Strakonice

Strakonice ( German Strakonitz, older even Stracknitz ) is a town in the region of South Bohemia, ( South Bohemia ) with ( 2003) 23,748 inhabitants.

History

The settlement was built around Strakonice a moated castle at the mouth of Volyňka in the Otava. The Strakonice castle was from 1243 in the possession of the Hospitallers, the settlement developed into a small town, which in 1367 became a city. In the Hussite Wars Jan Žižka occupied the city in 1420, but could not conquer the castle. 1421 laid the Prior General of the Hospitallers in Bohemia its headquarters to Strakonice, 1694 returned the Hospitaller then back to Prague - the castle remained until 1925 in their possession.

In Strakonice lived in the 16th century a Jewish community, remnants of the ghetto and the Jewish cemetery are preserved. The synagogue was demolished in 1976.

From the beginning of the 19th century fezzes were produced in Strakonitz that were exported. Later, other industry matters worse, so in 1930 a motorcycle factory.

Boroughs

The Strakonice consists of the districts Dražejov ( Draschejow ) Hajská ( Hag ), Modlesovice ( Modleschowitz ) Přední Ptákovice ( front Ptakowitz ), Strakonice I (north of the Otava ), Strakonice II (south of the Otava ), Střela ( beam ) and virt ( host village ) and the local situation Nové Strakonice ( New Strakonitz ).

Twin Cities

• Lengnau ( Switzerland )
• Bad Salzungen ( Germany )

Personalities

Strakonitz is the birthplace of the Royal Hofkammerbeamten and composer Johann Anton Graf Losy of Losinthal ( * ca 1645), one of the most famous lutenist of his time, and was the home of the writer and folk song collector František Ladislav Čelakovský ( 1799-1852 ).