Trhové Sviny (; ) is a town in

České Budějovice District České Budějovice District () is a Okres, district in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of České Budějovice. Administrative division České Budějovice District is divided into three Districts of the Cz ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 5,300 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.

Administrative division

Trhové Sviny consists of 14 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Trhové Sviny (4,191) *Březí (36) *Bukvice (66) *Čeřejov (59) *Hrádek (43) *Jedovary (55) *Něchov (94) *Nežetice (30) *Otěvěk (275) *Pěčín (33) *Rankov (103) *Todně (113) *Třebíčko (34) *Veselka (5)

Etymology

The initial name of the settlement was Svinice. The name was derived either from the personal name Svině, or the inhabitants were known for pig farming (''svině'' = 'swine'). After the settlement gained the privilege of organizing markets (''trhy'' in Czech) in the 15th century, the attribute ''trhové'' was added to distinguish it from Sviny in the same region.

Geography

Trhové Sviny is located about southeast 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 ...

. It lies mostly in the Gratzen Foothills, but the eastern part lies in the

Třeboň Basin The Třeboň Basin () is a structural basin and Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic, geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the South Bohemian Region and it is named after the town of Třeboň. It is known f ...

. the

Stropnice The Stropnice () is a river in the Czech Republic and Austria, a right tributary of the Malše River. It originates in Lower Austria, but quickly leaves the territory of Austria and flows further through the South Bohemian Region. It is long. Ety ...

River flows through northwestern part of the municipal territory. The stream Svinenský potok, which is the longest tributary of the Stropnice, flows through the town proper. The municipal territory is rich in fishponds, typical for this region.

History

The first written mention of Sviny is from 1260. It was founded around 1250 as a settlement with a castle on an old trade route, originally possibly called Svinice. In 1481, Sviny gained the privilege of organizing markets from King Vladislaus II.

Demographics

Transport

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

Sights

The Church of the Holy Trinity is the most impressive landmark of Trhové Sviny, located outside the urban area. It was built in the Baroque style in 1708–1710 and replaced a pilgrimage chapel, which stood here already in the 16th century. Next to the church there is a small spa building with healing spring. The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is a late Gothic church originally from the end of the 13th century, rebuilt in the late 15th century. The town hall on Žižkovo Square from 1845 replaced an old building from the 16th century. It stands in the middle of a row of valuable houses with compactly preserved arcades along the entire south side of the square. Gothic cellar and edging of a painted emblem in the building's gable are preserved from the older building. Other sights on the square are Baroque column with the statue of

John of Nepomuk John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) (; ; ) ( 1345 – 20 March 1393) was a saint of Bohemia (a western part of what is now the Czech Republic) who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. Later accounts st ...

from 1722, and a hexagonal stone fountain from 1864.

Notable people

Emil Hácha Emil Dominik Josef Hácha (; 12 July 1872 – 27 June 1945) was a Czech lawyer, the president of Czechoslovakia from November 1938 to March 1939. In March 1939, after the breakup of Czechoslovakia, Hácha was the nominal president of the newly ...

(1872–1945), President of

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

in 1938–1939

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trhove Sviny Populated places in České Budějovice District Cities and towns in the Czech Republic