t. g. glass collection — Hluboká nad Vltavou (CZ)

ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA	*CZECH REPUBLIC*
Jihočeský kraj	*South Bohemia (České Budějovice) region*
Okres: České Budějovice

Hluboká nad Vltavou is situated at an alitude of 394 m on the river Vltava (German: Moldau) in southern Bohemia, about 10 km north of České Budějovice. The municipality has a population of about 4,700 (2005).

The area had already been inhabited in the early Bronze age. Two strongholds were founded in the early 1st century on hills in the vicinity of Hluboká. Slavic settlers came into the area in the 7th century. The castle Froburg (later German name Frauenberg) was later founded on an elevated site above the river Vltava. The Czech name Hluboká was first mentioned in the 14th century. In 1908 the village obtained the status of a town. Until 1912 the official Czech name was Podhradí pod Hlubokou.

The original

Hluboká castle [left] of King Otakar II Přemysl dated from the second half of the 13th century. After his death it came in possession of the Vítkovci (German: Witigonen) dynasty but later returned again to the Bohemian Crown. When the castle was obtained by the lords of Pernštejn a flourishing period for the castle and the nearby village began. In 1562 the castle was sold by Emperor Ferdinand II to the lords of Hradec who ordered Baldassare Maggi to rebuild the castle in Renaissance style. In 1661 the castle was obtained by the Schwarzenberg dynasty. During the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) the castle was occupied by French troops and during the siege by Austrian troops the lower castle was destroyed. After that the fortifications were torn down by the Schwarzenbergs so that the castle would not be a target of military actions. In the early 18th century, the architects Paul Ignaz Bayer and his successor Anton Erhard Martinelli rebuilt the castle in Baroque style. In 1799–1800 the castle again served as a headquarters for the Russian troops during the Napoleonic wars. In the second third of the 19th century the castle was rebuilt in splendid Tudor Gothic revival style by Johann Adolf II of Schwarzenberg. The designs were made by the Vienna architect Franz Beer who supervised the buidling works from 1840 until about 1460. The intricate exterior and interior decorations were finally finished by Ferdinand Deworetzky in 1871.

The bottom picture on glass no. 2574 [right] shows a view of České Budějovice.

Glasses in this collection from places with similar names:
The former German name of Hluboká nad Vltavou, Frauenberg, is also the name of places with Marian pilgrimage churches: Frauenberg in the municipality of Ardning and Frauenberg in Leibnitz, both in Styria, Austria.
Until 1912 the official Czech name was Podhradí pod Hlubokou. Zvíkovské Podhradí until 1924 was named Podhradí t. Karlov. Another glass of this collection shows a view of Spišské Podhradie, Slovakia.