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Nové Hrady (German: Neuschloss) is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Dolní Morava
Municipality
View towards the Nové Hrady Château
Flag
Coat of arms
Dolní Morava
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°51′6″N 16°8′38″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionPardubice
DistrictÚstí nad Orlicí
First mentioned1293
Area
 • Total6.73 km2 (2.60 sq mi)
Elevation
384 m (1,260 ft)
Population
 (2022-01-01)[1]
 • Total296
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
539 45
Websitewww.obecnovehrady.cz

Administrative parts


Villages of Mokrá Lhota and Rybníček are administrative parts of Nové Hrady.


Etymology


Nové Hrady Castle
Nové Hrady Castle

After the settlement was founded, it was called Boží Dům (i.e. "God's house") after the first church built in the area. When the old castle was replaced by a new one, the village was renamed Nové Hrady (literally "new castles").[2]


Geography


Nové Hrady is located about 32 kilometres (20 mi) southeast of Pardubice. it lies in the Svitavy Uplands. A set of ponds in located in the village and is supplied by a local brook.


History


The first written mention of Nové Hrady is from 1293.[3] At that time, the village belonged to the Litomyšl estate and shared its owner. A late Gothic castle was built on the site of an old castle in 1442–1468 by the then-owner of Litomyšl, Zdeněk Kostka of Postupice, and established the Nové Hrady estate. The Gothic castle was rebuilt into a Renaisance residence in the 15th century, but during the Thirty Years' War, it was looted and destroyed by Swedish army.[2][4]

Nové Hrady saw its rise in the 18th century. In 1750, the French aristocratic Harbuval de Chamarè family bought the estate and had built the Nové Hrady Château. The family gradually became poorer, so at the beginning of the 20th century, they sold the estate.[4]


Sights


Church of Saint James the Great
Church of Saint James the Great

Nové Hrady is known for Nové Hrady Château. It was built in the Rococo style in 1773–1777, in the style of French summer residence. The castle is nicknamed "Czech Versailles" and "Little Schönbrunn. The building is unique within the country for the style in which it was built and because it was never rebuilt. It is privately owned, but it is open to the public and offers sightseeing tours. The castle is surrounded by several gardens and with and English-style park, in which a hill with ruins of the former Gothic castle is located.[5]

Other sights include the Stations of the Cross in the English park from 1767, and the Baroque Church of Saint James the Great from 1724.[2]


References


  1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2022". Czech Statistical Office. 2022-04-29.
  2. "Obec" (in Czech). Obec Nové Hrady. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  3. "Znáte Nové Hrady, Boží dům, Versailles a Schönbrunn v jednom?" (in Czech). CzechTourism. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  4. "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Nové Hrady. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  5. "Zámek Nové Hrady ve východních Čechách – navštivte České Versailles" (in Czech). CzechTourism. Retrieved 2022-06-20.


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На других языках

[de] Nové Hrady u Skutče

Nové Hrady (deutsch Neuschloß) ist eine Gemeinde in Tschechien. Sie liegt 13 km westlich von Litomyšl in Ostböhmen und gehört zum Okres Ústí nad Orlicí.
- [en] Nové Hrady (Ústí nad Orlicí District)


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