Sušice

Sušice ( German Schüttenhofen ) is a city in Okres Klatovy in South Bohemia, Czech Republic. It lies in the valley of the Otava, north opens out the Ostružná. The Czech name comes from sušit ( dry, meant here is the drying of the gold sand ) and refers to the former gold mining.

History

Schüttenhofen is first mentioned in documents in 1233. It was then owned by the Bavarian Counts of Bogen. After the Bohemian duke Vladislav II transferred in 1142 Schüttenhofen as a foundation to the newly founded monastery mountain wind, it came to Henry XIII. , Duke of Bavaria. 1257 occupied Ottokar II the area around Schüttenhofen, which was then contractually ceded to the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1273. Because of its strategic location Schüttenhofen was developed into a royal town and provided with fortifications. For economic development, the gold wash on the Wottawa and the situation on the Gold Trail contributed, which favored the salt, malt and grain trade with Bavarian cities.

During the Hussite the encampments played an important role. In the 16th century, Protestantism prevailed in the city. The subsequent violent Counter-Reformation had numerous confiscations of urban goods result. 1678-1681 the population had to suffer a plague epidemic, and in 1707 a fire destroyed much of the city. A renewed economic boom followed in the 19th century with the founding of the world's match production company known solo by the carpenter Vojtech Scheinost in 1839. Turned solo in 2008 its production completely, and sold only in Asia directive. A result, many lost their jobs.

Attractions

• On the square is the Baroque Town Hall of 1707 and the sgraffito - decorated renaissance pharmacy
• The Deanery Church of St. Wenceslas, whose outer walls are from 1322 1707 in Baroque style from 1884 to 1885 and rebuilt in the Gothic Revival style.
• In the former dean's office building, whose front has a Renaissance façade, lies the Bohemian Forest Museum (Muzeum Šumavy ), in which the history of the matchstick is shown. An exhibition space is dedicated to the writer Karel Klostermann.
• The cemetery church of St Mary dates from the 14th century.
• The St. Felix Church and the Capuchin monastery were built from 1654 to 1655.
• The 31 m high observation tower on the mountain Svatobor ( 871 m) was built in 1935. On its platform lead 182 steps.
• Guardian Angel Guardian Angel Church on the hill above the city. A so-called Ambitenanlage with good views over the city and surrounding areas.

Museum

• Šumava Museum in Sušice, a glass museum; a part of the collection was donated by Bruno Schreiber, a Swiss collector.

Districts

The Sušice includes the hamlets Albrechtice ( Albrechtsried ) Červené Dvorce ( Rotenhof ) Divišov ( Diwischhof ), Dolni Stankov ( Unterstankau ), Humpolec ( Kumpatitz ) Chmelná ( hops village), Milčice ( Miltschitz ) Nuzerov ( Nuserau ), Rok ( rock ) Straz ( Warth ), Sušice I, II Sušice, Sušice III, Volšovy ( Wolschhof ) Vrabcov ( Brabschhof ) and Záluží ( Sallusch / Bergen ).

Twinning

Sušice is member of European Cities Association Douzelage which belong to cities of one country of the European Union since 2004.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Henry of Schüttenhofen (13th century), biblical scholars within the Holy Cross Abbey
• Carl Koller (1857-1944), ophthalmologist Jewish origin
• January Scheinost (1896-1964), publicist and journalist
• Jiří Maštálka (* 1956), politician
• Jaromír Diving ( b. 1981 ), lawyer and legal historian
• Tomáš Pekhart (* 1989), the Czech national football team

Died in the village

• Matyas Lerch (1860-1922), mathematician