Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou (german: Jarmeritz) is a town in

Třebíč District Třebíč District ( cs, okres Třebíč) is a Okres, district in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Třebíč. Administrative division Třebíč District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Mu ...

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

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 4,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone, the village of Boňov is protected as a village monument zone.

Administrative parts

Villages of Boňov, Ohrazenice, Popovice, Příložany, Ratibořice and Vacenovice are administrative parts of Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou.

Geography

Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou is located about south of

Třebíč Třebíč (; german: Trebitsch; yi, טרייביטש Treybitsh) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants. The beginnings of the town's history are connected with the establishment of a Benedictine ...

and northeast of

Jihlava Jihlava (; german: Iglau) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 50,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. Historically, Jihlava i ...

. It lies in the

Jevišovice Uplands Jevišovice (german: Jaispitz) is a town in Znojmo District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Geograph ...

. The highest point is the hill Na Skalním at above sea level. The Rokytka stream flows through the town. There are several ponds in the municipal territory.

History

According to legend, Jaroměřice was founded in 1131 by Jaromír, son of Duke Bořivoj II, and was named after him. The first written mention of Jaroměřice is in a document not older than from 1265. In 1420, the settlement was first referred to as a town. The greatest development occurred during the rule of Count Jan Adam Questenberk in the first half of the 18th century. He had rebuilt the castle into its current form and overall improved the town. Thanks to his interest in music, the town became a cultural centre and musical tradition was born that continues to this day. After the family of Questenberk died out in 1752, the rapidly declining estate was inherited by the Kounice family and later acquired by the Wrbna-Freudenthal family.

Demographics

Culture

Since 1999, the annual International Music Festival of

Peter Dvorský Peter Dvorský (born 25 September 1951) is a Slovak operatic tenor. Possessing a lyrical voice with a soft, elastic tone, and warm and melodious timbre, Dvorský's repertoire concentrates on roles from the Italian and Slavic repertories. Dvorsk ...

has been held in Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou.

Sights

The Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou Castle is one of the main sights of the whole region. The building is one of the largest Baroque works in all of Europe. It was built in 1700–1737 by reconstruction of a Renaissance structure from the 16th century. At the same time, French gardens and an

English park The English landscape garden, also called English landscape park or simply the English garden (french: Jardin à l'anglaise, it, Giardino all'inglese, german: Englischer Landschaftsgarten, pt, Jardim inglês, es, Jardín inglés), is a sty ...

were established. Since 1947, it has been owned by the state and opened to the public. The Church of Saint Margaret the Virgin is adjacent to the castle. The original church was rebuilt in the Baroque style from 1716 to 1782. Both the castle and the church were most likely designed by architect

Jakob Prandtauer Jakob Prandtauer (baptized in Stanz bei Landeck (Tyrol) on 16 July 1660; died in Sankt Pölten on 16 September 1726) was an Austrian Baroque architect. Trained as a stonemason rather than as an architect, he designed and supervised the constru ...

. A museum dedicated to poet

Otokar Březina Otokar or Otakar Březina (); pen name of Václav Jebavý; (13 September 1868 – 25 March 1929) was a Czech poet and essayist, considered the greatest of Czech Symbolists. Biography Březina was born in the small town of Počátky, Pelhřimov ...

is located in the house where he lived until his death.

Notable people

* František Antonín Míča (1694–1744), conductor and composer; lived and died here * František Adam Míča (1746–1811), composer *

(1868–1929), poet and essayist; lived and died here

References

External links

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Jaroměřice Castle
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jaromerice nad Rokytnou Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Třebíč District