Nové Hrady (České Budějovice District)

Nové Hrady (Czech pronunciation: [ˈnovɛː ˈɦradɪ]; German: Gratzen), formerly known by its German name of Gratzen, is a small town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 2,600 inhabitants.

Nové Hrady
Town
Town Hall
Flag
Coat of arms
Nové Hrady
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 48°47′22.67″N 14°46′42.19″E
CountryCzech Republic
RegionSouth Bohemian
DistrictČeské Budějovice
Government
 • MayorVladimír Hokr
Area
 • Total79.68 km2 (30.76 sq mi)
Elevation
541 m (1,775 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total2,591
 • Density33/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
373 33
Websitewww.novehrady.cz

The old-time town Nové Hrady ("New Castles") lies in the Gratzen Mountains (Czech: Novohradské Hory), which are named after the town, close to the Czech-Austrian border. It is about 30 km south-east of the town České Budějovice on the hill above the Stropnice river (541 m a.s.l.).

Historical monuments
Old castle
New Castle - view from the park
Nove Hrady -Bucquoy' burial chapel
  • Old Castle - of the mediaeval origine, local museum with a memorial of Bucquoy family and a collection of glass from Bucquoy glassworks
  • New castle - late baroque building with French park
  • St. Peter and Paul Church - with en old Bucquoy tomb (1648)
  • Bucquoy Residence − built in 1635–1640, later bought by Mary Magdalene Bucquoy and changed in a city palace
  • Monasatery of the Charity, early baroque buildings, built for the Servite Order, between 1950-1989 housed by army, after 1990 renewed with help of German and Austrian donors
  • Town Hall - renaissance building
  • Bucquoy Funeral Chapel - on the cemetery, houses 28 family tombs from 19th and 20th centuries
  • Terčino Valley - baroque park with a summer palace, renewed in 2016; a part of so-called "Bucquoy baroque landscape

Famous residents

People born in this town

Residents
  • Theobald Hock (de), poet
  • Georg Franz August von Buquoy (de), poet, businessman lived from 1832 til 1836


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