Nalžovské Hory

Nalžovské Hory
Nalžovské Hory
Town
	View towards the Nalžovy Castle
	Coat of arms
	Nalžovské Hory Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°20′10″N 13°32′43″E / 49.33611°N 13.54528°ECoordinates: 49°20′10″N 13°32′43″E / 49.33611°N 13.54528°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Plzeň
District	Klatovy
Established	1952
Area
• Total	51.29 km2 (19.80 sq mi)
Elevation	494 m (1,621 ft)
Population (2021-01-01)
• Total	1,171
• Density	23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	341 01, 341 42
Website	www.nalzovskehory.cz

Nalžovské Hory is a town in Klatovy District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants.

Administrative parts[]

The municipality is made up of villages of Krutěnice, Letovy, Miřenice, Nalžovy, Neprochovy, Otěšín, Sedlečko, Stříbrné Hory, Těchonice, Ústaleč, Velenovy, Zahrádka and Žďár.

Geography[]

Nalžovské Hory is situated in southwestern Bohemia, in the foothills of the Bohemian Forest, approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) east of Klatovy, 48 km (30 mi) south of the regional capital Plzeň, and 105 km (65 mi) south-west of Prague.

History[]

Prašivice Castle

The first written mention of Nalžovy is from 1379.^[2]

Stříbrné Hory was founded in 1521 as a mining settlement and in 1530 it became a market town. The mining of silver, lead and tin ended in 1585.^[2]

On a place of former keep documented in 1380, a Renaissance Nalžovy Castle was built in 1618–1620. In 1745 it was modified to Baroque style.^[3]

In 1769 the Ellischau estates were acquired by Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, chamberlain to Empress Maria Theresa, from the compensation he had received for his seized Irish possessions. The Viscounts Taaffe had an artificial ruin resembling their former Irish family home, Ballymote Castle, built in the nearby Prašivice Forest about 1840.^{[citation needed]}

Incorporated into the Austrian Empire in 1804, Ellischau and Silberberg from 1850 formed two separate municipalities within the district of Klatovy. Silberberg was raised to the status of a town in 1853.^{[citation needed]}

Part of the First Czechoslovak Republic from 1918, Richard Taaffe (1898–1967) finally sold Ellischau Castle in 1936.

The municipality was established in 1952 by the merger of Stříbrné Hory (German: Silberberg) with Nalžovy (German: Ellischau.^[2] It regained town status in 2007.

Notable people[]

Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe (1833–1895), Austrian politician, died at Nalžovy Castle
Karel Klostermann (1848–1923), writer, attended school in Stříbrné Hory

Gallery[]

Memorial to the victims of World Wars
A statue in front of the castle

References[]

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2021". Czech Statistical Office. 2021-04-30.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Historie, současnost" (in Czech). Město Nalžovské Hory. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
^ "Zámek Nalžovské Hory" (in Czech). Město Nalžovské Hory. Retrieved 2021-06-11.

[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2021". Czech Statistical Office. 2021-04-30.

[history-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Historie, současnost" (in Czech). Město Nalžovské Hory. Retrieved 2021-06-11.

[3] "Zámek Nalžovské Hory" (in Czech). Město Nalžovské Hory. Retrieved 2021-06-11.

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