Lipnice nad Sázavou () is a town in

Havlíčkův Brod District Havlíčkův Brod District () 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 administrative districts of municip ...

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 The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It has about 700 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Lipnice nad Sázavou consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Lipnice nad Sázavou (566) *Vilémovec (32)

Geography

Lipnice nad Sázavou is located about west of

Havlíčkův Brod Havlíčkův Brod (, until 1945 Německý Brod; ) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban mon ...

and northwest 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 ...

. It lies in the

Křemešník Highlands The Křemešník Highlands () are highlands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mainly in the Vysočina Region, but it also extends into the South Bohemian and Central Bohemian regions. With an area of , it i ...

. 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 Dolní Město () is a municipality and village in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants. Dolní Město lies approximately west of Havlíčkův Brod, north-west of Jihlava, and s ...

. 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 The Lipnice Bible is a Latin biblical manuscript written in the first half of the 15th century in Bohemia. It was partially finished in May 1421 "in Lypnicz", very likely in Lipnice nad Sázavou. It is currently part of the collections of the Muse ...

from 1421 was finished here. In September 2019, the town status was granted back to Lipnice.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The most notable landmark and the main tourist destination of the town is the Lipnice Castle. It is owned by the state and is protected as a national cultural monument. After the fire in 1869, part of the castle remained only a torso. In the house where

Jaroslav Hašek Jaroslav Hašek (; 1883–1923) was a Czechs, Czech writer, Humorism, humorist, Satire, satirist, journalist, Bohemianism, bohemian, first anarchist and then communist, and commissar of the Red Army against the Czechoslovak Legion. He is best k ...

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

Notable people

Jindřich Matyáš Thurn Count Jindřich Matyáš of Thurn-Valsassina (; ; ; 24 February 1567 – 26 January 1640), was one of the leaders of the Protestant Bohemian Revolt against Emperor Ferdinand II. He took part in events that led to the Thirty Years' War, and after ...

(1567–1640), nobleman and military leader *

(1883–1923), writer; lived and died here *

Karel Čáslavský Karel Čáslavský (28 January 1937 in Lipnice nad Sázavou – 2 January 2013 in Prague) was a Czech film historian and television host. Čáslavský worked as a historian for the National Film Archive (Národní filmový archiv) of the Czech Repu ...

(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