Černá v Pošumaví (until 1950 Černá; ) is a municipality and village in

Český Krumlov District Český Krumlov District () is a Okres, district in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Český Krumlov. Administrative division Český Krumlov District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#M ...

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

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. It has about 900 inhabitants. It is a popular summer resort.

Administrative division

Černá v Pošumaví consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Černá v Pošumaví (615) *Bližná (89) *Dolní Vltavice (15) *Mokrá (25) *Muckov (33) *Plánička (12)

Etymology

The Czech name ''Černá'' (i.e. 'black') and the historical German name ''Schwarzbach'' (i.e. 'black stream') were derived from the stream that flowed below the village. The oldest forms of the name was ''Natschernerece'' (literally "on the black river") and Nachirnie. In 1483, the name ''Czerna'' first appeared. From 1530, the name ''Schwarzbach'' was used in various forms.

Geography

Černá v Pošumaví is located about southwest of

Český Krumlov Český Krumlov (; , ''Böhmisch Krumau'') is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants. It is known as a tourist centre, which is among the most visited places in the country. The historic centre ...

and southwest 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 ...

. The municipal territory borders Germany in the southwest. It lies in the

Bohemian Forest The Bohemian Forest, known in Czech as () and in German as , is a low mountain range in Central Europe. Geographically, the mountains extend from Plzeň Region and the South Bohemian Region in the Czech Republic to Austria and Bavaria in Germ ...

. The highest point is a nameless hill at above sea level. The municipality is situated on the shore of the

Lipno Reservoir The Lipno Reservoir () is a dam and hydroelectric plant constructed along the Vltava River in the Czech Republic. It is the largest water area in the Czech Republic. History Due to frequent flooding and subsequent damage, the Vltava River in Sou ...

History

The first written mention of Černá v Pošumaví is in the donation deed of King Ottokar II from 1268, who gave the village to his burgrave Hirzo of Klingenberg. After 1945, some formerly independent municipalities in the territory of today's Černá v Pošumaví were liquidated due to the expulsion of the German population and the modification of the border zone, partly due to the construction of the Lipno Reservoir.

Graphite mining

The first records of the mining of graphite date from the 1760s. Graphite mines were opened by the Schwarzenbergs in 1812. Ink was used for the production of pencils in the Zlatá Koruna and in České Budějovice at the

Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth Koh-i-Noor Hardtmuth a.s. is a Czech manufacturing company of stationery products, based in České Budějovice. Established in 1790, it is one of the oldest stationery companies in the world. With four factories in its country of origin (Česk� ...

company. Most of the graphite deposits were flooded by the reservoir.

Demographics

Transport

The I/39 road (the section from

Volary Volary (; ) is a town in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,700 inhabitants. It is located in the Bohemian Forest, close to the border with Germany. An area in the northern part of the town with t ...

) passes through the municipality. The railway line

– Nové Údolí runs along the northwestern municipal border, however, the train station called ''Černá v Pošumaví'' is located outside the territory of Černá v Pošumaví.

Sights

The main landmark of Černá v Pošumaví is the Church of the

Immaculate Conception The Immaculate Conception is the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception. It is one of the four Mariology, Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Debated by medieval theologians, it was not def ...

. It was built in the Baroque style in 1799–1800, when it replaced a wooden chapel from 1787. It was rebuilt into its present Neo-Romanesque form in 1901–1904.

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