Mnichovo Hradiště

Mnichovo Hradiště
Mnichovo Hradiště
Town
	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°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 (2022-01-01)
• Total	8,711
• Density	250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	294 11, 294 13, 295 01
Website	www.mnhradiste.cz

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 8,700 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.

Geography

Mnichovo Hradiště is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) north of Mladá Boleslav. It lies in the Jičín Uplands. The town is situated on the left bank of the Jizera River, which forms the western municipal border. The streams Veselka and Nedbalka, tributaries of the Jizera, flows through the town.

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]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	5,493	—
1880	6,042	+10.0%
1890	5,918	−2.1%
1900	6,080	+2.7%
1910	6,372	+4.8%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	6,393	+0.3%
1930	6,424	+0.5%
1950	5,733	−10.8%
1961	6,706	+17.0%
1970	6,920	+3.2%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	8,009	+15.7%
1991	8,435	+5.3%
2001	8,393	−0.5%
2011	8,245	−1.8%
2021	8,737	+6.0%

Source: Censuses^[4]^[5]

Economy

In 2010 a factory producing cola-based drink Kofola was opened in Mnichovo Hradiště.

Transport

The D10 motorway runs next to the town.

Sights

The landmark of the town is Mnichovo Hradiště Castle. The original Gothic fortress was rebuilt into a Renaissance residence in 1606 by Václav Budovec of Budov. In 1621, it was acquired by Albrecht von Wallenstein. His family, the Waldstein family, owned the castle until 1945. In 1945 it was confiscated by state. Today the castle is still owned by the state and is open to the public.^[6]

The castle is connected to the baroque complex of the Capuchin monastery from the 1690s, founded by the Waldsteins. The complex include the Church of the Holy Three Kings, the convent and the burial chapel of the Waldsteins. The remains of Albrecht von Wallenstein were moved from Jičín to the chapel in 1723.^[7]

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:^[8]

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 2022". Czech Statistical Office. 2022-04-29.
^ "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
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Mladá Boleslav" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 13–14.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ "History". Mnichovo Hradiště Castle. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
^ "Kapucínský klášter" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
^ "Partnerská města" (in Czech). Město Mnichovo Hradiště. Retrieved 2019-08-25.

External links

[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2022". Czech Statistical Office. 2022-04-29.

[2] "Historie Mnichova Hradiště" (in Czech). Město Mnichovo Hradiště. Retrieved 2021-05-29.

[3] Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967

[4] "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Mladá Boleslav" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 13–14.

[5] "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

[6] "History". Mnichovo Hradiště Castle. Retrieved 2022-05-01.

[7] "Kapucínský klášter" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-05-01.

[8] "Partnerská města" (in Czech). Město Mnichovo Hradiště. Retrieved 2019-08-25.

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