Libějovice is a municipality and village in
Strakonice District
Strakonice District () is a district in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Strakonice.
Administrative division
Strakonice District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with ext ...
in the
South Bohemian Region
The South Bohemian Region () is an administrative unit (''Regions of the Czech Republic, 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 ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Libějovice consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
*Libějovice (243)
*Černěves (87)
*Nestanice (114)
Etymology
The name is derived from the personal name Liběj, meaning "the village of Liběj's people".
Geography
Libějovice is located about southeast of
Strakonice
Strakonice (; ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Strakonice consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
*Strakonice ...
and northwest 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 mostly in the
České Budějovice Basin
The České Budějovice Basin () is a structural basin and Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic, geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the South Bohemian Region and it is named after the city of České Bud� ...
. The highest point is the hill Lomec at above sea level. There are several fishponds in the municipal territory.
History
The first written mention of Libějovice is from 1264.
Demographics
Transport
The I/20 road (part of the
European route E49
European route E49 is a road that forms part of the International E-road network. It runs between Magdeburg, Germany, and Vienna, Austria.
The road follows the route:
* Germany
** : - Magdeburg, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt,
** :
** : - Plauen
* Czec ...
) from České Budějovice to
Plzeň
Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ...
and
Karlovy Vary
Karlovy Vary (; , formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the Ohře and Teplá (river), Teplá ri ...
passes through the municipality.
Sights
There are two castles in Libějovice, called Old Castle and New Castle. The Old Castle was built in the Renaissance style by
William of Rosenberg in the mid-16th century and reconstructed in 1715–1718 by the then-owner Karl Kajetan
Lord of Bucquoy. The New Castle was founded by Lords of Buquoy in 1696 but it was not completed until 1754. The late
Empire
An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outpost (military), outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a hegemony, dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the ...
castle was rebuilt and extended in 1816–1817. Today both castles are privately owned and inaccessible.
The hill Lomec in the southern part of the municipality is one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the region. On the hill is the Lomec Monastery with the Church of the Name of the Virgin Mary. The monastery was originally a hunting manor house built in 1709–1710. Today it is home of the Congregation of the Gray Sisters of the
Third Order of Saint Francis
The Third Order of Saint Francis, or Franciscan Tertiaries, is the third order of the Franciscan tradition of Christianity, founded by the medieval Italian Catholic friar Francis of Assisi.
Francis founded the Third Order, originally called t ...
. The church belongs to important works of the Baroque in Central Europe. It was built in 1696–1702 for the miraculous statue of the Virgin Mary with Jesus and houses a unique altar, which is an imitation of
Bernini
Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (, ; ; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 1598 – 28 November 1680) was an Italian sculptor and architect. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prominently the leading sculptor ...
's papal altar from the
St. Peter's Basilica
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (), or simply St. Peter's Basilica (; ), is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy. It was initiall ...
in Vatican.
References
External links
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Villages in Strakonice District