DÅ™Ãteň
Dříteň ( German Zirnau ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located 21 km north-west of České Budějovice and belongs to České Budějovice.
History
The first mention of Dříteň dates from the year 1432. Pending the lifting of patrimonial regimes in 1850 the place belonged as property rule to the rule Hluboká. During the Thirty Years' War, the Battle of Sablat took place between Záblatí and Záblatíčko on June 10, 1619. Under Johann Adolf of Schwarzenberg was 1669-1674 by Antonio de Maggi the reconstruction of the fortress to the castle. 1691 Church of St. Dismas, which is a branch church of Bila Hurka arose. The community was in 1850 part of the district Ceske Budejovice.
Coat of arms
Description: In blue and red diagonally left split and a red Bridled jumping horse front in gold.
Community structure
The municipality consists of the villages Dříteň ( Zirnau ) Chvalešovice ( Chwalschowitz ) Malešice ( Maleschitz ) Libiv ( libiw ) Radomilice ( Radomilitz ) Strachovice ( Strachowitz ), Velice ( Welitz ) Záblatí ( Großsablat ) Záblatíčko ( Kleinsablat ) and Bila Hurka ( Weißhurka ).
- Castle Dříteň
- Branch Church of St. Dismas in Dříteň
- Marterlsäulen in Strachovice, Radomilice and Záblatíčko
- Statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Dříteň
- Chapel of St. Anne and St. Wenceslas in Bila Hurka
- Chapels in the village squares of Velice, Malešice, Dříteň, Záblatí, Chvalešovice and Strachovice
- Farmhouses in the South Bohemian folk Baroque
- Cross on the battlefield of 1619
Sons and daughters of the town
- Rudolf Dvořák (1860-1920), orientalist