Lišov (; ) is a town in

České Budějovice District České Budějovice District () is a Okres, district in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of České Budějovice. Administrative division České Budějovice District is divided into three Districts of the Cz ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 4,700 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Lišov consists of 13 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Lišov (3,320) *Červený Újezdec (49) *Dolní Miletín (78) *Dolní Slověnice (105) *Horní Miletín (88) *Horní Slověnice (125) *Hrutov (37) *Hůrky (262) *Kolný (49) *Levín (42) *Lhotice (129) *Velechvín (93) *Vlkovice (136) Vlkovice forms an

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of the municipal territory.

Etymology

The name Lišov was probably derived from the personal name Lichý, meaning "Lichý's (settlement)". The personal name itself means 'odd' in Czech, but in old Czech it also meant 'dishonest', 'evil'.

Geography

Lišov is located about northeast 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 in the

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. In addition to several smaller fishponds, there is Dvořiště in the northeastern part of the territory, which is one of the largest ponds in the Czech Republic.

History

The first written mention of Lišov is from 1296. In 1400, it was first referred to as a

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Demographics

Transport

The D3 motorway (the section from

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, part of the

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) runs along the western municipal border. The I/34 (the section from České Budějovice to

Jindřichův Hradec Jindřichův Hradec (; ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 21,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urb ...

, part of the

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and shortly also part of the

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) passes through the town.

Sights

The most valuable building is the Schwarzenberg Hospital, built by Jan Adolf of Schwarzenberg in 1675–1676. Today it houses a museum, a library and a gallery. The Church of Saint Wenceslaus was built in the second half of the 19th century. It replaced the old church. The Church of Saints Nicholas and Leonard in Dolní Slověnice is originally a Gothic church from the late 13th century. It was later rebuilt in the Baroque style. A technical monument is ''Locus perennis'' or "eternal place", an obelisk with built-in levelling markings. It was established here as one of the seven fixed points of accurate

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of the

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surveying system for European measurements. According to this system, the altitude of the obelisk is exactly above sea level in

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Notable people

Milan Sachs Milan Sachs (28 November 1884 – 4 August 1968) was a Czech-Croatian opera conductor and composer, who was long associated with the Zagreb Opera in Croatia, where he conducted some important local premieres, including Wagner's ''Parsifal'', an ...

(1884–1968), Czech-Croatian opera conductor and composer *

Milan Křížek Milan Křížek (; 9 March 1926 – 15 February 2018) was a Czech composer, music teacher and viola player. Life After graduating from the secondary grammar school in Tábor (1937–1945), he studied musicology, music education and history at ...

(1926–2018), composer, music teacher and violinist

Twin towns – sister cities

Lišov is twinned with: *

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, Switzerland *

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, Italy

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lisov Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in České Budějovice District