Rejštejn () is a town in
Klatovy District
Klatovy District () is a Okres, district in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Klatovy. With an area of , it is the largest district in the country.
Administrative division
Klatovy District is divided into three Di ...
in the
Plzeň Region
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of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 200 inhabitants. It belongs to the
least populous towns in the country.
Administrative division
Rejštejn consists of nine municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
*Rejštejn (151)
*Jelenov (6)
*Klášterský Mlýn (33)
*Malý Kozà Hřbet (1)
*Radešov (13)
*Svojše (32)
*Velký Kozà Hřbet (0)
*Velký Radkov (9)
*Zhůřà (0)
Etymology
The original German name ''Reichenstein'' was created from (meaning 'at the rich rock') and refers to the gold mining in the area. The Czech name was created by transliteration of the German one.
Geography
Rejštejn is located about southeast of
Klatovy
Klatovy (; ) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone.
Administr ...
and south of
Plzeň
Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ...
. It lies mostly in the
Bohemian Forest
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mountain range and in the
Å umava National Park, only the northern part of the municipal territory lies in the
Bohemian Forest Foothills. The highest point is the mountain Huťská hora at above sea level. The
Otava River is formed by the confluence of the
Vydra and Křemelná rivers, located at the western municipal border, and then flows through the town proper.
History
The first written mention of Rejštejn is from 1337. Originally, it was administratively considered part of
Kašperské Hory. Thanks to gold mining in the area, the settlement grew. In 1584, Rejštejn was promoted by Emperor
Rudolf II
Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576–1608). He was a member of the H ...
to a royal mining town and gained independence. In the 17th century, mining ended and the development of the town stopped.
A new impulse for the development of the town was the establishment of glass factories. In 1836, the glass factory of Jan Eisner was established in Klášterský Mlýn. The second notable factory in Klášterský Mlýn was the art glass manufacturer
Joh. Loetz Witwe. As a result of the economic crisis and the world wars, glassmaking ended in 1947.
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Demographics
Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipal territory.
Sights
The main landmark of Rejštejn is the Church of Saint Bartholomew. It is originally a late Gothic church from the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries, rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 18th century.
A technical monument is the Čeňkova Pila hydroelectric power plant. It dates from 1912. Inside there is the original technical equipment and it is still in use today.
References
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Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
Populated places in Klatovy District
Prácheňsko
Bohemian Forest