Nechanice (; german: Nechanitz) is a town in

Hradec Králové District Hradec Králové District ( cs, okres Hradec Králové) is a district ('' okres'') within Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Cze ...

in the

Hradec Králové Region Hradec Králové Region ( cs, Královéhradecký kraj, ; pl, Kraj hradecki) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic located in the north-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Hradec K ...

of the

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. It has about 2,300 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Komárov, Lubno, Nerošov, Sobětuš, Staré Nechanice, Suchá and Tůně are administrative parts of Nechanice.

Geography

Nechanice is located about west of

Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected by law as an ...

. It lies in the

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. The highest point is the hill Jedlický vrch at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Nechanice is from 1228. In 1867, it was promoted to a town. Nechanice lost the town status in 1949, but it was restored in 1992.

Sights

The landmark of Nechanice is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The original church, which was as old as the town, was completely destroyed by a fire in 1827. The current

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church replaced it in 1833.

Notable people

Ignác Raab Ignác Viktorin Raab (5 September 1715 – 2 February 1787) was a Czech painter and Jesuit brother. He is considered one of the most important Czech painters of the 18th century. In his work can be traced the influence of Italian and Czech mast ...

(1715–1787), painter *

Johann Baptist Wanhal Johann Baptist Wanhal (12 May 1739 – 20 August 1813) was a Czech classical music composer. He was born in Nechanice, Bohemia, and died in Vienna. His music was well respected by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert. He was an instrumental perf ...

(1739–1813), composer *

Jan Nowopacký Jan Nowopacký or, in German, Johann Novopacky (15 November 1821, Nechanice – 3 August 1908, Slavětín) was a Czech landscape painter. Biography He was born to a poor family of weavers. He showed creative talent at an early age, playing t ...

(1821–1908), painter *

Alois Rašín Alois Rašín (18 October 1867 in Nechanice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary – 18 February 1923 in Prague, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia) was a Czech and Czechoslovakian politician, economist, one of the founders of Czechoslovakia and first Ministry for ...

(1867–1923), politician and economist *

Vladimír Hubáček Vladimír Hubáček (28 August 1932 – 2 September 2021) was a Czech rally driver. Biography From the 1950s to the 1970s, Hubáček competed in rally cars such as the Škoda Octavia, the Renault 8 Gordini, and the Alpine A110. He won a total o ...

(1932–2021), rally driver

Twin towns – sister cities

Nechanice is twinned with: *

Czarny Bór Czarny Bór () is a village in Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Czarny Bór. It lies approximately west of Wałbrzych, and south-west o ...

, Poland

References

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* {{authority control Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Hradec Králové District