Rychnov nad Kněžnou

Rychnov nad Kněžnou
Rychnov nad Kněžnou
	Town
	Town Hall
	Flag Coat of arms
	Rychnov nad Kněžnou Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 50°9′47″N 16°16′28″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Hradec Králové
District	Rychnov nad Kněžnou
First mentioned	1258
Government
• Mayor	Jan Skořepa (ODS)
Area
• Total	34.95 km2 (13.49 sq mi)
Elevation	320 m (1,050 ft)
Population (2020-01-01[1])
• Total	10,999
• Density	310/km2 (820/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	516 01
Website	www.rychnov-city.cz

Rychnov nad Kněžnou (Czech pronunciation: [ˈrɪxnof ˈnat kɲɛʒnou]; German: Reichenau an der Knieschna) is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 11,000 inhabitants. It lies about 32 km to the west from Hradec Králové.

History

Aerial view

The castle

The town was founded during the colonization of the Orlické Mountains, when Heřman z Drnholce obtained a strip of land around Rychnov from Ottokar II of Bohemia. The first known written note about Rychnov is attributed to Heřman z Drnholce, in a document dated from the 1st of February 1258 in Vienna.

Rychnov was located at an important trading route.

Until 1918, the town was part of the Austrian monarchy, and head of the Reichenau District, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia. The 1878 cancellation under Franz Joseph I of Austria ruling is an early use of German and Czechoslovakian languages.[2]

Notable people

Jan Antonín Vocásek (1706–1757), painter
Karel Poláček (1892–1945), writer and humourist
Jaroslav Weigel (1931–2019), painter, actor and writer
Remigius Machura (born 1960), shot putter
Petr Stančík (born 1968), writer and poet
Dan Vávra (born 1975), video game writer, director and designer

Twin towns – sister cities

Rychnov nad Kněžnou is twinned with:[3]

Kłodzko, Poland

References

"Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967
"Miasta partnerskie". klodzko.pl (in Polish). Kłodzko. Retrieved 2020-08-29.

External links

Official website (in Czech)
Media related to Rychnov nad Kněžnou at Wikimedia Commons

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[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.

[2] Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967

[3] "Miasta partnerskie". klodzko.pl (in Polish). Kłodzko. Retrieved 2020-08-29.