Stará Říše (; ) is a market town in

Jihlava District Jihlava District () is a district in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Jihlava. Administrative division Jihlava District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence ...

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. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Stará Říše consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Stará Říše (597) *Nepomuky (3)

Geography

Stará Říše is located about south 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

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 the hill Veselský vrch at above sea level. There are several fishponds around the market town.

History

The first written mention of Stará Říše is from 1257. It was a settlement located on a frequented trade route. In 1589, Stará Říše 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 ...

by Emperor

Rudolf II Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–1608). He was a member of the H ...

. In 1758, a large fire destroyed almost all of Stará Říše, and all representative buildings except the school had to be rebuilt.

Demographics

Transport

The I/23 road from

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 ...

Jindřichův Hradec Jindřichův Hradec (; ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 21,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urb ...

passes through the market town.

Sights

The main landmark of Stará Říše is the Church of All Saints. It was built in the Baroque style after 1758.

Notable people

* Josef Florian (1873–1941), publisher and translator * Juliana Jirousová (1943–2023), artist and painter

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stara Rise Populated places in Jihlava District Market towns in the Czech Republic