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Soběslav is situated at an altitude of 405 m on the river Lužnice (Luschnitz, Lainsitz) in South Bohemia. Soběslav was first mentioned in 1239 and received the status of a royal town in 1390.

The deanary church of St. Peter and Paul [left and right: bottom pictures] was built at the end of the 15th and the beginning 16th century. The tower (68 m high) was built in 1485–1487 and received its Baroque roof in 1750.

The Gothic hospital church of St. Vitus [right: top picture] was built in 1374–1390.

The top picture of glass no. 109 [left] show a building labelled  učitelský ústav ('normal school').