Příbor (; german: Freiberg
n Mähren}) is a town in
Nový Jičín District
Nový Jičín District ( cs, okres Nový Jičín) is a district (''okres'') within Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Nový Jičín.
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in the
Moravian-Silesian Region of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 8,300 inhabitants. The historic centre of Příbor is well preserved and is protected by law as an
urban monument reservation.
Administrative parts
Villages of Hájov and Prchalov are administrative parts of Příbor.
Etymology
Although the name of the town literally means "
cutlery
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", it is just a coincidence. It is not certain whether the Czech name ''Příbor'' originated earlier and the German name ''Freiberg'' was derived by transcription, or vice versa. If the Czech name is older, it was probably derived from ''při boru'' or ''při zboru'', meaning "at a pine forest" / "at a ruin". If the German name is older, ''Freiberg'' means "free castle" or "castle with free access".
Some German language maps from the 19th century identify Příbor as ''Freyberg''.
Geography
Příbor lies about east of
Nový Jičín and southwest of
Ostrava
Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four riv ...
. The town is located in the
Moravian-Silesian Foothills
Moravian-Silesian Foothills ( cz, Podbeskydská pahorkatina, pl, Pogórze Morawsko-Śląskie) are foothills and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic.
Geomorphology
The region represents the westernmost section of the Western Bes ...
on the Lubina River.
History
The town of Příbor was founded by Count Frank von Hückeswagen in 1251, which was confirmed in a deed of Moravian margrave
Ottokar II from the same year, where the town was called ''Vriburch''. The town square was founded right on an old trade route to
Poland
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.
The count built here a solid castle. His descendants owned the town until 1359, when Příbor passed to the
Bishops of Olomouc. The bishops liked the town, especially
Franz von Dietrichstein
Franz Seraph von Dietrichstein ( cs, František Serafín z Ditrichštejna, 22 August 1570 – 19 September 1636), of the Austrian and Moravian House of Dietrichstein, was Prince of Dietrichstein, Archbishop of Olomouc, Governor (Landeshauptmann) ...
, who granted it a number of privileges. During the
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of batt ...
, the town burned down three times. The most destructive was the invasion of
Swedes
Swedes ( sv, svenskar) are a North Germanic ethnic group native to the Nordic region, primarily their nation state of Sweden, who share a common ancestry, culture, history and language. They mostly inhabit Sweden and the other Nordic countr ...
in 1643. In the second half of the 17th century, the town recovered.
[
In 1694, a ]Piarist
The Piarists (), officially named the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools ( la, Ordo Clericorum Regularium pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum), abbreviated SchP, is a religious order of clerics regular of the ...
'' gymnasium'' was established and education was also available to the poorer people. Příbor developed to an important centre of education. From 1875 to 1938, the Czech Teacher Institute operated here, from which a number of significant pedagogues and experts in education and culture came.[
]
Demographics
Sights
Příbor is one of the oldest towns in the region. The historic centre is formed by a regular town square lined with burgher houses, which are mainly Renaissance with Baroque alterations.
The Piarist monastery was founded here in 1694 by Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn. It is a Baroque three-wing single-storey building. Today it houses the town museum, a library and an elementary art school.
There are four churches in the town. The most important is the Romanesque-Gothic parish Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary with later Renaissance and Baroque adaptations. The church was founded together with the town, the current brick building dates from the 14th century. It is a very rugged building with a number of elements added later, dominated by a slender tall tower. The interior contains valuable rococo
Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...
furniture.
Other churches in the historic centre are the Church of the Holy Cross and the former Piarist Church of Saint Valentine. Outside the historic centre is located the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi.[
The birthplace of Sigmund Freud is now a museum with an exhibition about his life and work.
]
Notable people
*Jan Sarkander
Jan Sarkander (Czech and Polish: ''Jan Sarkander'') (20 December 1576 – 17 March 1620) was a Polish-Czech Roman Catholic priest. Sarkander was married for a short period of time before he became widowed and pursued a path to the priesthood wh ...
(1576–1620), Polish-Czech priest and saint; lived and studied here in 1589–1597
* Antonín Cyril Stojan (1851–1923), Archbishop of Olomouc; studied here and worked here as chaplain
*Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud ( , ; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies explained as originating in conflicts i ...
(1856–1939), Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis
PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: + . is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a body of knowledge. In what might ...
Twin towns – sister cities
Příbor is twinned with:
* Przedbórz
Przedbórz is a town in Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,458 inhabitants (2020). Przedbórz is situated on the Pilica River in the northwestern corner of the historic province of Lesser Poland. From its foundation until the ...
, Poland
References
External links
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Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
Populated places in Nový Jičín District