Telč

Geobox | Settlement
name = Telč
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category = Town

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image_caption = The main square in Telč, with the famous 16th century houses

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country = Czech Republic
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state =
region = Vysočina
region_type = Region
district = Jihlava
district_type = District
commune = Telč
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elevation = 514
lat_d = 49
lat_m = 11
lat_s = 04
lat_NS = N
long_d = 15
long_m = 28
long_s = 11
long_EW = E
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area = 24.86
area_round = 2
population = 5812
population_date = 2006-10-02
population_density = auto
established = 1315
established_type = First mentioned
mayor = Roman Fabeš
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map_background = Czechia - background map.png map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic
map_locator = Czechia
commons = Telč
statistics = [http://www.statnisprava.cz/ebe/ciselniky.nsf/i/588024 statnisprava.cz]
website = [http://www.telc-etc.cz/telc/ www.telc-etc.cz/telc/]
footnotes =

Telč (IPA2|tɛltʃ; _de. Teltsch) is a town in southern Moravia, near Jihlava, in the Czech Republic.

It contains a castle and a long urban plaza with well-conserved Renaissance houses; since 1992 all of this has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The builder of the castle was Zachariáš of Hradec, after whom the plaza was named; his name is also related to that of the city of Jindřichův Hradec.

Telč was founded in the mid-14th century; the Roman-style tower for the Holy Spirit proves that there was already a settlement there. The city walls and the Church of the Ascension of Mary are Gothic in style.

Until 1945 Telč had, as did its neighbor Jihlava, a principally German-speaking population.

In 1979 Werner Herzog filmed the movie "Woyzeck" in Telč.

External links

* [http://www.telc-etc.cz/telc/ Municipal website (in Czech, German, English and French)]
* [http://www.discoverczech.com/telc/index.php4 Telc] - sights, basic facts, hotels, culture