Blovice
Blovice ( German Blowitz ) is a small town in Okres Plzeň -jih, Czech Republic. The former district town situated on the River Úslava and is the center of the community association Úslava. The land area is 2895 hectares.
History
The area was already inhabited in the Stone Age, the first settlement in the Middle Ages was carried out by Slavs. The first written record dates from 1284th At that time Blovice was (formerly also Blobitz, Blewicz, Blowicz, Blouicz ) is a market town and belonged to the Cistercian monastery in Pomuk. 1420 the village was to the Lords of Švamberk pledged in the 15th century to the von Sternberg. Zdeněk Konopišťský ze Šternberka reached in 1465 when King George of Podiebrad the first privileges of the city. In the 16th century, the town went through several hands until it was acquired in the early 19th century, Hans Kolovrat, an advocate of Czech culture and Czech national idea.
Local structure
To town Blovice the districts Bohušov ( Steinradisch Lhotka b. ) Hradišťský Újezd ( Aujest at Blowitz ) Komorno ( Komárom ), Stara Huť include ( bulking ), Hradiště ( Steinradisch ) Hradišťská Lhotka ( ironworks ), Štítov ( Stittau ) and Vlčice ( Wildschitz ).
Policy
Blovice is twinned with the following places
Culture and sights
- Church of Sts. Johann Evangelista ( 1760-67 )
- Jewish Cemetery (1683 )
- Castle Hradiště (1704) in which the Regional Museum (Muzeum jižního Plzeňská ) located
Personalities
- Heinrich Oppermann, called " Henri de Opper Blowitz " (1825-1903), journalist, "King of the reporter ," born in Blovice
- František Raušar, (1857-1941), school principal, local folklorist and founder of the Museum
- Jaroslav František Vacek - Kamenický (1806-1869), priest, poet, worked in Blovice
- Vojtěch Mikuláš Vejskrab Bělohrobský (1839-1869), a local teacher, poet, musician, born in Blovice