Tasov (Žďár Nad Sázavou District)
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Tasov () is a municipality and village in
Žďár nad Sázavou District Žďár nad Sázavou District () is a Okres, district in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Žďár nad Sázavou. Administrative division Žďár nad Sázavou District is divided into four Districts of the Czech ...
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.


Geography

Tasov is located about south of
Žďár nad Sázavou Žďár nad Sázavou (; ) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. The town is an industrial and tourist centre. It is known for the Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk, which is a UNESCO Wor ...
and west of
Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...
. 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 at above sea level. The
Oslava The Oslava is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Jihlava (river), Jihlava River. It flows through the Vysočina Region, Vysočina and South Moravian Region, South Moravian regions. At , it is the List of rivers of the Czech Rep ...
River forms the western border of the municipal territory. The village is situated in the valley of the Polomina stream, a tributary of the Oslava.


History

Tasov was most likely founded in the 12th century. The establishment of the settlement was connected with the nearby fortress. The first written mention of Tasov is from 1233, when the owner of Tasov became Záviš of Tasov. The village quickly developed and became a major religious centre serving parishes in nearby villages. In 1366, Tasov was first referred to as 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 ...
. In 1482, the Rohovský family bought a free farmstead here and becomes a prominent family in Tasov where they stayed until the mid-20th century, at which time they were forcibly evicted by the communist government. During the
Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ...
, Tasov was severely affected and about a third of the houses remained desolate. Between 1573 and 1644, Tasov was owned by Václav Berka of Dubá. In 1644, Tasov was inherited by the Fürstenberk family that greatly improved Tasov and neighbouring Budišov. After World War II, Tasov was deprived of the title of market town.


Demographics


Transport

The D1 motorway from
Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
to Brno briefly passes through the northern part of the municipality.


Sights

The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is the landmark of the village centre. It was built in the Baroque style in 1728–1730. The interior is richly decorated. The most valuable is the painting of Saint Wenceslaus, which was moved here from the Church of Saint Wenceslaus, which stood in Tasov until 1785. The belltower has two bells from the years 1483 and 1763. The Dub Castle, also called Tassenberg Castle, is a ruin of a Gothic Castle located in a meander of the Oslava. It was built in the 13th century. In 1551, it was already called a ruin. Hrádek is a ruin of a gothic fortress above the village. Its existence was first documented in 1390. Since 1569, it has been desolated. The Literary Monument of Vysočina was opened in 2002. It contains exhibitions dedicated to the important native, writer
Jakub Deml Jakub Deml (20 August 1878 – 10 February 1961) was a Czech Catholic priest and writer. Life Childhood and youth Jakub Deml was born in Tasov (okres Žďár nad Sázavou), Tasov near Třebíč, Austria-Hungary, now the Czech Republic on 20 A ...
and other artists connected with the region, and to the history of the village and local monuments. An architectonical monument is also the villa of Jakub Deml which replaced his original birth house. It is a modernist villa with
cubist Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement which began in Paris. It revolutionized painting and the visual arts, and sparked artistic innovations in music, ballet, literature, and architecture. Cubist subjects are analyzed, broke ...
elements by the architect
Bohuslav Fuchs Bohuslav Fuchs (24 March 1895 – 18 September 1972) was a Czechs, Czech modernist architect. He also worked as a university teacher and urban planner. He is considered one of the most important Czech architects of the 20th century. His work is pr ...
built in the early 1920s.


Notable people

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Jakub Deml Jakub Deml (20 August 1878 – 10 February 1961) was a Czech Catholic priest and writer. Life Childhood and youth Jakub Deml was born in Tasov (okres Žďár nad Sázavou), Tasov near Třebíč, Austria-Hungary, now the Czech Republic on 20 A ...
(1878–1961), writer


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