KardaÅ¡ova ŘeÄice
Kardašova Řečice ( German Kardasch Retschitz ) is a town with 2,311 inhabitants ( 1 January 2012) in the Czech Republic. It is located in the western part of the Okres Jindřichův Hradec, about ten kilometers north- west of the district Jindřichův Hradec in 439 m above sea level, surrounded by a pond landscape on the eponymous river Řečice.
The market town was first mentioned in writing in 1267. At the edge of town later was a castle, which was destroyed during the Hussite Wars. Originally called the village Řečice. The addition Kardas ( Turkish Kardes = brother ), the name of a pond near the city was added in the 16th century. Kardasch Retschitz received city rights in 1407, confirmed in 1992 by decision of the CNR.
Other attractions in the community, the Church of John the Baptist, whose foundation stones form a Romanesque- Gothic cathedral of the 14th century belongs. Today it is a single-nave building with a square tower Renaissance, a tour and an onion dome. About a kilometer away from the village there is a 1650 -scale Jewish cemetery, whose oldest grave stones from the 18th century.
Kardašova Řečice has a partnership with the Swiss community Oberdiessbach since 2001. There are regular student exchanges take place.
Local structure
The municipality Kardašova Řečice include the districts Mnich ( Michles ) and Nítovice ( Nitowitz ).
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- January Stepan Brož (* 1865), a priest and missionary in America.
- František Čech (1907-1975), composer, conductor and choreographer
- Jaromír Hruby, journalist and translator
- Boleslav Jablonský, poet
- Karel Kouba (* 1927), professor at the Charles University, Director of the Institute of Economics, publicist.
- Jaroslav Kuchválek (* 1910), Ambassador to Brazil and Mexico.
- Karel Nouza (* 1930), scientists at the Institute of Hematology and experimental biology and genetics. Author of 340 scientific works.
- Karel Pech ( * 1919), Psycho physiologist and a linguist, lecturer at universities.
Other personalities
- Šimon Lomnický z Budče, writer, worked here as a teacher from 1574 to 1581