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| Jindřichův Hradec (Neuhaus) | ||
| Region (kraj) | South bohemia | |
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| Residents | 21.419 (2020) | |
| height | 475 m | |
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Jindřichův Hradec (German: Neuhaus) is a district town in the region South bohemia and the location of one of the largest castles in the Czech Republic. The city museum also has the largest mechanical Christmas crib in the world.
background
getting there
By train
- Budweis-Brno railway line
- Narrow-gauge railways from Nová Bystřice and Obrataň
By bus
In the street
- Trunk road 34: Budweis - Humpolec (D1)
- Road 23: Dráchov (D3) - Brno
- From the Waldviertel: Regional road 128 from the former border crossing at Grametten / Nová Bystřice. Connection to federal highway 5 (Waidhofen an der Thaya and Heidenreichstein)
By boat
mobility
Tourist Attractions
The historic city center has been an urban monument reserve since 1961.
- Jindřichův Hradec Castle
- Regional museum in the former Jesuit college. You can see the world's largest mechanical Christmas crib, carved by Tomáš Krýza (1838–1918).
- Market square with renaissance and baroque ensembles as well as the town hall
- Trinity Column, on the marketplace. By 1764.
- Church of the Assumption. Built in 1360, rebuilt several times.
- Maria Magdalena Church. Erected 13.-14. Century by the Teutonic Knights, 1628-1632 renewed and 1670 baroque.
- Church of St. John the Baptist. Middle of the 14th century, rebuilt several times. On the north side a cloister with late Gothic frescoes as well as a Gothic drapery chapel and a baroque Lady Chapel.
- Former synagogue and Jewish cemetery
- Reconstructed tannery houses, on the Nežárka.
- Tapestry house, in the former brewery. Focus on Marie Hoppe-Teinitzer's weaving work.
activities
- Ice hockey club KLH Vajgar Jindřichův Hradec
shop
- There are a few larger supermarkets on the bypass.
