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Jindrichuv Hradec


Jindrichuv Hradec is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has approximately 21,500 inhabitants and is the capital of the Jindrichuv Hradec District.

Sights include:
  • The town castle and palace is the third largest in the country after those in Prague and Ceský Krumlov. It covers 3 hectares (7.4 acres) and contains 320 rooms. More than 10,000 works of art and a similar number of books may be found there.
  • The district museum, which is in a Renaissance building that was once the Jesuit seminary appeared in the town in 1882 and is one of the oldest regional museums in Bohemia. The most well-known item in the museum is the Kryza, the largest mechanical Christmas manger scene in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
  • Preserved Jewish Cemetery (dates back from 15th century)
  • The Church of Ascension
  • The Chapel of Saint Mary Magdalene
  • The Church of Saint John the Baptist with the nearby building that once housed minorite monks and was later an infirmary
  • The Church of the Most Holy Trinity
  • The Church of Saint Catherine
  • The Church of Saint James
  • The Church of Saint Wenceslas
  • Houses in the marketplace (Friendensplatz) with the pristine Gothic town hall



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