Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou

Jaroměřice Rokytná ( German Jarmeritz ) is a city in the Czech Republic. Lies 14 kilometers south of Třebíč and belongs to Okres Třebíč. The cityscape of the Moravian Baroque city is dominated by the castle and the St. Margaret 's Cathedral.

Geography

Jaroměřice Rokytná located in the Jevisovicka pahorkatina ( Jaispitzer hills ) in the southern part of the Bohemian- Moravian Highlands. The town lies in the valley of the Rokytná creek at the confluence of Rokytka and Štěpánovický. To the north lie the ponds Troubský rybnik and Vlčák. In the north- east rises the Ve Žlebe ( 468 m ) east of the Zabik ( 474 m) and the Stříbrná hora (531 m). West of the city verläüft the railway line Znojmo - Kolin, the train station " Jaroměřice Rokytná " is located in the village two kilometers away Popovice.

Neighboring towns are Štěpánovice in the north, and Boňov Příložany in the northeast, Myslibořice, Udeřice and Radkovice u Hrotovic in the east, in the southeast Příštpo, Ohrazenice and Blatnice in the south, Bohušice the southwest, Popovice in the west and Lesůňky and Vacenovice in the northwest.

History

According to ancient histories Jaroměřice to have been founded in 1131. For the first time in writing detectable Jermiric since the year 1325, when John of Luxembourg transferred the patronage of the church of the Monastery Sedlec. Owner of the village Jermiric was at this time Raymond of Lichtenburg on Bítov. Since the 14th century, a fortress in Jermiric is detectable. At the beginning of the 15th century became Jermiric market rights. 1498 enfeoffed Vladislav Jagiello Wenzel von Ludanitz with Jermiric. 1522 bought by Johann Pernštejna the rule. In 1554, a community of the Bohemian Brethren originated. Subsequent owners were from 1534 Meziříčský of Lomnice and 1613 Georg von Rechenberg on Želetice. Whose goods were confiscated after the Battle of White Mountain in 1623 and sold to Gerhard Questenberg. He was followed from 1661 Johann Anton von Questenberg and from 1686 Johann Adam Questenberg. This was Jarmeritz remodel baroque. Among the Barons of Questenberg Jarmeritz became a town. Jarmeritz was a cultural center, it was, inter alia, a Palace Orchestra. In 1752 the Lords of Kaunitz acquired the rule. They were lords of the manor until the mid-19th century and owned the castle until 1897.

After the abolition of patrimonial Jaroměřice formed in 1850 a municipality and the seat of a district court in the district of Znojmo. At that time, the market had 2332 inhabitants. 1871 was taken at Popowitz the railway operation. After the end of a long Erbstreites the castle passed in 1897 to Rudolf Christians of Vrbno and Freudenthal, from 1927 it belonged to him jointly with his wife Elvira of Bavaria. 1899 a new school was inaugurated. In 1900, 2781 people lived in Jarmeritz. Since 1924, the city bears the name Jaroměřice Rokytná. After the German occupation of the large estates were confiscated, and in 1943 set up on the goods Jarmeritzer a Reichsbahn school. On 8 May 1945, the Red Army occupied the place. After the suppression of the Prague Spring drew on August 26, 1968 Bulgarian troops Jaroměřice Rokytná after Moravské Budějovice before. Since 2000, the city leads a coat of arms.

Local structure

The city Jaroměřice Rokytná consists of the districts Boňov ( Boniau ) Jaroměřice Rokytná ( Jarmeritz ) Ohrazenice ( Wohrasenitz ) Popovice ( Popowitz ) Příložany ( Pschiloschan ) Ratiborice ( Ratiboritz ) and Vacenovice ( Watzanowitz ).

Attractions

• Castle Jaroměřice Rokytná, originating from the 14th century fortress was transformed in the 1560s under Louis of Meziříčí into a Renaissance chateau. Johann Adam Questenberg erected the present Baroque castle 1700-1737. It is not certain who delivered the plans to it, it is assumed that they could come from Jacob Prandtauer or Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt, possibly by Thomas Gravani.
• Created Castle Park, 1716
• Baroque Church of St. Margaret, built in 1737, since 2002 National cultural monument. The builder is not secure lockable. It is probably the same one who delivered the plans to the castle.
• Former main army arsenal, built 1642-1648
• Hospital and St. Catherine's Chapel, built 1672-1673
• Chapel of St. Joseph, built in 1701
• Servite, built 1669-1679, repealed in 1785
• Remains of the cloister of the Loretto Chapel, built 1668-1673
• Holy Trinity Column, from 1716
• Village zone in Boňov

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• František Adam Míča (1746-1811), composer

In Jaroměřice Rokytná lived and worked

• Frantisek Vaclav Míča (1694-1744), the composer worked from 1722 as Kapellmeister to the barons of Questenberg
• Otokar Brezina (1868-1929), the poet lived from 1901 in Jarmeritz