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Štěkeň ( German Steken, formerly Stiekna ) is a market town in the Czech Republic. It is located eleven kilometers east Strakonic and belongs to Okres Strakonice.

Geography

Štěkeň is on the left at the foot of the Otava Brdo (508 m) in the Šumava foothills. On the right bank of the river, the railway runs between České Budějovice and Strakonice, the nearest railway station is two kilometers south in Čejetice.

Neighboring towns are Slatina in the north, Vitkov in the northeast, Nové Kestřany in the east, in the southeast Sudoměř, Čejetice in the south, Sedlíkovice, Modlesovice and Hajská the southwest, Slaník in the west and Přešťovice in the northwest.

History

Sczeken was first documented in 1318. The festivities had hitherto been the seat of the Vladiken Bavors of Štěkeň who sold it to Nicholas of Janovice and Vimperk. Štěkeň belonged from 1412 to 1610 the men Říčanský Říčany and then changed hands several times. After the Battle of White Mountain, the Gutsherrschaft Štěkeň was composed confiscated from the town Štěkeň, four villages and a brewery in 1622 from the estate of Jan Malovci Malovice. 1648 acquired the previously immigrated from Switzerland to Bohemia in the year nobles January Anton Losy of Losinthal the rule Štěkeň with the associated villages Řepice, Maldějovice, Přešťovice, Čejetice, Droužetice, Přeborovice, Brusy, Cehnice, Dunovice, Netonice, Radějovice, Paračov, Kuřimeny, Sudkovice and Černěkov by Johann Anton, Prince of Eggenberg. Losy of Losinthal made 1664-1665 the fortress converted into a castle. After his death in 1682, inherited by his son Johann Baptist Štěkeň. This passed away in 1683 and the legacy came to his brother Johann Anton Losy of Losinthal. 1720, he gave his property to his son Adam Štěkeň Philip. After Adam Philipp Graf Losy had died of Losinthal on April 21, 1781 without descendants in Vienna, his widow, Ernestine Countess Fuchs of Bimbach inherited the rule. They sold the property in the same year to Joseph Niklas zu Windisch -Graetz. He was succeeded in 1802 by his son Alfred I. zu Windisch -Graetz.

After the replacement of patrimonial Štěkeň in 1848 for the independent market town. In 1850, 813 people lived in Štěkeň. 1862 inherited Alfred Windisch- Graetz II to the goods in Štěkeň, 1876 was succeeded by his son Alfred III. zu Windisch - Graetz. He sold the castle on September 4, 1922, the Institutum Mariae Virginis Beatae, which is a boarding school. On September 1, 1868, the railway started operating, and until 1879, the route between České Budějovice and Strakonice was completed. The train station in Čejetice was renamed on 30 April 1891 in Štěkeň. 1930, the place had 912 inhabitants. In 2007 the status was renewed as Městys.

Local structure

The patch Štěkeň consists of the districts Nové Kestřany ( New Kesterschan ) Štěkeň ( Steken ) and Vitkov ( Witkow ).

Attractions

Štěkeň Castle with chapel and an English park, the Baroque was 1664-1665 for Jan Anton Losy of Losinthal
Church of St. Nicholas, the earlier Gothic church was the parish church in 1384 and 1749 rebuilt
Manse, originally built in 1772
Baroque statue of St. John of Nepomuk created in 1725
Žižka monument at Sudoměř, the 16 m high monument was built in 1926
Homesteads in the South Bohemian folk Baroque

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

January ze Štěkna (around 1355-1407 ), theologian
Johann Anton Losy of Losinthal (around 1645-1721 ), lutenist and composer
Gregor Zeithammer (1800-1881), writer
Alfons Šťastný Ferdinand (1831-1913), Czech politician and organizer of the peasantry

Karel Klostermann (1848-1923), the writer died in the monastery of the Institutum Mariae Virginis Beatae Castle Štěkeň

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