Černá v Pošumaví (until 1950 Černá; german: Schwarzbach) is a municipality and village in
Český Krumlov District
Český Krumlov District ( cs, okres Český Krumlov) is a district (''okres'') within South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Český Krumlov.
The area was the hereditary home of the Rosenberg (Rožmberk) family, Lords of Kru ...
in the
South Bohemian Region
The South Bohemian Region ( cs, Jihočeský kraj; , ) is an administrative unit (''kraj'') of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical land of Bohemia, with a small part in southwestern Moravia. The western part ...
of the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. Th ...
. It has about 800 inhabitants. It is a popular summer resort.
Administrative parts
Villages of Bližná, Dolní Vltavice, Mokrá, Muckov and Plánička are administrative parts of Černá v Pošumaví.
Etymology
The Czech name ''Černá'' (i.e. "black") and the historical German name ''Schwarzbach'' (i.e. "black stream") were derived from the stream that flowed below the village. The oldest forms of the name was ''Natschernerece'' (literally "on the black river") and Nachirnie. In 1483, the name ''Czerna'' first appeared. From 1530, the name ''Schwarzbach'' was used in various forms.
Geography
Černá v Pošumaví is located about southwest of
Český Krumlov
Český Krumlov (; german: Krumau, , or ''Böhmisch Krumau'') is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. The historic centre with the Český Krumlov Castle complex is protected by law as an urban monument reservation, and s ...
and southwest of
České Budějovice
České Budějovice (; german: Budweis ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 93,000 inhabitants. It is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše.
České Budějovice is ...
. The municipal territory borders
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
. It lies in the
Bohemian Forest
The Bohemian Forest, known in Czech as Šumava () and in German as Böhmerwald, is a low mountain range in Central Europe. Geographically, the mountains extend from Plzeň Region and South Bohemia in the Czech Republic to Austria and Bavaria ...
on the shore of the
Lipno Reservoir. The highest point is a hill with an elevation of .
History
The first written mention of Černá v Pošumaví is in the donation deed of
Ottokar II of Bohemia
Ottokar II ( cs, Přemysl Otakar II.; , in Městec Králové, Bohemia – 26 August 1278, in Dürnkrut, Lower Austria), the Iron and Golden King, was a member of the Přemyslid dynasty who reigned as King of Bohemia from 1253 until his d ...
from 1268, who gave the village to his burgrave Hirzo of Klingenberg.
After 1945, some formerly independent municipalities in the territory of today's Černá v Pošumaví were liquidated due to the
expulsion of the German population and the modification of the border zone, partly due to the construction of the Lipno Reservoir.
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Graphite mining
The first records of the mining of graphite date from the 1760s. Graphite mines were opened by the Schwarzenbergs in 1812. Ink was used for the production of pencils in the Zlatá Koruna and in České Budějovice at the Kooh-i-noor Hardtmuth company. Most of the graphite deposits were flooded by a dam.
Demographics
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Villages in Český Krumlov District
Bohemian Forest