Římov (České Budějovice District)

Římov ( German Rimau ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located 14 km south of České Budějovice and belongs to České Budějovice.

Geography

Římov located below the dam at the Římov Malse. Neighboring towns are Borek and Hamr in the north, Dolni Stropnice and Pašinovice in the northeast, Dolni Rimov and Branišovice in the east, Mokrý Lom in the southeast, Kladiny and Hrachovy Hory in the south, Velešína, Holkov and Horni Vesce the southwest, Dolni Vesce and Horni Římov in the West and Krasejovka, Bartochov and Otmanka in the northwest.

History

The settlement Římov probably originated in the 13th century and belonged to families of the gentry. The first mention of Římov dates from the year 1395. 1626 Římov went to Ulrich von Eggenberg on to Cesky Krumlov. Eggenberg gave the estate Římov the Jesuit College. The Jesuits made ​​Římov to a pilgrim center and erected Stations of the Cross 1648 from 25 stations.

Community structure

The community Římov consists of the districts Branišovice ( Branschowitz ), Dolni Stropnice ( Stropnitz ), Dolni Vesce (sub Wesce ), Horni Vesce (Upper Wesce ) Kladiny ( Kladenin ) and Římov ( Rimau ) and the local documents Dolni Římov (sub Rimau ) and Horni Římov (Upper Rimau ).

Attractions

  • Holy Spirit Church
  • Castle in Dolni Římov residence of the Jesuits

Stations of the Cross

The baroque Stations of the Cross is located north of the village. It consists of 25 stations on a circular route of about 4 km in length. He puts on the Passion of Christ in Jerusalem. The sacral small buildings fit into the landscape to Římov.

Maltsch Reservoir

The dam Římov was in the years 1971 - built in 1978 and dammed the river Malše ( Maltsch ) to a reservoir. This is mainly used as a water reservoir for the water supply of South Bohemia, České Budějovice especially (Budweis). The duration of minimum flow in the run below the dam is 650 l / s The reservoir is 13 km long and the flooding area is 210 ha

Partner communities

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