Mnichovo Hradiště
Mnichovo Hradiště | |
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 1. máje Street in the town centre | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Mnichovo Hradiště Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°31′17″N 14°58′25″E / 50.52139°N 14.97361°ECoordinates: 50°31′17″N 14°58′25″E / 50.52139°N 14.97361°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Central Bohemian |
| District | Mladá Boleslav |
| First mentioned | 1279 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ondřej Lochman (STAN) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34.32 km2 (13.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 240 m (790 ft) |
| Population (2021-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 8,858 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 294 11, 294 13, 295 01 |
| Website | www |
Mnichovo Hradiště (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɲɪxovo ˈɦraɟɪʃcɛ]; German: Münchengrätz) is a town in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,900 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Administrative parts[]
Villages of Dneboh, Dobrá Voda, Hněvousice, Hoškovice, Hradec, Kruhy, Lhotice, Olšina, Podolí, Sychrov and Veselá are administrative parts of Mnichovo Hradiště.
History[]
The first written mention of Mnichovo Hradiště is from 1279. It was founded by monks from the nearby Cistercian monastery in Klášter Hradiště nad Jizerou. The town was named the same as the monastery, Hradiště (meaning "gord"). From the 19th century, the town is called Mnichovo Hradiště ("Monk's Gord").[2]
Until 1918, Münchengrätz – Mnichovo Hradiště was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), in the district with the same name, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia.[3]
Economy[]
In 2010 a factory producing cola-based drink Kofola was opened in Mnichovo Hradiště.
Sights[]
There is a Renaissance castle in the town which used to belong to the Wallenstein family. The remains of Albrecht von Wallenstein were moved from Jičín to the Mnichovo Hradiště Castle in 1723.
Notable people[]
- Leopold Kompert (1822–1886), Jewish writer
- Jan Šverma (1901–1944), journalist, communist activist, resistance fighter
- Jiří Tancibudek (1921–2004), Czech-Australian oboist
Twin towns – sister cities[]
Mnichovo Hradiště is twinned with:[4]
Chojnów, Poland
Erzhausen, Germany
Figline e Incisa Valdarno, Italy
Gallery[]
Church of Saint James the Great from the 18th century
Former Capuchin monastery
References[]
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2021". Czech Statistical Office. 2021-04-30.
- ^ "Historie Mnichova Hradiště" (in Czech). Město Mnichovo Hradiště. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
- ^ Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967
- ^ "Partnerská města" (in Czech). Město Mnichovo Hradiště. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
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