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Holašovice | |
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  Holašovice | |
| Coordinates:48°58′10″N14°16′22″E / 48.96944°N 14.27278°E /48.96944; 14.27278 | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | South Bohemian |
| District | České Budějovice |
| Municipality | Jankov |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 147 |
| Official name | Holašovice Historical Village |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | ii, iv |
| Designated | 1998(22ndsession) |
| Reference no. | 861 |
| Region | Europe and North America |
Holašovice ([ˈɦolaʃovɪtsɛ]ⓘ,German:Hollschowitz orHolschowitz) is a small historic village located in the south of theCzech Republic, 16 kilometres west ofČeské Budějovice. Village belongs to the municipalityJankov. To the south lies the protected landscape area ofBlanský Forest. The village was deserted after the Second World War, allowing its medieval plan and vernacular buildings in the South Bohemian Folk or RuralBaroque style to remain intact. It was restored and repopulated from 1990, and it was designated as aUNESCOWorld Heritage Site in 1998 because of its exceptional preservation of a traditional Baroque-era village.[1]
Holašovice is first mentioned in 1263. In 1292, KingWenceslaus II gave the village and several others to theCistercian monastery ofVyšší Brod. It remained the property of the monastery until 1848.[2]
Between 1520 and 1525, Holašovice was nearly wiped out by thebubonic plague. Only two of its inhabitants survived. A column erected over the plague grave at the north end of the village commemorates this event. The monastery gradually repopulated the village with settlers fromBavaria andAustria. By 1530, the population had risen to 17, according to the monastery's records, and it had become a mainlyGerman-speakingenclave within theCzech language area. By 1900, there were 163 inhabitants of German ethnic origin and 1 of Czech ethnic origin.[2]
After the displacement of German residents at the end of the Second World War, many farms in the village were deserted and fell into disrepair. Holašovice became a desolate and abandoned place under the Czech post-war Communist regime.
From 1990, the village was lavishly restored and inhabited once more. It now has a population of around 140.[2]
Holašovice is a typical Bohemian village for the Hlubocká Blata area around České Budějovice. It consists of 23 brick farmsteads containing 120 buildings, with a fish pond, a forge, and chapel.[1] The farms were constructed in the South Bohemian FolkBaroque style, in "U" shapes with farmyard in the middle and with their stucco gable ends facing a central broad village green.[1] The buildings date from the 18th to 20th century, with most of them built in the second half of the 19th century. The chapel of St.John of Nepomuk in the village green was built in 1755.[1][2]
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