Mnichovo Hradiště
Mnichovo Hradiště ( German Miinchengratz ) is a town with 8,500 inhabitants in Okres Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic.
Geography
The city is located 17 kilometers away from the county town of Mladá Boleslav, on the western edge of the nature reserve Cesky Raj ( Bohemian Paradise ). In the West, the Jizera ( Iser) flows past the site. Mnichovo Hradiště has connection to the highway R 10 from Prague to Turnov.
History
The town originated in the mid-13th century as unpaved market town on the site of an older settlement. It belonged to the rule of the Cistercian monastic house in the neighboring monastery Hradiště Klášter Hradiště nad Jizerou. The first record dates from 1279. The monastery was destroyed in the spring of 1420 by the Orebiten and never rebuilt. The possessions went to the Catholic nobleman John of Wartemberg. Around 1440 the Hussite general, Jan Čapek ze Sán came into the possession of the city and the surrounding estates with the proceeds from erbuntertänigen villages. Below Mnichovo Hradiště was pledged several times. The Bohemian Chamber sold the rule in 1556 to the nobleman George of Labouň and Jindřich Žibřid. The Descendants Zibřids sold town and estate in 1582 to Christoph Budovec Budova, whose son Václav Budovec Budova a manor house was built in the village. He was executed as one of the leaders of the uprising in Bohemia ( 1618) after the Battle of White Mountain on June 21, 1621 at Old Town Square in Prague. His property was confiscated in 1623 to the imperial commander Albrecht von Wallenstein. After his assassination in 1634 the city and rule Mnichovo Hradiště were confiscated again and given to Wallenstein's cousin Max von Waldstein. In the 17th century the castle was generously rebuilt and remained until 1945 owned by the Waldstein family.
In 1833 it came to the conference from Miinchengratz, in Prussia, Russia and Austria agreed on a common policy towards the Ottoman Empire. In the German war took place on June 28, 1866 between the Austrian corps Clam- Gallas and the Prussian 4th Corps of the First Army and the vanguard of the Elbe hussar army to battle at Miinchengratz in which Prussia and its allies won.
Attractions
- Mnichovo Hradiště chateau in the style of high - Baroque with Capuchin convent attached. In the St. Anne's Chapel of the Convention are located since 1782, the mortal remains of the commander and Duke Albrecht of Wallenstein, who were brought here after the dissolution of the monastery Valdicka.
- Protected Landscape Area Cesky Raj ( Bohemian Paradise ). Near the town are the rock castle Drábské světničky and the ruins of the castle rock Valečov.
Districts
For the city include the 12 districts Mnichovo Hradiště, Vesela, Hněvousice, Hoškovice, Dneboh, Olšina, Lhotce, Dobra Voda, Podolí, Hradec, Kruhy and Sychrov.
Personalities
- Emanuel Arnold (1800-1869), politician
- Kompert Leopold (1822-1886), writer