Hrdějovice (german: Hartowitz) 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

South Bohemian Region The South Bohemian Region ( cs, Jihočeský kraj; , ) is an administrative unit (''kraj'') of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical land of Bohemia, with a small part in southwestern Moravia. The western part ...

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 1,500 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Opatovice is an administrative part of Hrdějovice.

Geography

Hosín is located about north 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 ...

. Most of the municipal territory lies in the

České Budějovice Basin The České Budějovice Basin ( cs, Českobudějovická pánev) is a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the South Bohemian Region and it is named after the city of České Budějovice. It is known as a cultural lan ...

, but it also extends into a tip of the

Třeboň Basin The Třeboň Basin ( cs, Třeboňská pánev) is a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the South Bohemian Region and it is named after the town of Třeboň. It is known for its fishpond system. Geomorphology The T ...

in the north. The western municipal border is formed by the

Vltava Vltava ( , ; german: Moldau ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, running southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice and Prague, and finally merging with the Labe at M ...

River. There is a former

china clay Kaolinite ( ) is a clay mineral, with the chemical composition Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4. It is an important industrial mineral. It is a layered silicate mineral, with one tetrahedral sheet of silica () linked through oxygen atoms to one octahedral ...

mine called Orty, protected as a nature monument.

History

The first written mention of Hrdějovice is from 1350. Opatovice was first mentioned in 1378. From 1661 to abolition of

serfdom Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems. It was a condition of debt bondage and indentured servitude with similarities to and differences from slavery, which develop ...

in 1850, it belonged to the Hluboká estate owned by the

Schwarzenberg family The House of Schwarzenberg is a German (Franconian) and Czech ( Bohemian) aristocratic family, and it was one of the most prominent European noble houses. The Schwarzenbergs are members of the German nobility and Czech nobility and they held the ...

Transport

Hrdějovice lies on a railway line heading from České Budějovice to

Tábor Tábor (; german: Tabor) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. Administrative parts The followi ...

and Chotoviny.

Sights

Among the landmarks of Hrdějovice is a baroque Chapel of the Virgin Mary from the mid-18th century, rebuilt in 1876, and a pilgrimage chapel with a healing well from 1889. The layout and the folk architecture in Opatovice is well preserved. The village is protected as a village monument zone. The main landmark in Opatovice is the Chapel of the Holy Trinity from 1863.

Notable people

František Mareš František Mareš (20 October 1857 – 6 February 1942) was a Czechoslovak professor of physiology and philosophy, and a nationalist politician. He was rector of the Charles University in 1920–21, and a member of the National Democrats. Life ...

(1857–1942), physiologist, philosopher and politician

Gallery

Hrdějovice čp17.jpg, House No. 17 Hrdějovice - kaple.jpg, Chapel of the Virgin Mary Opatovice (Hrdějovice) - náves.jpg, Centre of Opatovice

References

External links

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