Hluboká nad Vltavou Chateau and town & 15960 Hluboka Asteroid - Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
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N 49° 03.424 E 014° 25.501
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Hluboká nad Vltavou Chateau and town...
Waymark Code: WMR4G8
Location: Jihočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/12/2016
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About a thousand asteroids were discovered by astronomers from Klet Observatory (
visit link) . The most of this asteroids was named after famous locations of Czech Republic or famous Czech natives. In addition to these well-known names/persons, some asteroids are named after the names of the villages in the vicinity of the Klet Observatory.
Hluboká nad Vltavou is a very well-known town thanks to its chateau. The small town is situated on the banks of the Vltava river about 10 km north of the town Ceské Budejovice.
The Hluboká nad Vltavou chateau is one of the best known and the fanciest chateaus in the Czech Republic. Originally it was a royal castle founded in the first half of the 13th century. Only a guardian tower has been preserved up till this day within the present highest chateau tower. During the 16th century the castle developed - the duct with water from the Vltava river was built and two game preserves - Stará Obora (Old Preserve - 1,542 hectares) and Ponešická Obora (Ponešice Preserve - 1,581 hectares) - were founded near. At the end of the 16th century the castle was rebuilt into the Renaissance chateau under the project of the Baltazar Maggi. In the 18th century the second reconstruction was in the Baroque style under the design of A. E. Martinelli and the large English park with a winter garden greenhouse were added. The present appearance of the chateau comes from the Romantic period, when it was rebuilt by the Viennese architect F. Beer in the style of the English Royal Castle in Windsor.
15960 Hluboka Asteroid is a main-belt asteroid.
Discovered by: M. Tichý, Z. Moravec
Date of discovery: 2. 2. 1998
Place of discovery: Klet Observatory