Nepomuk

Nepomuk consists of two 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}}

• Nepomuk (2,779)
• Dvorec (785)

The town was originally named Pomuk; the origin of the name is unclear. According to legend, it is derived from the rain that descended on the region after the blessing of Saint Adalbert in 992 (from the Old Czech pomoknout, i.e. 'to make wet').{{cite web |title=Nepomuk|url=https://cesky.radio.cz/nepomuk-8039500|publisher=Czech Radio|language=cs|date=2001-09-28|access-date=2022-04-17}}

Nepomuk is located about {{convert|30|km}} south of Plzeň. It lies in the Blatná Uplands. The highest point is located in the westernmost part of the municipal territory at {{convert|544|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The Mihovka Brook flows through the town. East of the town are two notable fishponds, Dvorecký rybník and Panský rybník. There are also several other fishponds in the municipal territory.

Nepomuk's climate is classified as humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb; Trewartha: Dclo). Among them, the annual average temperature is {{convert|8.3|C}}, the hottest month in July is {{convert|18.0|C}}, and the coldest month is {{convert|-0.9|C}} in January. The annual precipitation is {{convert|635.2|mm}}, of which June is the wettest with {{convert|86.1|mm}}, while February is the driest with only {{convert|31.1|mm}}. The extreme temperature throughout the year ranged from {{convert|-32.2|C}} on 10 February 1956 to {{convert|39.2|C}} on 27 July 1983.{{cite web |title=Teplota vzduchu v jednotlivé kalendářní dny|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L1NEPO01&type=T&analysis=MD_T|access-date=2025-02-22|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs}}

{{Weather box

|location = Nepomuk, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1941–present

|metric first = Y

|single line = Y

|collapsed = Y

|Jan record high C = 15.8

|Feb record high C = 20.2

|Mar record high C = 24.7

|Apr record high C = 30.5

|May record high C = 33.4

|Jun record high C = 35.5

|Jul record high C = 39.2

|Aug record high C = 37.2

|Sep record high C = 33.9

|Oct record high C = 28.2

|Nov record high C = 18.9

|Dec record high C = 16.9

|year record high C = 39.2

|Jan high C = 2.2

|Feb high C = 4.2

|Mar high C = 8.8

|Apr high C = 14.9

|May high C = 19.5

|Jun high C = 22.9

|Jul high C = 25.0

|Aug high C = 25.0

|Sep high C = 19.5

|Oct high C = 13.3

|Nov high C = 6.6

|Dec high C = 2.8

|year high C = 13.7

|Jan mean C = -0.9

|Feb mean C = -0.2

|Mar mean C = 3.5

|Apr mean C = 8.3

|May mean C = 12.9

|Jun mean C = 16.5

|Jul mean C = 18.0

|Aug mean C = 17.4

|Sep mean C = 12.6

|Oct mean C = 8.0

|Nov mean C = 3.4

|Dec mean C = 0.1

|year mean C = 8.3

|Jan low C = -4.0

|Feb low C = -4.2

|Mar low C = -0.9

|Apr low C = 2.2

|May low C = 6.4

|Jun low C = 9.9

|Jul low C = 11.5

|Aug low C = 11.1

|Sep low C = 7.3

|Oct low C = 3.7

|Nov low C = 0.4

|Dec low C = -2.8

|year low C = 3.4

|Jan record low C = -29.3

|Feb record low C = -32.2

|Mar record low C = -26.0

|Apr record low C = -10.2

|May record low C = -5.0

|Jun record low C = -2.0

|Jul record low C = 1.5

|Aug record low C = 0.6

|Sep record low C = -4.5

|Oct record low C = -12.1

|Nov record low C = -15.2

|Dec record low C = -29.2

|year record low C = -32.2

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 37.2

|Feb precipitation mm = 31.1

|Mar precipitation mm = 42.1

|Apr precipitation mm = 35.2

|May precipitation mm = 66.8

|Jun precipitation mm = 86.1

|Jul precipitation mm = 83.0

|Aug precipitation mm = 78.0

|Sep precipitation mm = 46.5

|Oct precipitation mm = 47.9

|Nov precipitation mm = 40.6

|Dec precipitation mm = 40.8

|year precipitation mm = 635.2

|Jan snow cm = 15.4

|Feb snow cm = 13.7

|Mar snow cm = 5.2

|Apr snow cm = 0.4

|May snow cm = 0.0

|Jun snow cm = 0.0

|Jul snow cm = 0.0

|Aug snow cm = 0.0

|Sep snow cm = 0.0

|Oct snow cm = 0.5

|Nov snow cm = 4.5

|Dec snow cm = 11.5

|year snow cm = 51.1

|humidity colour = green

|Jan humidity = 84.7

|Feb humidity = 80.7

|Mar humidity = 76.9

|Apr humidity = 71.2

|May humidity = 72.4

|Jun humidity = 72.6

|Jul humidity = 72.0

|Aug humidity = 73.6

|Sep humidity = 78.9

|Oct humidity = 82.8

|Nov humidity = 87.3

|Dec humidity = 86.8

|year humidity = 78.3

|Jan sun = 42.0

|Feb sun = 72.8

|Mar sun = 140.7

|Apr sun = 191.5

|May sun = 192.8

|Jun sun = 218.7

|Jul sun = 238.5

|Aug sun = 224.9

|Sep sun = 157.8

|Oct sun = 101.1

|Nov sun = 50.0

|Dec sun = 42.1

|year sun = 1672.9

|source 1 = Czech Hydrometeorological Institute{{cite web |title=Průměrná teplota vzduchu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L1NEPO01&type=T&analysis=MY_T|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222085157/https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L1NEPO01&type=T&analysis=MY_T|archive-date=2025-02-22}}{{cite web |title=Úhrn srážek v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L1NEPO01&type=R&analysis=MY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-22}}{{cite web |title=Množství nového sněhu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L1NEPO01&type=N&analysis=MY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222085118/https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L1NEPO01&type=N&analysis=MY|archive-date=2025-02-22}}{{cite web |title=Průměrná relativní vlhkost vzduchu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L1NEPO01&type=H&analysis=MY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-22}}{{cite web |title=Délka slunečního svitu v jednotlivé měsíce v jednotlivé roky|url=https://www.envidata.cz/dataAnalysis/meteoKlima/analysisWrapper.php?ID=L1NEPO01&type=S&analysis=MY|publisher=Czech Hydrometeorological Institute|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-22}}}}

The first written mention of Pomuk is from 1144, when a new Cistercian monastery was built nearby. The monastery was destroyed by Hussite army in 1420 and now there is the village of Klášter. In 1384, Pomuk was merged with neighbouring Přesanice and renamed Nepomuk. It was promoted to a town in 1413.{{cite web |title=O městě|url=https://www.nepomuk.cz/obcan/o-meste/|publisher=Město Nepomuk|language=cs|access-date=2021-06-07}}

After the monastery was destroyed, its properties were acquired by Lords of Schwamberg and then by the Sternberg family. The greatest development of the town is connected with the Baroque period, when Nepomuk was an important pilgrimage site. After confusion, when Nepomuk was alternately called a town and a market town, the town status was confirmed by Emperor Charles VI in 1730.

{{historical populations

|align=none|cols=3

|1869|2572

|1880|2967

|1890|2668

|1900|2506

|1910|2532

|1921|2478

|1930|2448

|1950|2331

|1961|2568

|1970|2616

|1980|3206

|1991|3211

|2001|3546

|2011|3809

|2021|3564

|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 I/20 road (part of the European route E49) from Plzeň to České Budějovice passes through the town.

Nepomuk is located on the major interregional railway line Brno–Plzeň. It addition, it is a starting point of a local line to Blatná.{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Nepomuk|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/nepomuk/5473925|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2023-12-17}}

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The main landmark of the town centre is the Church of Saint John of Nepomuk. It was originally an early Baroque church from the mid-17th century, but it was completely rebuilt by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer in 1734–1738.{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Jana Nepomuckého|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-jana-nepomuckeho-18878278|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2022-11-18}}

The Church of Saint James the Great was originally a Romanesque church built in 1142–1153. It was then rebuilt in the early Gothic style at the end of the 13th century and in 1360–1370. The church was abolished in 1786 and the building served as a granary until 1857. In 1859–1860, it was reconstructed in the pseudo-Gothic style and since 1860, it has been a parish church. The separate late Baroque bell tower was built next to the church in 1780–1790.{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Jakuba|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-jakuba-18617489|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2022-11-18}}

U Lípy House was built between 1360 and 1370 and is the oldest house in the town. The current appearance is from the early 19th century. In the Middle Ages, this building served as the seat of the Vogt and from the 17th century as an inn.{{cite web |title=Dům U Lípy|url=https://www.nepomuk.cz/obcan/mista/dum-u-lipy/|publisher=Město Nepomuk|language=cs|access-date=2023-08-24}}

• John of Nepomuk ({{circa|1345}}–1393), saint
• Augustin Němejc (1861–1938), painter
• Marie Poledňáková (1941–2022), film director and screenwriter; raised here

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic}}

Nepomuk is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Partnerská města|url=https://www.nepomuk.cz/obcan/partnerska-mesta/|publisher=Město Nepomuk|language=cs|access-date=2024-05-24}}

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• {{flagicon|LTU}} Anykščiai, Lithuania
• {{flagicon|SVK}} Bušince, Slovakia
• {{flagicon|CZE}} Hukvaldy, Czech Republic
• {{flagicon|GER}} Kemnath, Germany
• {{flagicon|SVK}} Krupina, Slovakia
• {{flagicon|CRO}} Omiš, Croatia
• {{flagicon|NED}} Roermond, Netherlands
• {{flagicon|BRA}} São João Nepomuceno, Brazil

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