Radomyšl is a market town in

Strakonice District Strakonice District ( cs, okres Strakonice) is a district (''okres'') within South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Strakonice. List of municipalities Bavorov - Bělčice - Bezdědovice - Bílsko - Blatná - Bra ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 1,300 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Domanice, Láz, Leskovice, Podolí and Rojice are administrative parts of Radomyšl.

Geography

Radomyšl is located about north of

Strakonice Strakonice (; german: Strakonitz) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Strakonice is made up of town parts of Strakonice I and Strakonice II, and villages of Dražejov, ...

and northwest 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 ...

. It lies in the

Blatná Uplands Blatná (; german: Blatna) is a town in Strakonice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,400 inhabitants. It is known for a water castle in the centre of a pond, and a landscape garden around it. The town cent ...

. The highest point is the hill Trubný vrch at above sea level. There are several ponds in the municipal territory.

History

The first written mention of Radomyšl is from 1284, when it was a property of

Bavors of Strakonice Bavorové ze Strakonic (Bavors of Strakonice) were a Bohemian noble family, rulers of Strakonice town and surrounding area. Members of the family include: *Bavor I * Bavor II, Bavor the Great *Bavor III *Vilém of Strakonice *Mikuláš of Strak ...

. In 1320, it was already referred to as a

market town A market town is a Human settlement, settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular marketplace, market; this distinguished it from a village or ...

in a deed, in which Vilém Bavor of Strakonice donates the church and the rectory to the

Knights Hospitaller The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), was a medieval and early modern Catholic military order. It was headq ...

. In 1359, in his will, Vilém Bavor transferred ownership of the entire village to this order, which owned Radomyšl until the abolition of serfdom in 1848.

Sights

There are two churches in the market town. The Church of Saint Martin in the centre of Radomyšl was originally a Romanesque church. Shortly before 1388, it was rebuilt in the Gothic style, then it was baroque rebuilt in the early 18th century. The second church is the Church of Saint John the Baptist on a hill east of Radomyšl. It is a pilgrimage church from 1733–1736 that replaced an old Renaissance building. Both churches are connected by the

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. The town hall is a Neoclassical building from 1836.

Notable people

Norbert Čapek Norbert Fabián Čapek (Czech pronunciation: �tʃapɛk 3 June 1870 – 30 October 1942) was the founder of the modern Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia. Early life Čapek was born into a Roman Catholic family on 3 June 1870 in Radomyšl, a mar ...

(1870–1942), founder of the modern Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia

Twin towns – sister cities

Radomyšl is

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with: *

Montoggio Montoggio ( lij, Monteuggio) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italy, Italian region Liguria, located about northeast of Genoa. As of October 2006, it had a population of 2,018 and an area of .All demographi ...

, Italy

References

External links

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