Lipnice nad Sázavou

Lipnice nad Sázavou (German: Lipnitz an der Sasau) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 650 inhabitants.

Lipnice nad Sázavou
Town
Aerial view of the town. Lipnice Castle can be seen in the middle.
Flag Coat of arms
Lipnice nad Sázavou Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°36′47″N 15°24′49″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Vysočina
District	Havlíčkův Brod
First mentioned	1226
Government
• Mayor	Zdeněk Rafaj
Area
• Total	11.14 km2 (4.30 sq mi)
Elevation	620 m (2,030 ft)
Population  (2019-01-01[1])
• Total	654
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	582 32
Website	www.lipnicenadsazavou.cz

It is where, at the Bohemian Crown Inn, Czech author Jaroslav Hašek wrote a substantial part of The Good Soldier Švejk (books Two, Three, and Four) before he died in 1923, as he lodged there before buying a house across the street. The inn was later purchased by the author's grandson, Richard Hašek, largely for memorial purposes, and Hašek family keeps it in the same state as it was in the times of their famous ancestor (it still operated as a restaurant and boarding house), while the house now hosts an author's memorial museum. Hašek is buried at the Lipnice Old Cemetery.

Gustav Mahler's father, Bernhard Mahler, was born in Lipnice on 2 August 1827.

Lipnice was the location where Václav Havel made his first public appearance in 19 years in 1988, at a folk festival.

The most notable landmark of the town is the 14th-century Lipnice Castle.

In September 2019, the town status was granted back to Lipnice. Previously, Lipnice was a town since 1370 until reforms in the half of 19th century; since then it was a market town for a century.[2]