Jince

Jince ( German Jinetz ) is a patch in the Czech Republic. He is eleven kilometers north of Pribram and belongs to Příbram.

Geography

Jince is located in the transverse valley of Litavka by the Brd left side of the river. South of the town lies the barracks of the training area Brd. Jince is surrounded by several mountains, these are the Plešivec ( 653 m) to the north, Pisek ( 690 m ) in the east, the Vystrkov (541 m) to the southwest and the Špičák ( 579 m) in the northwest.

Neighboring towns are Rejkovice in the north, Běštín in the northeast, Berin in the East, America and Čenkov the southeast, Dominikální Paseky in the south, Velcí the southeast, Ohrazenice in the west and Evženov and Křešín in the northwest.

History

Jince was a center of the medieval iron mining in Brdywald. The first mention of Jince was in 1390 in a charter by King Wenceslas IV on the renewal of an ironworks.

In 1644, the gender of the Wratislaw of Mitrowitz acquired on Dírná Jince and had the rule 155 years. 1646 the first blast furnace was built. In the 18th century, the Baroque castle was built. The new owner of the reign Jince, Rudolf Graf von Vrbno, down in 1810 the wood-fired coal furnace Barbara erect, which produced up to 1874.

The paleontologist Joachim Barrande examined at the beginning of the 19th century, the area and found this trilobite. A copy of a Ellipsocephalus hoffi found again today in the arms of the patch.

Since 1900 Jince is a market town. In 1924 came an artillery firing range in Brdywald. 1940, in Jince the last forge her work. After the Second World War, this status has not been renewed since 17 October 2006 Jince is again a patch.

Local structure

The patch Jince consists of the districts Berin ( Schin beer ), Jince ( Jinetz ) and Rejkovice ( Rejkowitz ).

Attractions

  • Church of St. Nicholas, built in the 17th century instead of a wooden previous building
  • Blast furnace Barbora (Barbara ), founded in 1810 by Rudolf Graf von Vrbno, technical monument
  • Jince Castle, rebuilt in the 19th century to a brewery, ruinous today

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Josef Slavik (1806-1833), violinist
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