Modrava (german: Mader) is a municipality and village in

Klatovy District Klatovy District ( cs, Okres Klatovy) is a district (''okres'') within Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Klatovy. With its area of 1,946 km² it is the largest district in the Czech Republic. List of municipalities Běha ...

in the

Plzeň Region Plzeň Region ( cs, Plzeňský kraj; german: Pilsner Region) is an administrative unit (''kraj'') in the western part of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is named after its capital Plzeň ( English, german: Pilsen). In terms of area, Plzeň ...

of the

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. It has about 100 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Filipova Huť is an administrative part of Modrava.

Geography

Modrava is located about south of

Klatovy Klatovy (; german: Klattau) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Klatovy is made up of 30 ...

and south of Plzeň, on the border with

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 ...

and within the

Šumava National Park The Šumava National Park ( cs, Národní park Šumava, usually shortened as NP Šumava), or Bohemian Forest National Park, is a national park in the South Bohemian regions of the Czech Republic along the border with Germany (where the smaller ad ...

. The highest point of the municipality and the entire Plzeň Region is the mountain Velká Mokrůvka at above sea level. The Vydra River, which after the confluence with the Křemelná forms the

River A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...

, originates here.

History

The first written mention of Modrava is from 1614. From 1757, Modrava developed as a fishing and hunting settlement. Filipova Huť was founded in 1785 as a glass workers settlement and named after Count

Philip Kinsky Count Philip Joseph Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau ( Czech: ''Filip Josef Kinský z Vchynic a Tetova''; German: ''Philipp Joseph Graf Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau'') (28 November 1700 – 12 January 1749) was High chancellor of the Kingdom of Bo ...

, but the glass factory did not prosper and the village became a lumber settlement. The area of Modrava and Filipova Huť was owned by the Kinsky family until 1799, when they sold it to the

Schwarzenberg family The House of Schwarzenberg is a German ( Franconian) and Czech (Bohemian) aristocratic family, and it was one of the most prominent European noble houses. The Schwarzenbergs are members of the German nobility and Czech nobility and they held th ...

Sport

In winter, Modrava is known for cross-country skiing. The main cross-country trail in the Bohemian Forest, the so-called Šumava Highway, passes through Modrava. During the summer, the municipality is popular for hiking and cycling.

Sights

A cultural monuments is the Klostermann Hut. It was built by the

Czech Tourist Club Czech Tourist Club ( cs, Klub českých turistů, KČT), known also as Czech Hiking Club was created in 1888. With over 40,000 members, it is a large organisation responsible for maintaining the dense Czech Hiking Markers System The Czech Hikin ...

in 1924 accoridng to the design by

Bohuslav Fuchs Bohuslav Fuchs (24 March 1895 in Všechovice – 18 September 1972 in Brno) was a Czech modernist architect. Life and career A mason by education, Fuchs studied with Jan Kotěra at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague between 1916 and 1919, and t ...

and named after Karel Klostermann, a writer connected with the region.

References

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* {{authority control Villages in Klatovy District Bohemian Forest