Zlatá Koruna
Zlata Koruna ( Golden Crown German ) is a municipality with 684 inhabitants in the Czech Republic. It is located 6 km northeast of Cesky Krumlov on the edge of Blanský and belongs to the Okres Český Krumlov on.
Geography
The place is located in 473 m asl the left side of the Vltava River in the loop and is, except in the west, surrounded on three sides by the river. Neighboring towns are Nová Koruna in the West, where there is also the train stop is located, and Rájov beyond the Vltava River in the south.
History
The town was founded as Grange west by Přemysl Otakar II in 1263 the monastery Sancta Corona. The king made by Cistercian monks from the Abbey of Heiligenkreuz cultivate the land and thus ran his own settlement policy to counter a further expansion of the sphere of influence of the Witigonen. After the destruction of the still under construction monastery by the Cumans it was Wenceslas II rebuild. 1291 the construction was completed. By the 14th century donated Bavors III. Strakonitz of the monastery part of his lands. After a fire in 1354 the plant had been rebuilt Holy Chron.
1420 the Hussites were a, looted, pillaged and plundered the monastery. This took advantage of Ulrich II von Rosenberg, to acquire most of the monastic possessions. 1493 handed Vladislav II due to forged documents from the Rosenberg Chancellery the church patronage of Golden Crown the Rosenbergs. Tried in vain to regain his possession the monastery; after the extinction of the Rosenbergs neither the Eggenberger nor its successor the Prince Schwarzenberg were ready. As part of the Josephine reforms in 1785, the monastery and the abbey were lifted, her possessions were the religious foundation to. At the same time Meiereihof was spun with its settlement and reported as a village. With the abolition of the manorial estates in Bohemia was established in 1848 the municipality Golden Crown, which belonged to the district court in the district Cesky Krumlov Cesky Krumlov.
The monasteries were then bought the Schwarzenberg and leased to various production purposes such as military bleach and silk spinning. Even a pencil factory, paper factory, cloth weaving, engineering works and foundry was operated in the monastery buildings. Beneficial for the preservation of the building proved to be the fact that the last resident operating in 1909 went bankrupt. 1915 began first renovation work on the run-down buildings.
After the founding of Czechoslovakia 1918 Golden Crown belonged to the region of Český Krumlov. After the Munich Agreement, it remained in Czechoslovakia between 1939-1945 and belonged to the political Budějovice in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. 1940 the Gestapo confiscated the monastery Golden Crown. After the Second World War, Golden Crown / Zlata Koruna returned to the rebuilt Czechoslovakia; 1946 was the expulsion of the German population.
After the renovation of the monastery buildings drew 1979, the Scientific State Library České Budějovice in the monastery, which was founded in 1995 declared a national cultural monument.
Community structure
The municipality Zlata Koruna the districts Plešovice include ( Pleschowitz ) and Rájov ( Rojau ) and the local situation Nová Koruna.
Attractions
- Zlata Koruna monastery