Jistebnice

Jistebnice consists of 27 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2022}}

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• Jistebnice (952)
• Alenina Lhota (3)
• Božejovice (203)
• Chlum (21)
• Cunkov (8)
• Drahnětice (48)
• Hodkov (18)
• Hůrka (75)
• Javoří (8)
• Jezviny (1)
• Křivošín (35)
• Makov (99)
• Nehonín (9)
• Orlov (30)
• Ostrý (47)
• Ounuz (9)
• Padařov (139)
• Plechov (15)
• Podol (29)
• Pohoří (14)
• Smrkov (42)
• Stružinec (7)
• Svoříž (47)
• Třemešná (22)
• Vlásenice (119)
• Zbelítov (14)
• Zvěstonín (25)

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Jistebnice is located about {{convert|13|km|0}} northwest of Tábor and {{convert|56|km|abbr=on}} north of České Budějovice. It lies in the Vlašim Uplands. The highest point is the hill Bušová at {{convert|669|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The Smutná River originates near the Ostrý village and flows through the market town proper. The municipal territory is rich in fishponds, supplied by the Smutná and several its tributaries.

The first written mention of Jistebnice is from 1262, when it was a market village owned by the Rosenberg family.{{cite web |title=Historie města|url=http://www.jistebnice.cz/historie%2Dmesta/d-6556/p1=316|publisher=Město Jistebnice|language=cs|access-date=2021-09-11}} In the 15th century, during the Hussite Wars, many citizens left Jistebnice and went to the newly founded Tábor, which was co-founded by the Hussite governor Petr Hromádka from Jistebnice.{{cite web |title=Jistebnice – naleziště slavného husitského chorálu|url=https://www.kudyznudy.cz/aktivity/jistebnice-naleziste-slavneho-husitskeho-choralu|publisher=CzechTourism|language=cs|access-date=2022-08-26}}

In 1872, the Jistebnice hymn book was founded in Jistebnice.

Jistebnice became a town for the first time before 1654.{{cite book |last=Kuča|first=Karel|date=1997|title=Města a městečka v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku, 2. díl|trans-title= Cities and market towns in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, vol. 2|language=cs|location=Prague|publisher=Libri, s.r.o.|isbn=80-85983-14-1}} It lost this status after 1945 and it became a town again on 17 October 2011.{{cite web |title=Rozhodnutí předsedy PS č. 23 ke stanovení obce Jistebnice městem (17. října 2011)|url=https://www.psp.cz/sqw/text/text2.sqw?idd=75316|publisher=Parlament České republiky, Poslanecká sněmovna 2010–2013|language=cs|date=2011-10-17|access-date=2021-09-11}}

{{historical populations

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|1869|4961

|1880|4996

|1890|4673

|1900|4487

|1910|4235

|1921|4105

|1930|3672

|1950|2790

|1961|2850

|1970|2598

|1980|2444

|1991|2193

|2001|2046

|2011|1987

|2021|2039

|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}}}

The railway line Tábor–Písek runs along the southern municipal border. There are two train stations: Padařov and Božejovice.{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Padařov|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/padarov/5475522|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2024-07-22}}

File:Kostel Archandela Michaela Jistebnice 1.JPG

The main landmark of Jistebnice is the Church of Saint Michael the Archangel. It has a Romanesque core from the early 13th century. The church was gothic rebuilt in 1380–1385 and baroque rebuilt in 1718, then Gothic modifications were made in the second half of the 19th century.{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Archanděla Michaela v Jistebnici|url=https://www.kudyznudy.cz/aktivity/kostel-sv-archandela-michaela-v-jistebnici|publisher=CzechTourism|language=cs|access-date=2022-08-26}}

A landmark of the town square is Vlašský dům, also called Old Castle. It is originally a Renaissance castle from the second half of the 16th century. It was rebuilt in the Baroque style in the second half of the 18th century. Today it houses the memorial hall of the painter Richard Lauda, local native.{{cite web |title=Vlašský dům neboli Starý zámek v Jistebnici|url=https://www.kudyznudy.cz/aktivity/vlassky-dum-neboli-stary-zamek-v-jistebnici|publisher=CzechTourism|language=cs|access-date=2022-08-26}}

The Jistebnice Castle is a neo-Gothic castle built in 1878–1882. It is surrounded by an English park, which was designed by the architect František Thomayer. Today the castle is privately owned and inaccessible.{{cite web |title=Zámek Jistebnice s anglickým parkem a oboru|url=https://www.kudyznudy.cz/aktivity/zamek-jistebnice-s-anglickym-parkem-a-oboru|publisher=CzechTourism|language=cs|access-date=2022-08-26}}

Jistebnice Fortress was built by the Rosenbergs in the 13th century. The remains of the fortress include two semicircular bastions. It is inaccessible and dilapidated.{{cite web |title=Tvrz v Jistebnici|url=https://www.kudyznudy.cz/aktivity/tvrz-v-jistebnici|publisher=CzechTourism|language=cs|access-date=2022-08-26}}

• Otto Katz (1895–1952), spy

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