Rychnov nad Kněžnou
Rychnov nad Kněžnou | |
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Town | |
 Town Hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Rychnov nad Kněžnou Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°9′47″N 16°16′28″E / 50.16306°N 16.27444°ECoordinates: 50°9′47″N 16°16′28″E / 50.16306°N 16.27444°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Hradec Králové |
| District | Rychnov nad Kněžnou |
| First mentioned | 1258 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jan Skořepa (ODS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34.95 km2 (13.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
| Population (2020-01-01[1]) | |
| • Total | 10,999 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (820/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 516 01 |
| Website | www |
Rychnov nad Kněžnou (Czech pronunciation: [ˈrɪxnof ˈnat kɲɛʒnou]; German: Reichenau an der Knieschna) is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 11,000 inhabitants. It lies about 32 km to the west from Hradec Králové.
History[edit]
The town was founded during the colonization of the Orlické Mountains, when Heřman z Drnholce obtained a strip of land around Rychnov from Ottokar II of Bohemia. The first known written note about Rychnov is attributed to Heřman z Drnholce, in a document dated from the 1st of February 1258 in Vienna.
Rychnov was located at an important trading route.
Until 1918, the town was part of the Austrian monarchy, and head of the Reichenau District, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia. The 1878 cancellation under Franz Joseph I of Austria ruling is an early use of German and Czechoslovakian languages.[2]
Notable people[edit]
- Jan Antonín Vocásek (1706–1757), painter
- Karel Poláček (1892–1945), writer and humourist
- Jaroslav Weigel (1931–2019), painter, actor and writer
- Remigius Machura (born 1960), shot putter
- Petr Stančík (born 1968), writer and poet
- Dan Vávra (born 1975), video game writer, director and designer
Twin towns – sister cities[edit]
Rychnov nad Kněžnou is twinned with:[3]
Kłodzko, Poland
References[edit]
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
- ^ Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967
- ^ "Miasta partnerskie". klodzko.pl (in Polish). Kłodzko. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Czech)
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