Frymburk

Frymburk ( German Friedberg ) is a market town in Okres Český Krumlov in the Czech Republic. It is located in the South Bohemian Region on a peninsula on the left bank of the Lipnostausees. A ferry connects them to the right bank and the village Frýdava ( Friedau ).

Climate

The city is already in a zone temperate continental climate. Due to its proximity to Lake Lipno, the climatic conditions, however, differ significantly from those of the surrounding area. The summers are short here, cool and humid, while winters are long and hard. The rainfall is around 25 %, which is significantly higher than in Budweis.

History

Was first mentioned in writing Frymburk 1277, when it belonged to the witigonischen branch of the family of the Lords of Krumlov. Once this became extinct in 1302, the king whose possessions rendered on April 8, 1302 which also witigonischen branch of the Rosenbergs. Already on May 29, 1305 gave Heinrich von Rosenberg, the Schlägl the Church of Friedberg, which he propagated on the same day for more donations. On May 18 1306 he increased the endowment of the church again. After it had come between pins Schlaegl and Ostrov because of the Friedberger church to a dispute, it was settled on December 7, 1313 on behalf of the Prague bishop John of Bechyně Erzdechanten.

1379 gave Ulrich I. von Rosenberg Frymburk market rights. Due to its location on the trade route from Austria to Bohemia, it also had the right to collect tolls for the former bridge over the Vltava River. 1492 gave Peter Wok von Rosenberg Frymburk city rights in 1551 or later and Wilhelm von Rosenberg Frymburk granted the right to brew. At the end of the 16th century were in Frymburk already 118 houses. In the Thirty Years' War Frymburk was destroyed and burned down by the Swedes under the command of General Arvid Wittenberg. 1676 was Frymburk in possession of the noble family Buquoys. 1856 a fire destroyed the historic main square and 54 houses. 1881 Frymburk received the first street lights and 1884 a telegraph station.

On the occasion of the flooding of Lake Lipno in 1959 some of the buildings and the old cemetery had to be abandoned, which were flooded. Today Frymburk is primarily a resort that is visited by many tourists. Its attractions include mainly the nature reserve and the Bohemian Forest Lipno. It is a popular destination for anglers, hikers and cyclists as well as ski tourists in winter. Since 2007 Frymburk again has the status of a Městys.

Attractions

• The most famous building is the Frymburks St. Bartholomew Church. It was founded before 1277 and rebuilt in 1530 in late Gothic style. 1649-1652 it was renovated as a result of the Swedes attacks. Further restoration was done in 1735 and 1870. The interior of the church is Baroque.
• The marketplace was remodeled after a fire in 1856 in the 1880s to the park. In the middle of the square is located since the end of the 17th century 16./Anfang an artificial stream that is fed from the Podhorský -Bach. At that time still connected by a channel, since 1950, a hose is used for water supply.
• The fountain in the square probably dates from the year of 1676. It is fed from the creek.
• The five -meter-high stone pillory bears the year 1651st It replaced the former wooden pillory, which was destroyed by the Swedes.
• Boulder with a bronze plaque, by Hans Rathausky (1902 ) to commemorate Adalbert Stifter, the Frymburk frequently visited because of his childhood sweetheart Fanny Greipl. At the love story only reminds the grave slab of Fanny's parents at the church wall in the direction of the ferry.

Bach at the former Market Square

Donors Memorial ( 1902) by Rathausky

Former market: Liberation 1945

The coat of arms of the municipality

The coat of arms is a red five-petalled rose with golden center and green foliage, which is on a silver shield. It is derived from the coat of arms of the Rosenbergs.

Community structure

To Frymburk the places Blatná include ( plates), Kovářov ( blacksmith shock) and Milna ( Mühlneth ) and the residential places Moravice ( Mörowitz ) Náhlov ( Nachles ) Svatonina Lhota ( Wadetschlag ) and Vřesná ( Haidberg ).

Personalities

• Georg Bachmann (1613-1652), painter
• Martin Dobrizhoffer (1717-1791), Jesuit missionary, writer and ethnologist
• Johann Nepomuk Maxandt (1755-1838), cantor and composer; Founder of the Friedberger musical tradition
• Andreas Baumgartner (1793-1865), Austrian physicist and statesman, President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, teachers and patrons of Adalbert Stifter
• Fanny Greipl (1808-1839), daughter of a merchant. Revered by Adalbert Stifter in unrequited love.
• Jordan Cajetan Markus (1831-1893), educator and writer. He left after long efforts to build the Adalbert Stifter monument at Plöckenstein on a design by Heinrich Ferstel.