Lipnice nad Sázavou (german: Lipnitz an der Sasau) is a town in

Havlíčkův Brod District Havlíčkův Brod District ( cs, okres Havlíčkův Brod) is a district in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Havlíčkův Brod. Administrative division Havlíčkův Brod District is divided into three adminis ...

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 his ...

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 600 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Vilémovec is an administrative part of Lipnice nad Sázavou.

Geography

Lipnice nad Sázavou is located about west of

Havlíčkův Brod Havlíčkův Brod (, until 1945 Německý Brod; german: Deutschbrod) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law ...

and northwest 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 ...

. It lies in the

Křemešník Highlands Křemešník is a mountain in the municipality of Nový Rychnov in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. The mountain lies near the town of Pelhřimov and is part of Bohemian-Moravian Highlands. With an elevation of above sea level, it is ...

. The highest point is the hill Pyramida at above sea level. Despite the town's name, the Sázava River does not flow through the municipal territory and there are no significant watercourses. The pond Kamenná trouba and the eponymous nature reserve are located west of the town.

History

The first written mention of Lipnice is from 1226. It was the so-called Lower Lipnice and refers to today's Dolní Město. The Lipnice Castle was founded in 1310 and the settlement of Upper Lipnice was founded together with the castle. In 1370, it was acquired by King Charles IV and promoted to a town. It was a town until the reforms in the middle of the 19th century. It is very likely that the so-called Lipnice Bible from 1421 was finished here. In September 2019, the town status was granted back to Lipnice.

Sights

The most notable landmark and the main tourist destination of the town is the Lipnice Castle. In the house, where

Jaroslav Hašek Jaroslav Hašek (; 1883–1923) was a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian and anarchist. He is best known for his novel '' The Fate of the Good Soldier Švejk during the World War'', an unfinished collection of farcical inc ...

lived and worked in 1921–1923, is now the Memorial of Jaroslav Hašek with an exposition on his life and work.

Notable people

* Jindřich Matyáš Thurn (1567–1640), nobleman and military leader *

(1883–1923), writer; lived and died here * Karel Čáslavský (1937–2013), film historian

References

External links

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Lipnice Castle
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lipnice Nad Sazavou Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Havlíčkův Brod District