|
|
| ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA | CZECH REPUBLIC |
| Vysočina | Highlands (Jihlava) region |
| Okres: Třebíč |
map →
Želetava is situated at an elevation of 578 m in the valley of the upper reaches of the Želetavka Riverin the western part of the Brtnice Highlands in the south of the Vysočina regions, about 18 km southwest of the district town Třebíč and about 30 south-southeast of Jihlava, the regional capital. The municipality has a population of about 1,500 (2025).
The oldest known document that mentions Želetava dates from 1303. The owners of the village changed very often, until
1458, when Želetava became part of the Telč estate. It remained there until 1828, when the
Želetava estate was separated from Telč. It then was the seat of an estate of the same name until 1849. From
1850 to 1855 it was subject to the political authority of the sub-regional office in Dačice and in
judicial administration to the district court in Telč. Following the territorial reorganisation of 1947/1949 it was
placed in the administrative district of Moravské Budějovice in the newly established
Jihlava region. During another territorial reorganization in the 1960s, it was placed in the administrative district of
Třebíč and the South Moravian Region until the abolition of the District Office in
Třebíč in 2002. Since 2003, Želetava has been an independent municipality.
The 
parish church of St. Michael the Archangel [left, no. 4936: top right
picture] was originally built as a Gothic church around 1303, when it and the village were first mentioned in
writing. In the 16th century, the church was rebuilt in the Renaissance style and a prismatic tower was added. After the
Battle of the White Mountain (Bílá Hora, today in Prague), the church was looted
in 1620, and later damaged repeatedly by fire in 1677, 1760, 1842. The church was then rebuilt in its current, Baroque style
in 1842–1844. The church was renovated in 1902–1903, when the interior was modified. In 2024, the roof was
reconstructed, replacing the existing eternit roofing with copper.
The building depicted in the bottom right picture is the old school of Želetava.
The edifice is identified by the inscription, in Czech, ŠKOLA, while the labelling of the entire picture is
in German, Gruss aus Schelletau ('greeting from Želetava').
[https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDeletava;
https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostel_svat%C3%A9ho_Michaela_archand%C4%9Bla_(%C5%BDeletava)]
![[scale]](lineal.jpg)