Starý Jičín (german: Alttitschein, Alt Titschein) is a municipality and village in
Nový Jičín District
Nový Jičín District ( cs, okres Nový Jičín) is a district ('' okres'') within Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Nový Jičín.
List of municipalities
Albrechtičky - Bartošovice - Bernartice nad O ...
in the
Moravian-Silesian Region
The Moravian-Silesian Region ( cs, Moravskoslezský kraj; pl, Kraj morawsko-śląski; sk, Moravsko-sliezsky kraj) is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region ( cs, Ostravský ...
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 2,900 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Dub, Heřmanice, Janovice, Jičina, Palačov, Petřkovice, Starojická Lhota and Vlčnov are administrative parts of Starý Jičín.
Geography
Starý Jičín lies about west of
Nový Jičín
Nový Jičín (; german: Neutitschein) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The historic centre of Nový Jičín is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservatio ...
. It is located in the
Moravian-Silesian Foothills
Moravian-Silesian Foothills ( cz, Podbeskydská pahorkatina, pl, Pogórze Morawsko-Śląskie) are foothills and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic.
Geomorphology
The region represents the westernmost section of the Western Bes ...
. The highest point is the mountain Petřkovická hora with an altitude of . A dominant feature located just above the village is the hill Starojický kopec, at .
History
The first written mention of Jičín is from 1240, when the castle was mentioned. The castle was built here in the late 12th or in the early 13th century, originally as a guard castle on the
Amber Road
The Amber Road was an ancient trade route for the transfer of amber from coastal areas of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. Prehistoric trade routes between Northern and Southern Europe were defined by the amber trade.
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. The nearby market village was established soon after the castle.
Sights
The landmark of the municipality is the Starý Jičín Castle on a hill above the village. For centuries, none of the owners cared about the castle and at the beginning of the 20th century, it became a ruin. Since 1996, it has been owned by the municipality and partial repairs were made.
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The second monument is the complex of the parish Church of Saint Wenceslaus with a rebuilt Renaissance tower.][
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Notable people
*Max David
Max (Maximilian) David (7 December 1859 in Starý Jičín – ?) was a Moravian-German engineer.
David graduated from Technical College in Brno, which he attended twice – from 1877 to 1879 and then from 1880 to 1883. David initially worked as as ...
(1859–?), Moravian-German engineer
References
External links
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Villages in Nový Jičín District