Troubsko () is a municipality and village in

Brno-Country District Brno-Country District () is a Okres, district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Brno. The most populated town of the district is Kuřim. The district is made up of 187 municipalities, which is the highes ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 2,400 inhabitants.

Etymology

According to legend, in the early 11th, Prince

Jaromír Jaromír, Jaromir, Jaroměr is a Slavic male given name. Origin and meaning Jaromír is a West Slavic given name composed of two stems ''jaro'' and ''mír''. The meaning is not definite: * Polish ''jary'' (archaic) = „spry, young, strong“; '' ...

was to be assassinated by the rival

Vršovci The Vršovci (also Vrshovici; singular: Vršovec) were an ancient Czech noble family in the Duchy of Bohemia. History In Bohemia First noted in the power struggles of the 10th–12th centuries in Bohemia. The Vršovci were the third most power ...

family in Velíz near Kublov. At the last moment, Jaromír's guide Hovora blew his trumpet (in Czech ''troubil'') so that companions from Prague were alerted and saved the prince. For sounding the call to rescue him, Jaromír granted Hovora a settlement which he called Troubsko. However, the name of the village is most likely named after wooden pipes (''trouby'' in old Czech) that supplied water to citizens.

Geography

Troubsko is located about west of

Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...

. It lies in the

Bobrava Highlands Bobrava () is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Bobravskoye Rural Settlement, Rakityansky District, Belgorod Oblast Belgorod Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. Its admi ...

. The highest point is the hill Šibeník at above sea level, located in the western tip of the municipal territory. The stream Troubský potok flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Troubsko is from 1237 when Robert from Troubsko is cited as a witness in a charter of King Wenceslaus I. The ownership of the village at that time was fragmented to limit several owners. In 1317–1389 there was a feudal estate of the Olomouc bishopric. In 1349, Luder from the

Dominican Order The Order of Preachers (, abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic Church, Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilians, Castilian priest named Saint Dominic, Dominic de Gu ...

in Brno bought a part of Troubsko and donated it to the Herburk monastery. This part of the village was administratively separated from the remaining larger part for a long time. After the transfer of assets of Herburk monastery to a Jesuit college in 1578–1581, it became a part of the Řečkovice estate. The greater part of Troubsko was divided into unequal shares that changed owners frequently, and during the 14th and 15th centuries were held by various noble families. Matyáš Munk from Ivančice bought the whole village and from 1573 until 1609 is cited as the only owner. In these years he had also began the construction of a castle in the site of a former fortress. Next owners of the estate were Karel Elder of Zierotin,

Albrecht von Wallenstein Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland (; 24 September 1583 – 25 February 1634), also von Waldstein (), was a Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Thirty Years' War (1618–16 ...

or Jiří Rupert Hausperský. Troubsko reached the greatest economic and cultural development in 1735–1806, during the rule of the Sekora of Sekenberg family. The family devoted themselves to the economy, expanded the number of artisans and supported fish farming and forestry. In 1826, the estate was acquired by Leopold Hodák. At this time, a school and the railway were constructed. The village was promoted to a

market town A market town is a 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 market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rura ...

in 1876, but later lost the title. In the early 20th century cultural and social development took place.

Demographics

Transport

The D1 motorway from

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

passes through the municipality. Troubsko is located on the railway line Brno– Rapotice.

Sights

The main landmark of Troubsko is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It was built in the Baroque style in 1746–1758, on the site of a former church from the 14th century.

References

External links

* {{authority control Villages in Brno-Country District