Valtice

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coordinates: 48°45′00″N 16°45′00″E / 48.75000°N 16.75000°E / 48.75000; 16.75000
Valtice
Town
Valtice Castle
Flag
Coat of arms
Country Czech Republic
Region South Moravian
District Břeclav
Commune Břeclav
Elevation 192 m (630 ft)
Coordinates 48°45′00″N 16°45′00″E / 48.75000°N 16.75000°E / 48.75000; 16.75000
Area 47.85 km2 (18.47 sq mi)
Population 3,596 (1.1.2012)
Density 75 / km2 (194 / sq mi)
First mentioned 12th century
Mayor Jiří Petrů
Timezone CET (UTC+1)
 - summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 691 42
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Name Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape
Year 1996 (#20)
Number 763
Region Europe and North America
Criteria i, ii, iv
Location in the Czech Republic
Wikimedia Commons: Valtice
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: www.radnice-valtice.cz

Valtice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvalcɪtsɛ]; German: Feldsberg) is a small town in Břeclav District, South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic, situated 265 kilometres (165 mi) south-east of Prague, on the Austrian border. It had a population of 3,671 in 2005.

Valtice contains one of the most impressive Baroque residences of Central Europe. It was designed as the seat of the ruling princes of Liechtenstein by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach in the early 18th century. Construction was supervised by Domenico Martinelli, who was employed as an on-site architect. The palace is surrounded by an English park with the Temple of Diana (1812) and other neoclassical structures. Together with the neighbouring manor of Lednice, to which it is connected by a 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) long lime-tree avenue, Valtice forms the World Heritage Site Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape.

The princely family lost all its privileges with the collapse of their protectors the Habsburg Empire and by the then newly established state of Czechoslovakia in 1918, the predecessor of the Czech Republic; and the castle was confiscated after World War II.

Population development

Census year[1] Population Ethnicity of inhabitants
year German Czechs other
1836 2889 - - -
1869 2424 - - -
1880 2837 2804 3 30
1890 3009 2830 133 36
1900 3036 2987 34 35
1910 3402 3291 34 57
1921 3257 2285 625 332
1930 3393 1924 1102 367
1939 2857 - - -

History

Until 1919 the town of Feldsberg belonged to Lower Austria. After World War I the town and its surroundings were annexed by Czechoslovakia. The main reason was the requirement that the entire Znojmo-Břeclav railway remain inside Czechoslovak territory.

Notable people

Chateauin Valtice, Czech Republic

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Historický místopis Moravy a Slezska v letech 1848–1960, sv.9. 1984

External links

World Heritage Sites in the Czech Republic
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Valtice.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.