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Namesti Premysla Otakara II (Premysl Otakar II Square) |
Ceske Budejovice (German: Budweis or Bohmisch Budweis, often referred to simply as Budweis in English; Polish: Czeskie Budziejowice) is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the largest city in the South Bohemian Region and is the political and commercial capital of the region and centre of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ceske Budejovice and of the University of South Bohemia. The town is not to be confused with Moravske Budejovice in Moravia.
The city was founded by Hirzo, a knight of King Ottokar II of Bohemia, and was granted its Municipal charter in 1265. The royal city was created as a platform of the king's power in South Bohemia and to counterbalance the powerful aristocratic House of Witigonen and the successive House of Rosenberg. The House of Rosenberg died out in 1611. The city was traditionally a bulwark of the Catholics in the long-lasting religious conflicts in Bohemia. The city was a German-speaking enclave from the seventeenth century to 1890. During the industrialization of the city, Czechs became again the ethnic majority. Until the Expulsion of Germans after World War II, the city contained a significant German minority (about 15.5 % in 1930).
The city is in the center of a valley of the Vltava River, where the Vltava meets the Malse river. Budejovice has long been well known for the beer brewed there since the thirteenth century. For a time the town was the royal brewery for the Holy Roman Emperor, and Budweiser Bier (beer from Budweis) became along with Plzen's Pilsener, one of the best-known lagers. Brewing remains a major industry.
The old town preserves interesting architecture from Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and nineteenth century period. This includes buildings around the large town square, the old town hall with murals and bronze gargoyles, and the town tower "Cerna vez" ("Black Tower"). In the new town the Belle Epoque Austro-Hungarian train station is notable. The most valuable historical building in Ceske Budejovice is Dominican convent with Gothic church Presentation of Virgin Mary on Piaristic square. The horse-drawn railroad line connecting Ceske Budejovice to Linz was the oldest public line in continental Europe (after the line St. Etienne-Andrexieux in France), constructed from 1824 to 1832; mere traces of the line can be seen south of the city center. (Referred to the site of "Wikipedia")
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Namesti Ptemysla Otakara II (town square), Ceske Budejovice 1 | |
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(Saturday 19 June) Illustrated map of Ceske Budejovice |
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(Saturday 19 June) A street leading to Namesti Ptemysla Otakara II (town square), Ceske Budejovice 1 |
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(Saturday 19 June) Samson's Fountain (Samsonova kasna, 1727), Namesti Ptemysla Otakara II, Ceske Budejovice 1 |
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(Saturday 19 June) Samson's Fountain (Samsonova kasna, 1727), Namesti Ptemysla Otakara II, Ceske Budejovice 1 |
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(Saturday 19 June) Namesti Ptemysla Otakara II (town square), Ceske Budejovice 1 |
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(Saturday 19 June) Namesti Ptemysla Otakara II (town square), Ceske Budejovice 1 |
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(Saturday 19 June) Black Tower (Cerna vez), the dominating 72 m Gothic Renaissance tower built in 1553. viewed from Namesti Ptemysla Otakara II, Ceske Budejovice 1. |
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(Saturday 19 June) Grand Hotel Zvon, viewed from Namesti Ptemysla Otakara II, Ceske Budejovice 1 |
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(Saturday 19 June) Town Hall (Radnice), Namesti Ptemysla Otakara II, Ceske Budejovice 1 |
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(Saturday 19 June) Town Hall (Radnice), Namesti Ptemysla Otakara II, Ceske Budejovice 1 |
