Castles of "Czech Republic" SOBOTÍN vs SOVINEC

SOBOTÍN

Sobotín (German: Zöptau) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants...

Sobotín (German: Zöptau) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. The first written mention of Sobotín is from 1351. The history of Sobotín is connected with the iron ore mining in the area. On 1 January 2010 a new municipality Petrov nad Desnou (including the village of Petrov nad Desnou and settlement Terezín) separated from Sobotín. One of the more important landmarks in the municipality include the Klein family mausoleum. Kleins were a family of German businesspeople who were very active in the life of the municipality. They were expelled after World War II together with the German population of the municipality.

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SOVINEC

Sovinec (German: Eulenburg) is a castle situated on a cone-shaped hill located in the south-west parts of the Rešov hilly region of Bruntál District,...

Sovinec (German: Eulenburg) is a castle situated on a cone-shaped hill located in the south-west parts of the Rešov hilly region of Bruntál District, in North Moravia, Czech Republic. In the second half of the 13th century, due to their attempts at colonizing the mountains, the Olomouc bishops came into conflict with the Jeseníky landlords. Because of the pressure from Olomouc, the brothers Vok and Pavel of the traditional Moravian family of Hrutovic, and who later called themselves of "Huzová", built a castle in Sovinec in the years 1329–32 to mark the border of their territory. Even though in the first half of the 14th century the Sovinec dynasty translated its name into the equivalent German Eulenburg, they remained the same ancient moravian branch of the Czech Hurtovic dynasty with their own insignia. From the second half of the 14th century they used either their German or their Czech name, and the latter prevailed since the 15th century.

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