Tetín (Beroun District)

Tetín is a municipality and village in Beroun District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is about 2 kilometres from the city Beroun on the river Berounka. As of 2012, it has a population of 744 people.

Tetín
Municipality and village
Local chateau on village square
Flag Coat of arms
Tetín Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°56′35″N 14°05′39″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian Region
District	Beroun District
Area
• Total	3.97 sq mi (10.29 km^2)
Population  (2011)
• Total	846
• Density	210/sq mi (82/km^2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	https://www.tetin.cz/

History

Historically, Tetín is one of the oldest villages in the Czech Republic. The place was already inhabited during the paleolithic period. Archaeologists found that the beginnings of the village date back to the 10th century, when local gord was founded by dukes from the Přemyslid dynasty. Yet, there is a legend which connected it with mythological figure Teta, the daughter of the mythological Duke Krok, who was supposed to have lived earlier than that.

In the 10th century, there was a wooden building there belonging to the duchess St. Ludmila, who was murdered in 921. In the 11th and 12th century, the place was home to the administrative district of Tetín that governed the whole area of Podbrdsko region. Tetín is also referenced in the Vyšehrad Charter.

In the year 1288, Tetín was the residence of the royal hunter and towards the end of the thirteenth century, the castle was rebuilt as a residence for the royal bastards of the Přemyslid line. By 1321, Tetín castle was owned by Štěpán of Tetín, who later sold it to Emperor Karel IV. The latter then joined the Tetín estate to Karlštejn. In 1422, during the Hussite wars, the castle was destroyed; the place was also heavily damaged in the 20th century by limestone mines.

Czech poet Jaroslav Seifert (Nobel prize laureate) dedicated two of his poems to Tetín.

Sights

• Tetín Castle (now ruined), from around 1288
• Romanesque Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria from 1200
• Romanesque-Baroque Church of St. John of Nepomuk from around 1255
• a presbytery, from the 14th century
• early Baroque Church of St. Ludmila from around 1780
• Tetín Chateau, from the 18th century
• a farm yard, from the 18th century
• nature reserve Tetínské skály (Tetín Rocks)
• national nature reserve Koda
• limestone hill Damil on which there are the remains of an ancient gord

References

• This article was initially translated from the Czech Wikipedia.