Nechanice

Nechanic ( German Nechanitz ) is a city in Okres Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic. It is 14 kilometers west of the county town of Hradec Králové.

Geography

Nechanic is the Vychodolabská tabule the river Bystřice. Neighboring towns are Sucha and Stračovská Lota in the north, and Třesovice Střezetice in the northeast, Lubno and Horni Přím in the east, Hradek and Radostov to the southeast, and Končice Zvikov in the south, Kobylice and Nový Bydžov in the west and Podoliby in the northwest.

History

Nechanic was first mentioned in 1228, when the Czech king Wenceslas I. Leitomischl the monastery for his deceased brother Vladislav salvation overwrote fines that have been recorded in the country table. The deed was witnessed among others by Peter von Nechanic ( Petr z Nechanic ). He was chaplain of Nechanic and acted as an agent of witigonischen branch of the Lords of Krumlov who is in possession Nechanic was then. Around this time Nechanic already had a church and a fortress, the 1235 Záviš of Nechanic, a son Witikos II of Cesky Krumlov ( Vitek starší ) was inhabited. Záviš is occupied for the years 1216-1257 and 1233-1236 held by the Office of the Under chamberlain of King Wenceslas I probably Záviš the fortified village Nechanic was elevated to a town and at the same time giving it the witigonische coat of arms with the five-petalled rose.

Presumably, after the extinction of the Krumlov family branch in 1302 Nechanic fell as a completed fief to the Bohemian royal family, at least King John of Luxembourg is detected as owner of Nechanic. Other owners have included Albrecht von Kolowrat and Johann von Waldstein, who sold the reign of Nicholas Nechanic Pencingár of Bydžín before 1521. Its descendant Ctibor Smil lost possessions after the Battle of White Mountain. Later Nechanic had the Count Schaffgotsch and last until the expropriation in 1945 the Count Harrach. After the castle burned down in 1744 Sadová Built Franz Ernst von Harrach at Nechanic the castle Hradek Castle, which served as the seat of the Counts Harrach below.

1866 Nechanic was strongly affected by the German War Battle of Hradec Kralove. Of economic importance was in the second half of the 19th century, the Musikbau comprises largely harps were produced. Since 1865 Nechanic, which was declared a town in 1867, the seat of the gleichnamaigen district, which existed until 1928. For political reasons, lost Nechanic 1949 city status and received it in 1992 back again.

Districts

To Nechanic include the districts

• Komarov ( Komárom )
• Lubno
• Nerošov ( Nereschow )
• Sobětuš ( Sobietusch )
• Stare Nechanice (Alt Nechanitz )
• Sucha (Dürr ) and
• Tůně ( Thun).

Attractions

• The previously mentioned 1228 Church of the Assumption was rebuilt from 1680 to 1692 under Ernst Schaffgotsch and expanded. After a fire in 1827 the church of Count Harrach was built in 1833 again.
• Statue of Anne with Two Others from the 18th century on the marketplace
• The statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Prague street dates from the year 1730
• Military cemetery for fallen of the Battle of Hradec Kralove in Bažantnice
• On the former cemetery in Štrossovy sady is the grave of František Škroupa, the composer of the Czech national anthem
• Castle Hradek u Nechanic, southeast of Nechanic
• On the meadows behind the town by the river Bystřice are the remains of the old fortress

Personalities

• Ignaz Raab (1715-1787), Church painters
• Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813), composer