Dírná

Dírná ( German Dirna ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic, and is located 10 kilometers east of the city Soběslav.

Geography

Dírná lies to the east of the hill Třebějická Hurka (500 m) in the valley of the creek Direnský.

Neighboring towns are Nová Ves in the north, Vícemil in the northeast, Cervena Lhota and Jižná in the east, in the southeast Samosoly, Višňová in the south, Lzin in the southwest, and Závsí Třebějice in the west and Záříčí in the northwest.

History

Was first documented the village in 1340, when there was the fortress of the Knights of Dírná. From 1357, the city was in the possession of the Lords of Ruth Dírná. 1597 acquired the Nová Lhota Castle Wilhelm Ruth turned it into a center of his rule. Barbara Ruth sold Dírná 1607 to Adam Wratislaw of Mitrowitz. The original fortress disappeared. In the 18th century Wratislaw built the baroque villa in Dírná, which was reinforced by the chiseled into the rock moat. A brewery, a distillery and the English Park were also in the vicinity.

On a small square in the village to the city council with the baroque gables, the Gothic St. Laurentius church from the 14th century and the baroque granary from the 18th century.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Dírná Dírná ( Dirna ) Lzin ( Lischin ), Nová Ves ( Neudorf ), Záříčí ( Sarschitz ) and Závsí ( Sawis ').

Personalities

• Maria Countess of Klebelsberg ( born March 27, 1806), wife of Charles of Leiningen.
• Karel Macha ( born January 2, 1931), a philosopher of history and anthropologist.