in

Jindřichův Hradec District Jindřichův Hradec District () is a Okres, district in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Jindřichův Hradec. Administrative division Jindřichův Hradec District is divided into three Districts of the Cz ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 600 inhabitants. The village of Malíkov nad Nežárkou within the municipality is well preserved and is protected as a village monument zone.

Administrative division

Horní Pěna consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Horní Pěna (446) *Malíkov nad Nežárkou (99)

Geography

Horní Pěna is located about south of

Jindřichův Hradec Jindřichův Hradec (; ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 21,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urb ...

and northeast of

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 97,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is the largest ...

. It lies in the

Javořice Highlands The Javořice Highlands (, ) is a mountain range in the Czech Republic. The highlands, together with the Jevišovice Highlands threshold, form the Western-Moravian part of Moldanubian Zone - east south part of Bohemian Massif. Geography The Javo ...

. The highest point is at above sea level. In addition to several small fishponds, there is the fishpond Pěněnský rybník with an area of .

History

The first written mention of Horní Pěna is from 1354. It was an agricultural village, later weaving and brick production developed. At the time of its establishment, the village was ethnically Czech, but gradually became predominantly German-speaking. From 1938 to 1945, Horní Pěna was annexed by

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ...

and administered as part of the Reichsgau Niederdonau. After World War II, the German population was expelled and the village was repopulated by Czechs.

Demographics

Transport

The I/34 road (part of the

European route E551 E 551 is a European B class road in the Czech Republic, connecting České Budějovice and Humpolec. Route and E-road junctions * (on shared signage I 34) ** České Budějovice: , ** Humpolec: External links UN Economic Commission fo ...

; the section from České Budějovice to Jindřichův Hradec) briefly crosses the municipality in the west.

Sights

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The main landmark of Horní Pěna is the Church of Saint Michael. It was built in the Gothic style in the first quarter of the 14th century and modified in the Baroque style in the 17th and 18th centuries. The tower was added in 1709. In Horní Pěna is the Zoo Na Hrádečku, a small zoo with more than 100 species on an area of . Malíkov nad Nežárkou is a village with well-preserved typical south Bohemian folk architecture, protected as a village monument zone. In the centre of the village is the Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto. It was built in 1849.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Horni Pena Villages in Jindřichův Hradec District