Brtnice

Brtnice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbr̩tɲɪtsɛ]; German: Pirnitz) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 3,800 inhabitants.

Brtnice
Town
View from castle gardens towards Brtnice
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Brtnice
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°18′30″N 15°40′34″E
CountryCzech Republic
RegionVysočina
DistrictJihlava
First mentioned1234
Government
 • MayorMiroslava Švaříčková
Area
 • Total74.17 km2 (28.64 sq mi)
Elevation
515 m (1,690 ft)
Population
 (2019-01-01[1])
 • Total3,758
 • Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
588 32
Websitewww.brtnice.cz

The town consists of 10 administrative parts: Brtnice, Dolní Smrčné, Jestřebí, Komárovice, Malé, Panská Lhota, Přímělkov, Příseka, Střížov and Uhřínovice.

Places of interest

Josef Hoffmann's house
Museum of Josef Hoffmann

The large ancestral and childhood house of the architect Josef Hoffmann is in the centre of the town. The architect's great-grandfather Franz Hoffmann moved into it in the 1780s. From a young age, Hoffmann spent most of the year away from the house but would often return, spending his summers there. His parents having died, he made subtle alterations to it in 1910–11, redecorating its interior and keeping much of the furnishings but also adding some of his own work. He and his sisters returned to it every summer until 1945, when it was seized by the (Soviet) Red Army and subsequently confiscated by the state and used as a "Workers' House". However, a plaque commemorating Hoffmann was placed on the house as early as 1970, and extensive work to strengthen the foundations and reinforce the vaults was done from 1974 to 1980. Following a 1992 exhibition in Brtnice on Hoffmann's work mounted by the town and MAK (Vienna), the house was turned into a permanent exhibition space.[2] From then on, an ambitious programme of refurbishing the building to Josef Hoffmann's design was carried out; this was completed in 2003. From 2006, the building has been administered by the Moravian Gallery in Brno, with the assistance of MAK.[3]

Other
  • Waldstein and Collalto rennaisance castle above the town.
  • Town-hall , a formerly renaissance house.
  • The Town church of Saint Jacob, baroque rebuilt.
  • Former Minims (Paolans´) monastery and church dedicated to St. Boromeus and blessed Giuliana.
  • One rennaisance brick bridge and two baroque bridges over the river Brtnice.
  • Jewish cemetery in the northern outskirts.
  • Castle ruine Ruckstein (Rokštejn) about 5 km NE from the town, founded around 1280.

Notable people

International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic

Twin towns — Sister cities

Brtnice is twinned with:

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References
  1. "Population of municipalities of the Czech republic". Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  2. Miroslav Ambrož: "The Hoffmann family and their remarkable home", pp. 25–29 of Josef Hoffmann and His Native House in Brtnice (Brtnice: Společnost Josefa Hoffmanna, 1998).
  3. "Josef Hoffmann House", the Moravian Gallery in Brno. Accessed 10 November 2010.
  4. de:Waldstein (Adelsgeschlecht)
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