Nové Hrady (České Budějovice District)
Template:Geobox Nové Hrady (Czech pronunciation: [ˈnovɛː ˈɦradɪ]; German: Gratzen) is a small town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,600 inhabitants.
The old-time town Nové Hrady ("New Castles") lies in the Nové Hrady Mountains (Novohradské Hory in Czech) close to the Czech-Austrian border. It is about 30 km south-east of the town České Budějovice on the hill above the Stropnice river (541 m a.s.l.).
Famous residents
People born in this city
- Johann Ritter von Oppolzer (1808–1871), physician
- Robert Martinek (1889–1944), German general
- Carl Hahn, Sr. (de) (1894–1961), Austrian/German automobile engineer, the father of Carl Hahn, Jr.
Residents
- Theobald Hock (de), poet
- Georg Franz August von Buquoy (de), poet, businessman lived from 1832 til 1836
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Nové Hrady.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nové Hrady.
- Municipal website (cs, en, de, fr)
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