World / Czech Republic / Plzensky / Manetin, 1 km from center Coordinates: 49°59'28"N   13°13'57"E

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City and Castle Manetin


Old city founded by Czech King Vladislav II in 1169 to guard the old land tradeway Prague-Pilsen-Nurenberg. First sovereingns was members of the Order of St. John´s Knights. Later the Hrobcicky of Hrobcice family founded a castle, which had been reconstructed 1712 after a large fire of all the city by Lazansky Count of Bukova in the monumental barroque style with extensive landscape garden a plenty barroque statues. A prominent Czech historical landmark, called as a "barroque pearl" of Bohemia. Barroque Churches of St. Barbara and St. John the Baptist.

After the Europeans allies of Czech´s and Hitler´s Nazi Garmany Munich Agreement (September 29, 1938) the last Czech country of this part of Sudetenland - Czechoslovakia border.

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www.zamek-chyse.cz/zamek-manetin.php
Wikipedia article: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manětín
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