Jistebnice

Jistebnice (German: Jistebnitz) is a town in Tábor District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants.

Jistebnice
Aerial view
Jistebnice
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°29′8″N 14°31′39″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionSouth Bohemian
DistrictTábor
First mentioned1262
Area
  Total57.99 km2 (22.39 sq mi)
Elevation
578 m (1,896 ft)
Population
 (2021-01-01)[1]
  Total2,048
  Density35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes
391 31, 391 32, 391 33
Websitewww.jistebnice.cz

Jistebnice lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-west of Tábor, 58 km (36 mi) north of České Budějovice, and 67 km (42 mi) south of Prague.

Administrative parts

Villages of Alenina Lhota, Božejovice, Chlum, Cunkov, Drahnětice, Hodkov, Hůrka, Javoří, Jezviny, Křivošín, Makov, Nehonín, Orlov, Ostrý, Ounuz, Padařov, Plechov, Podol, Pohoří, Smrkov, Stružinec, Svoříž, Třemešná, Vlásenice, Zbelítov and Zvěstonín are administrative parts of Jistebnice.

History

The first written mention of Jistebnice is from 1262, when it was a market village owned by the Rosenberg family.[2]

Jistebnice became a town for the first time before 1654.[3] It lost this statut after 1945 and it became a town again on 17 October 2011.[4]

Notable people

References

  1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2021". Czech Statistical Office. 2021-04-30.
  2. "Historie města" (in Czech). Město Jistebnice. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  3. Kuča, Karel (1997). Města a městečka v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku, 2. díl [Cities and market towns in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, vol. 2] (in Czech). Prague: Libri, s.r.o. ISBN 80-85983-14-1.
  4. "Rozhodnutí předsedy PS č. 23 ke stanovení obce Jistebnice městem (17. října 2011)" (in Czech). Parlament České republiky, Poslanecká sněmovna 2010–2013. 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2021-09-11.


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