Louňovice pod BlanÃkem
Louňovice pod Blaníkem ( German Launiowitz ) is a Městys in the Czech Republic.
Geography
Louňovice situated on the River Blanice, southeast of the county town Benešov near Prague, in a hilly, unspoilt countryside of central Bohemia.
History
The region was originally settled by Celts, who built on Mount Blanik a 125 x 175 meter festivals. The festivals fell into disrepair. The first written mention of the town dates from 1149, when the abbot of Gotschalk Seelau in the area had built a convent. The first nuns came from Steinfeld. Later, she helped in the founding of the Convention Kanitz in Moravia.
The monastery was burnt down by the Hussites in 1420, the only building that remained was the Church of the Assumption. The village was in 1436 by King Sigismund confirmation property of Hussite town of Tábor. Beginning of the 15th century was built on the mountain Maly Blanik a small wooden castle.
1547 built the new landowners at the site of the former Convention by Oldrich Skuhrovský a Renaissance fortress. From 1652 to 1675 was a reconstruction of the castle in Baroque style from 1672 to 1924 it belonged to the Archbishopric of Prague. Since 2007 the town has again the status of a Městys.
Districts
- Býkovice
- Rejkovice
- Svetla ( light wood )
- Mrkvová Lhota
Attractions
- Legendary pilgrimage mountain Blanik with the rocky landscape Veřejová skala, the Bohemian knights to the country if it is on the brink, get out of after the old legend. The pilgrimage site of Blanik in 1851 by Karel Villani, 1940, a lookout tower was built.
- Church of the Assumption of the 14th century, in the second half of the 17th century, rebuilt in the Baroque style.
- Baroque castle from the 17th century with its own brewery (no longer in operation) and beer cellars.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Petr Borkovec (born 1970 ) poet, translator and editor of Culture in Prague
- Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745), court composer in Dresden