Lenora (Prachatice District)
Lenora ( German: Eleonorenhain ) is a municipality with 810 inhabitants ( 1 January 2004) in Okres Prachatice ( district Prachatitz ) in South Bohemia, Czech Republic.
History
The place on the Warm Vltava in Šumava emerged only in 1834 by the construction of a glass works by Johann Meyr. Prince Johann Adolf II, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1799-1888) owned the forest, was the settlement in honor of his wife Eleonore the name Eleonorenhain. Princess Eleonore von Schwarzenberg (1812-1873) was the daughter of Moritz Liechtenstein (1775-1819) and Marie Leopoldine of Galantha Esterházy ( 1788-1846 ). See also Schwarzenberg ( nobility ).
About 1859 was the site of one of the largest glassworks in Bohemia. With the expulsion of the German population after 1945, the glassworks, the last was owned by the brothers Alfonso and Siegfried Kralik was nationalized.
On a hill there is a monument commemorating Andreas Hartauer who created the song in it deep in the Bohemian Forest. The Bohemian composer Bedrich Smetana held on several occasions because of his tinnitus in Eleonorenhain on to recover. His stay in Eleonorenhain is occupied by a scrapbook which is operated by the family Kralik tourist house. It is believed that he was " The Moldau " settled here near the Vltava source to inspire his work.
Next to the castle is the Rechle, a covered wooden bridge over the Warm Vltava, the most famous monument of the place.
Community structure
At the community Lenora districts include Houžná ( Hüblern ) Kaplice ( chapels ), Nová Houžná ( Neuhüblern ) Vlčí Jámy ( Wolfsgrub ) and Zátoň ( Schattawa ).
Personalities
- Andreas Hartauer, author of the Bohemian Forest song, lived two years in Eleonorenhain
- Richard Kralik Knights of Meyrswalden, Austrian writer, was born here
- Mathilde Kralik of Meyrswalden, Austrian composer
- Born Heinrich Kralik of Meyrswalden, glass manufacturer in Eleonorenhain here
- Gottlob Kralik Knights of Meyrswalden, glass manufacturer in Fürstenberg (Oder), who was born here
- Born Alfons Kralik Knights of Meyrswalden, glass manufacturer in Eleonorenhain here
- Born Siegfried Ritter von Kralik Meyrswalden, glass manufacturer in Eleonorenhain here
- Bedřich Smetana, a guest at the summer resort of the tourist house