Telč
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| Area: | 24.9 km² |
| Population: | 5,940 (2004) |
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| State Party |  Czech Republic |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, iv |
| Identification | #621 |
| Regionb | Europe and North America |
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| Formal Inscription: | 1992 16th Session |
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a Name as officially inscribed on the WH List |
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Telč (IPA: [tɛltʃ]; German: Teltsch) is a town in southern Moravia, near Jihlava, in the Czech Republic.
It contains a castle and a long urban plaza with well-conserved Renaissance houses; since 1992 all of this has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The builder of the castle was Zachariáš of Hradec, after whom the plaza was named; his name is also related to that of the city of Jindřichův Hradec.
Telč was founded in the mid-14th century; the Roman-style tower for the Holy Spirit proves that there was already a settlement there. The city walls and the Church of the Ascension of Mary are Gothic in style.
Until 1945 Telč had, as did its neighbor Jihlava, a principally German-speaking population.
In 1979 Werner Herzog filmed the movie Woyzeck in Telč.
[edit] External links
- Municipal website (in Czech, German, English and French)
- Telc - sights, basic facts, hotels, culture
Český Krumlov | Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž | Holašovice Historical Village Reservation | Holy Trinity Column, Olomouc | Jewish Quarter and St. Procopius' Basilica, Třebíč | Kutná Hora | Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape | Litomyšl Castle | Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk | Prague | Telč | Tugendhat Villa, Brno
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