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Poběžovice (formerly Ronšperk, German: Ronsperg) is a town in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.

Poběžovice
Town
Míru Square
Flag Coat of arms
Poběžovice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°30′N 12°48′E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Plzeň
District	Domažlice
First mentioned	1359
Government
• Mayor	Martin Kopecký
Area
• Total	27.83 km2 (10.75 sq mi)
Elevation	435 m (1,427 ft)
Population  (2022-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,512
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	345 22
Website	www.pobezovice.cz

Administrative parts

Villages of Ohnišťovice, Sedlec, Sezemín, Šibanov, Šitboř and Zámělíč are administrative parts of Poběžovice. Sezemín and Šibanov form an exclave of the municipal territory.

Geography

Poběžovice is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) northwest of Domažlice and 47 km (29 mi) southwest of Plzeň. It lies in the Upper Palatine Forest Foothills. The Pivoňka stream flows through the town.

History

The continuous settlement of the area is documented by archaeological finds from the 11th century. Village of Poběžovice was probably founded at the beginning of the 14th century. The first written mention of Poběžovice is from 1359, when a small keep was built. In 1424 it became a market town.[2][3]

In 1459 the market town was bought by a lower nobleman Dobrohost of Drštka by Skořice na Rokycansku. At the latest in 1470, he left the keep and had built a late-Gothic solid water castle called Nový Ronšperk ("New Ronšperk"). Since then he was known as Dobrohost of Ronšperk, and Poběžovice was renamed Ronšperk. In 1490–1501 he also built a new large church, the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, where he was later buried. In 1506 Ronšperk became a town.[2][3]

In 1864, the castle and the manor were bought by the noble family Coudenhove, later known as Coudenhove-Kalergi family.[2][3]

Notable people

• Bezalel Ronsburg (1760–1820), Talmudist and rabbi
• Moses Löb Bloch (1815–1909), Hungarian rabbi
• Carl Holzmann (1849–1914), Austrian architect
• Mitsuko Aoyama (1874–1941), Japanese countess, lived here
• Emil Starkenstein (1884–1942), pharmacologist
• Lilly Steinschneider (1891–1975), first Hungarian woman to qualify as a pilot, lived here
• Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894–1972), Austrian-Japanese politician and philosopher
• Ida Friederike Görres (1901–1971), Austrian writer

Twin towns – sister cities

Poběžovice is twinned with:[4]

• Schönsee, Germany

Gallery

• 
  Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
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  Railway station
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  The Hotel Hubertus

References

External links

• Official website

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