Horní Stropnice (until 1950 Stropnice; german: Strobnitz) is a municipality and village in

České Budějovice District České Budějovice District ( cs, okres České Budějovice) is a district ('' okres'') within the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is České Budějovice. Complete list of municipalities Adamov - Bečice - Borek - Bor ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 1,500 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages and hamlets of Bedřichov, Chlupatá Ves, Dlouhá Stropnice, Dobrá Voda, Hlinov, Hojná Voda, Humenice, Konratice, Krčín, Meziluží, Olbramov, Paseky, Rychnov u Nových Hradů, Šejby, Staré Hutě, Střeziměřice, Svébohy, Světví, Vesce and Vyhlídky are administrative parts of Horní Stropnice.

Geography

Horní Stropnice is located about southeast of

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; german: Budweis ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 93,000 inhabitants. It is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is t ...

. The municipal territory borders

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in the south. The northern part of the territory lies in the Gratzen Foothills. The southern part lies in the

Gratzen Mountains The Gratzen Mountains (german: Gratzener Bergland or, more rarely, ''Gratzener Gebirge''; cz, Novohradské hory) are part of the Bohemian Massif and run along either side of the border between the Czech Republic and the Austrian states of Upper ...

and includes the highest point of Horní Stropnice, the Vysoká mountain at above sea level. The Stropnice River flows through the municipality. The area is rich in ponds.

History

The first written mention of Stropnice is from 1185. The village has been a sole property of the aristocratic

Rosenberg family The House of Rosenberg ( cs, Rožmberkové, sg. ''z Rožmberka'') was a prominent Bohemian noble family that played an important role in Czech medieval history from the 13th century until 1611. Members of this family held posts at the Pragu ...

throughout the history. In 1950, the name was changed from Stropnice to Horní Stropnice.

Sights

The main landmark of Horní Stropnice is the Church of Saint Nicholas. The originally Romanesque church dates from the first half of the 13th century. It was rebuilt in the late Gothic style in 1500–1510, after it was damaged by a fire in 1486, but the oldest Romanesque parts of the church were preserved.

Notable people

Wenzel Jaksch Wenzel Jaksch (25 September 1896 – 27 November 1966) was a Sudeten German Social Democrat politician and the president of the Federation of Expellees in 1964 to 1966.František Binder Lieutenant Colonel in memoriam František Binder (22 October 1914 in Hojná Voda, Austria-Hungary – 3 March 1942 in East Wretham, Norfolk) was a Czech soldier who participated in the fights to save the Czechoslovak state borders in the unit ...

(1914–1942), war hero

References

External links

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