Čáslavice is a municipality and village in
Třebíč District
Třebíč District () is a district in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Třebíč.
Administrative division
Třebíč District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended c ...
in the
Vysočina Region
The Vysočina Region (; ) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Jihlava.
The region is located in the central part of the country. It is one of just three in the country (the others being Prague and the Central Boh ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Geography
Čáslavice is located about southwest of
Třebíč
Třebíč (; ) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 35,000 inhabitants.
The beginnings of the town's history are connected with the establishment of a Benedictines, Benedictine monastery, where the castle is loca ...
and southeast of
Jihlava
Jihlava (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava (river), Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia.
Historically, Jihla ...
. Most of the municipal territory lies in the
Jevišovice Uplands
Jevišovice () is a town in Znojmo District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urb ...
, only the western part lies in the
Křižanov Highlands
The Křižanov Highlands (, ) is a highland and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Vysočina Region.
Geomorphology
The Křižanov Highlands is a mesoregion of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands within ...
. The highest point is at above sea level. There are several fishponds in the municipality.
History
The first written mention of Čáslavice is in a deed of the
Porta coeli Convent from 1240. It was most likely founded at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries at the latest. The village was first part of the
Rokštejn estate. At the beginning of the 15th century, the village was bought by the
Waldstein family
The House of Waldstein (Valdstejn, Valdonio, or Wallenstein) is an old, wealthy and important noble family from Central Europe (Germany and the Czech Republic). They owned many castles across Europe.
Origin
The House of Waldstein or House of V ...
and became part of the Sádek estate. The Waldsteins owned Čáslavice until 1676, when they sold it to the Waldorf family.
In 1708, most of Čáslavice was destroyed by a large fire. The village recovered and in 1864, it was promoted to a
market town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rura ...
. However, it later lost the title.
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Demographics
Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
The main landmark of the village is the Church of the Saint Martin. It is an early Gothic building from the 13th century, surrounded by fortifications in the form of ramparts and ditches.
The Sádek Castle was originally an early Gothic castle, founded on a hill near Čáslavice before 1286. In the 16th century, it was rebuilt into a representative Renaissance residence.
Notable people
* Bedřich Václavek (1897–1943), literary theorist, critic and journalist
References
External links
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Villages in Třebíč District