Planá nad Lužnicí

Plana nad Lužnicí ( German plan at the Lainsitz ) is a town with 3327 inhabitants ( 2005) in the Czech Republic. It is located eight kilometers south of Tábor on the Lainsitz and belongs to Okres Tábor. The land area is 2143 ha

Geography

The city is located in 395 m asl both sides of the Lainsitz at the junction of Wittingauer pan for Wlaschimer hills. By Plana nad Lužnicí the railway from Tábor leads to Soběslav and the European Route 55 / State Road 3, which also leads to these cities and the state road 409 branches off from the in Plana after Chýnovská.

Neighboring towns are Sezimovo Ústí the north, Turovec in the northeast, Dlouhá Lhota and Borek in the east, Košice in the southeast, Strkov and Doubí in the south, Trebiste the southwest, Ústrašice, Lhota Samoty and Zhoř u Tábora in the west and Radimovice u Želče in the northwest.

History

The first written mention of Plana comes from a letter from the Bishop of Prague Tobias Bechyně of 1288, which mentions the place as a possession of the Prague bishopric. At the transition from the 13th to the 14th century, the Witigonen on Ústí owner of Plana were. Jan of Ústí became a follower of the teachings of Jan Hus. At the foundation of the new city of Tabor by the Hussites in 1420 also Jans brother Oldrich moved to Tabor, and then became part of Plana to 1547 to rule Tábor. After the battle of Miihlberg King Ferdinand I received by his brother Emperor Charles V. free hand to crush the Bohemian Rebellion and its punitive measures against the rebellious city of Tabor was the confiscation of the reign of Tábor. Wilhelm von Rosenberg acquired possessions to Plana. 1553 was built a wooden bridge to the left bank of the Lainsitz at Plana and a customs and toll station was built. 1565 took over William's brother Peter Wok the rule Plana. However, the over-indebted Peter Wok could not keep them and he sold them to the city of Tábor.

In the Thirty Years' War Plana was devastated and Berni rula has only six farms, a sojourner and five cottagers for the location. At the end of the 17th century, the Sternberger owner of Plana were and they were followed by the Lobkowicz. After the replacement of patrimonial Plana in 1848 for the independent community to which since the localities Strkov and Lhota Samoty belong. With the construction of railroads from Prague to Ceske Budejovice to Vienna and Plana received in 1869 a railway connection. During the German occupation existed between 1943 and 1945 in Plan a labor education camp for men; the prisoners were put to work in agriculture, road construction, in the factory and in the Torfstichen at Mažice and Borkovice. Until 1946 Plana was also an important trading center for the timber floating on the Lainsitz. In 2002, Plana was inundated by a flood of Lainsitz.

Attractions

• Church of St. Wenceslas, the original Gothic building from 1357 was rebuilt in 1666 and 1796. At last renovation they also received the steeple.
• Rectory, built in 1784

Boroughs

To Plana nad Lužnicí the districts Lhota Samoty include ( Samot Lhota ) and Strkov ( Sterkow ).

Personalities

• Franz Kafka lived from June 23 to September 19, 1922 in the apartment of his sister Ottla Kafka, where he wrote the last nine chapters of his unfinished novel The Castle.