Vyšší Brod

Vyšší Brod consists of eight 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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• Vyšší Brod (1,861)
• Dolní Drkolná (22)
• Dolní Jílovice (64)
• Herbertov (13)
• Hrudkov (168)
• Lachovice (45)
• Studánky (206)
• Těchoraz (64)

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The name literally means 'higher ford'.

Vyšší Brod is located about {{convert|21|km}} south of Český Krumlov and {{convert|40|km|abbr=on}} south of České Budějovice. About two thirds of the municipal territory lie in the Bohemian Forest Foothills, only the western part lies in the Bohemian Forest. The highest point is the mountain Jezevčí vrch at {{convert|984|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The municipal territory borders Austria in the south; the Vyšší Brod Pass is located on the border.

The Vltava River flows through the town. The streams Menší Vltavice and Větší Vltavice flow into the Vltava in Vyšší Brod. The Lipno II Reservoir, built on the Vltava, is located on the northern outskirts of the town.

Vyšší Brod's climate is classified as humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb; Trewartha: Dclo). Among them, the annual average temperature is {{convert|7.2|C}}, the hottest month in July is {{convert|17.0|C}}, and the coldest month is {{convert|-2.1|C}} in January. The annual precipitation is {{convert|738.5|mm}}, of which July is the wettest with {{convert|96.6|mm}}, while April is the driest with only {{convert|40.2|mm}}. The extreme temperature throughout the year ranged from {{convert|-34.0|C}} on 10 February 1956 to {{convert|36.0|C}} on 27 July 1983.

{{Weather box

|location = Vyšší Brod, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1955–present

|metric first = Y

|single line = Y

|collapsed = Y

|Jan record high C = 17.0

|Feb record high C = 20.0

|Mar record high C = 23.7

|Apr record high C = 29.4

|May record high C = 31.6

|Jun record high C = 35.0

|Jul record high C = 36.0

|Aug record high C = 35.6

|Sep record high C = 33.3

|Oct record high C = 27.3

|Nov record high C = 22.3

|Dec record high C = 16.5

|year record high C = 36.0

|Jan high C = 2.3

|Feb high C = 4.5

|Mar high C = 8.8

|Apr high C = 14.4

|May high C = 18.9

|Jun high C = 22.4

|Jul high C = 24.3

|Aug high C = 24.1

|Sep high C = 19.0

|Oct high C = 13.9

|Nov high C = 7.2

|Dec high C = 2.8

|year high C = 13.6

|Jan mean C = -2.1

|Feb mean C = -1.1

|Mar mean C = 2.2

|Apr mean C = 6.8

|May mean C = 11.8

|Jun mean C = 15.5

|Jul mean C = 17.0

|Aug mean C = 16.2

|Sep mean C = 11.5

|Oct mean C = 7.0

|Nov mean C = 2.6

|Dec mean C = -1.1

|year mean C = 7.2

|Jan low C = -6.1

|Feb low C = -5.7

|Mar low C = -2.7

|Apr low C = 0.3

|May low C = 5.1

|Jun low C = 8.9

|Jul low C = 10.6

|Aug low C = 10.1

|Sep low C = 6.5

|Oct low C = 2.4

|Nov low C = -1.2

|Dec low C = -4.7

|year low C = 2.0

|Jan record low C = -32.3

|Feb record low C = -34.0

|Mar record low C = -28.5

|Apr record low C = -10.8

|May record low C = -7.6

|Jun record low C = -3.0

|Jul record low C = 0.4

|Aug record low C = 0.7

|Sep record low C = -5.0

|Oct record low C = -12.0

|Nov record low C = -20.2

|Dec record low C = -31.3

|year record low C = -34.0

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 49.5

|Feb precipitation mm = 41.1

|Mar precipitation mm = 56.5

|Apr precipitation mm = 40.2

|May precipitation mm = 76.0

|Jun precipitation mm = 85.9

|Jul precipitation mm = 96.6

|Aug precipitation mm = 91.8

|Sep precipitation mm = 58.4

|Oct precipitation mm = 52.1

|Nov precipitation mm = 42.2

|Dec precipitation mm = 48.2

|year precipitation mm = 738.5

|Jan snow cm = 26.1

|Feb snow cm = 20.2

|Mar snow cm = 13.2

|Apr snow cm = 3.6

|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 = 0.7

|Nov snow cm = 8.7

|Dec snow cm = 17.8

|year snow cm = 90.3

|humidity colour = green

|Jan humidity = 84.0

|Feb humidity = 79.9

|Mar humidity = 77.7

|Apr humidity = 74.5

|May humidity = 74.8

|Jun humidity = 75.3

|Jul humidity = 76.1

|Aug humidity = 78.8

|Sep humidity = 82.8

|Oct humidity = 84.2

|Nov humidity = 86.6

|Dec humidity = 86.2

|year humidity = 80.1

|Jan sun = 52.1

|Feb sun = 82.7

|Mar sun = 127.2

|Apr sun = 172.5

|May sun = 191.0

|Jun sun = 201.7

|Jul sun = 218.3

|Aug sun = 211.9

|Sep sun = 149.0

|Oct sun = 113.9

|Nov sun = 55.9

|Dec sun = 45.7

|year sun = 1621.9

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File:Klášter (Vyšší Brod) (8).jpg

Vyšší Brod was founded on an old trade route near a ford ({{langx|cs|brod}}) across the Vltava, hence the name. The first written mention of the settlement is in the deed of foundation of the Cistercian monastery from 1259, where Vok I of Rosenberg confirmed the donation of a large area for the benefit of this monastery and mentioned the market settlement of Vyšší Brod and the church. The settlement was probably founded much earlier.{{cite web |title=Stručná historie města|url=http://www.mestovyssibrod.cz/strucna-historie-mesta_55.html|publisher=Město Vyšší Brod|language=cs|access-date=2021-09-04}}

In 1870, Vyšší Brod was promoted to a town by Emperor Franz Joseph I. After 1918, the coexistence of the German-speaking majority and the Czech minority stabilized. After World War II, most of the ethnic German population was expelled and was resettled by mostly non-native population. The Iron Curtain was established and the monastery was forcibly abolished.

After the opening of borders in 1989, the town's importance strongly grew due to the direct road to the border crossing at Studánky / Weigetschlag. In 1990, the monks returned to the monastery.{{cite web |title=Obnova klášterního života po pádu komunismu r. 1989|url=https://www.klastervyssibrod.cz/Historie/Obnova-klasterniho-zivota-po-padu-komunismu-r-1989|publisher=Vyšší Brod Monastery|language=cs|access-date=2021-09-04}}

{{historical populations

|align=none|cols=3

|1869|3859

|1880|4017

|1890|4047

|1900|3937

|1910|4071

|1921|4003

|1930|4601

|1950|2194

|1961|2201

|1970|2356

|1980|2595

|1991|2606

|2001|2561

|2011|2447

|2021|2443

|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}}}}

Vyšší Brod lies on the railway line of local importance from Rybník to Lipno nad Vltavou.

The road border crossing Studánky / Weigetschlag is located at the Vyšší Brod Pass in the municipal territory.

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The Cistercian Vyšší Brod Monastery with the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is the most important building and the main landmark of the town. For its value, it is protected as national cultural monument.{{cite web |title=Klášter cisterciáků Vyšší Brod|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/klaster-cisterciaku-vyssi-brod-15856079|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-11-13}} The monastery complex also houses a postal museum, a branch of the Prague Postal Museum.

The Church of Saint Bartholomew is located on the town square. It was originally an early Gothic building, documented already in 1259, when the monastery was founded. The oldest preserved part of the church is the chancel, which dates from the second half of the 13th century. Modifications were made in the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1715, the church was extended. In the second half of the 19th century, the tower was restored to its Gothic appearance.{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Bartoloměje se hřbitovem|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-bartolomeje-se-hrbitovem-18800211|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-11-13}}

The second landmark of the town square is the Old Town Hall. It was originally a house from 1524, which was rebuilt into the town hall after the 1569 fire. Its present neo-Gothic form is a result of the reconstruction from 1883. Until 1947, the building served as a town hall. Today it houses the tourist infocentre.{{cite web |title=Stará radnice s městským parkem|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/stara-radnice-s-mestskym-parkem-19797277|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-11-13}}

In Loučovice is a Marian pilgrimage site called Maria Rast. The pilgrimage tradition began there in 1844. The complex of the pseudo-Gothic buildings with the Chapel of Maria Rast was built in 1888–1890. The way to the chapel is lined by the Stations of the Cross dating from 1898.{{cite web |title=Poutní místo Maria Rast|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/poutni-misto-maria-rast-14275397|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-11-13}}

• Leopold Wackarž (1810–1901), Cistercian abbot general, died here
• Franz Isidor Proschko (1816–1891), Austrian writer

The asteroid no. 121089, which was discovered in 1999 by Miloš Tichý from the Kleť Observatory, was named after the town.

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