Křivoklát (german: Pürglitz) is a market town in
Rakovník District
Rakovník District ( cs, okres Rakovník) is a district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Rakovník.
Administrative division
Rakovník District is formed by only one administrative district of munici ...
in the
Central Bohemian Region of the
Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants. It is known for the
Křivoklát Castle.
Administrative parts
Villages of Častonice and Písky are administrative parts of Křivoklát.
Geography
Křivoklát lies about west of
Prague. It is located in the Křivoklát Highlands, in the
Křivoklátsko Landscape Protected Area. The municipality is situated in the meander of the
Berounka River at its confluence with the Rakovnický Stream, which flows west of Křivoklát below the castle.
History
The castle was founded at the beginning of the 11th century. Between the 14th and 15th centuries, the first cottages appeared below the castle and the hamlet became known as Budy. Nearby hamlet Čamrdoves grew up, and during the 17th and 18th centuries they became one village. In 1886 the hamlets Budy, Amalín, Čamrdoves, and Častonice created a single administrative unit, the municipality of Křivoklát. In 1896, the municipality became a
market town.
Until 1918, the village was part of the
Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the
compromise of 1867
The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 (german: Ausgleich, hu, Kiegyezés) established the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary. The Compromise only partially re-established the former pre-1848 sovereignty and status of the Kingdom of Hungary ...
), in the Rakonitz – Rakovnik District, one of the 94 ''Bezirkshauptmannschaften'' in
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...
.
[Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967]
Sights
Křivoklát is a popular tourist destination known for the medieval
Křivoklát Castle.
Notable people
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Irma Reichová (1859–1930), operatic soprano
References
External links
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Křivoklát CastleKřivoklátsko Landscape Protected Area
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Market towns in the Czech Republic