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Nové Hrady (České Budějovice District)

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CEST (UTC+2)

Area
  
79.68 km²

Elevation
  
541 m

Local time
  
Monday 4:05 PM

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Weather
  
12°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 58% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Terčino údolí, Nové Hrady, Burg Cuknštejn, Červené blato, Novohradská kovárna

Nové Hrady ( [ˈnovɛː ˈɦradɪ]; German: Gratzen) is a small town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,600 inhabitants.

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Map of Nov%C3%A9 Hrady, Czechia

The old-time town Nové Hrady ("New Castles") lies in the Nové Hrady Mountains (Novohradské Hory in Czech) close to the Czech-Austrian border. It is about 30 km south-east of the town České Budějovice on the hill above the Stropnice river (541 m a.s.l.).

People born in this city

  • Johann Ritter von Oppolzer (1808–1871), physician
  • Robert Martinek (1889–1944), German general
  • Carl Hahn, Sr. (de) (1894–1961), Austrian/German automobile engineer, the father of Carl Hahn, Jr.

    • Residents

  • Theobald Hock (de), poet
  • Georg Franz August von Buquoy (de), poet, businessman lived from 1832 til 1836

    • References

    Nové Hrady (České Budějovice District) Wikipedia
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