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Divišov (German: Diwischau) is a market town in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,800 inhabitants. It is located near the Sázava and Blanice rivers. Divišov is known for a Jawa factory that produces speedway motorcycles.
Divišov consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
Radonice and Zdebuzeves form an exclave of the municipal territory.
The name is derived from the personal name Diviš, which is a Czech variant of the name Dionysus.
Divišov is located about 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of Benešov and 39 km (24 mi) southeast of Prague. It is located in a hilly landscape. The western part of the municipal territory lies in the Benešov Uplands and the eastern part in the Vlašim Uplands. Large part of the area is covered with forests. The highest points are the hills Březák and Vrchy, both at 533 m (1,749 ft) above sea level.
The confluence of the rivers Sázava and Blanice is located in Radonice part of Divišov.
The first written mention of Divišov is in a deed of King Ottokar I of Bohemia from 1218, which included the name Diviš of Divišov. He founded here a fortress around which the settlement began to form. Before 1242, Zdislav, the first-born son of Diviš of Divišov, founded Český Šternberk Castle in the neighbourhood of today's Divišov municipal territory, and the Divišov family became known as the Sternberg (Šternberk) family.
In 1545, Divišov became a town. It received coat of arms with a gold star which reminded the Lords of Sternberg. In 1742, after a large fire, almost the whole of Divišov burned down.
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Divišov
Divišov (German: Diwischau) is a market town in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,800 inhabitants. It is located near the Sázava and Blanice rivers. Divišov is known for a Jawa factory that produces speedway motorcycles.
Divišov consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
Radonice and Zdebuzeves form an exclave of the municipal territory.
The name is derived from the personal name Diviš, which is a Czech variant of the name Dionysus.
Divišov is located about 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of Benešov and 39 km (24 mi) southeast of Prague. It is located in a hilly landscape. The western part of the municipal territory lies in the Benešov Uplands and the eastern part in the Vlašim Uplands. Large part of the area is covered with forests. The highest points are the hills Březák and Vrchy, both at 533 m (1,749 ft) above sea level.
The confluence of the rivers Sázava and Blanice is located in Radonice part of Divišov.
The first written mention of Divišov is in a deed of King Ottokar I of Bohemia from 1218, which included the name Diviš of Divišov. He founded here a fortress around which the settlement began to form. Before 1242, Zdislav, the first-born son of Diviš of Divišov, founded Český Šternberk Castle in the neighbourhood of today's Divišov municipal territory, and the Divišov family became known as the Sternberg (Šternberk) family.
In 1545, Divišov became a town. It received coat of arms with a gold star which reminded the Lords of Sternberg. In 1742, after a large fire, almost the whole of Divišov burned down.