Turnov
Turnov ( German: Turnau ) is a city in the Czech Republic. In the south and north-east it borders the conservation area Cesky Raj ( Bohemian Paradise ). The city has 14,447 inhabitants ( 2005).
- 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 6.2 People who have worked on site
History
The city was founded in 1272 by Jaroslav Havel and of Markvartice on a rock ledge above the Iser. Later on, the rule was passed on to the important Bohemian noble family von Wartenberg, who followed the family Smiřický of Smiřice. In 1468 Turnov was sacked by Lusatian crusaders; 1643 Swedish troops lit the city. In 1707 a fire threatened the city. In 1884 the first European technical school was established for the processing of precious stones, metals and jewelry production.
Population Development
Economic Development
Since the 16th century worked here several cutting workshops in which imported and national precious stones were ground and processed. At least since the 18th century, the stones were exported all over the world. In the 17th century, the first glass factories in which imitations were made of precious stones from glass originated. Since the beginning of the 18th century is Turnov center of jewelry manufacturing, the gem industry and the glass, polygraphy and machine production. Today Turnov is a tourist center in the Bohemian Paradise.
Community structure
The city Turnov consists of the districts Bukovina ( Bucovina ), Daliměřice ( Dalimerschitz ) Dolánky u Turnova ( Dolanka ), Hruby Rohozec ( United Rohosetz ) Kadeřavec ( Kaderschawetz ) Kobylka ( Kobilka ) Loužek ( Lauschek ), Maly Rohozec (Klein Rohosetz ) Mašov ( Maschau ) Mokřiny ( Mokerschin ) Pelešany ( Peleschan ) Turnov ( Turnau ) and Vazovec ( Wasowetz ). Basic settlement units are Bukovina, Daliměřice, Dolánky u Turnova, Hruštice ( Hruschtitz ) Kadeřavec, Kyselov, Loužek, Maly Rohozec, Mašov, Mokřiny, Nudvojovice ( Nudwojowitz ) Ohrazenice ( Wochrasenitz Part 2), Pelešany, Pod Výšinkou, Průmyslová zóna Vesecko, Rovinka, Skalní město, Turnov - střed, U Jizery, U nádrazí, Výšinka and Za nádražím.
The municipality is divided into the Katastralbezirke Bukovina u Turnova, Daliměřice, Maly Rohozec, Mašov u Turnova and Turnov.
Twin Cities
Attractions
- Gothic church of St. Nicholas from the 14th century ( rebuilt in Baroque style 1722)
- Hall church of St. Mary
- Renaissance town hall from the year 1526 ( reconstruction 1894 and 1993)
- Franciscan Monastery of the early Baroque to the Church of St. Francis of Assisi from the years 1651-55
- St. Mary's Church Cemetery (1823 /53)
- Museum of the Bohemian Paradise Museum Bohemian Paradise, including the jobs created by Aleš 1895 8.5 x 10 -foot diorama Pobiti Sasíků pod Hrubou Skalou ( " The massacre of the Saxons under Hruba Skala " )
- Jewish cemetery and synagogue Turnov
- Hrubý Rohozec north of the city
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Zdeněk Folprecht, Bohemian composer
- Adam Hloušek, football player
- Josef Jíra, painter, graphic artist and illustrator
- Alexandr Kliment, prose writer, author of psychological novels and poets
- January Kotík, painter
- Roman Koudelka, ski jumpers
- Antonín Marek, writer and translator
- Wenzel Müller, composer
- January Patocka, Czech philosopher
- Josef Pekař, historians
- Vlastimil Picek, military person
- Jaroslav Rudiš, writer and journalist
- Josef Vítězslav Šimák, historians
Those who worked on site
- George Israel, preacher of the Brethren
- Josef Wenzig, writer and author of libretti