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The Jewish cemetery is a remnant of the Jewish community that existed in Blovice. It was allegedly founded in 1683. The cemetery has an area of 1,433 m (15,420 sq ft). Approximately 350 Baroque and Neoclassical tombstones have been preserved.
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The Church of Saint John the Evangelist was built in the Baroque style in 1760–1767. Next to the church is the Chapel of the Holy Cross with the tomb of the Kolowrat-Krakowsky and Pálffy families, which was rebuilt in 1833 from the original older building.
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Hradiště Castle was built on the site of a former fortress in the 16th century, then baroque rebuilt in 1704 and 1726, and finally rebuilt in the pseudo-Gothic style in 1872–1874. Today it houses the Museum of Southern Plzeň Region.
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The main landmark of the town square is the town hall from 1825. In 1893, it was reconstructed in the pseudo-Gothic style. In front of the town hall is a sandstone statue of St. John of Nepomuk from 1702.
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family, who purchased the estate in the late 17th century and held it until 1872. In the 18th century, Blovice was promoted to a town. In 1865–1868, the railway Plzeň–
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The villages of Bohušov, Hradiště, Hradišťská Lhotka, Hradišťský Újezd, Komorno, Stará Huť, Štítov and Vlčice are administrative parts of Blovice.
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The largest employer based in the town is ProMinent Systems, manufacturer of dosing systems and plastic tanks with more than 300 employers.
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was built via the town and the character of the town began to change. From 1872 to 1918, the town was property of the Hungarian
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There are several fishponds in the territory; the largest of them is Huťský with an area of 8.8 ha (22 acres).
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The first written mention of Blovice is from 1284, when it was a market village owned by the
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Owners of Blovice often changed. The most notable owners were the
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Blovice is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of
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List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic
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Town
Town hall
Flag of Blovice
Coat of arms of Blovice
Blovice is located in Czech Republic
49°35′7″N 13°32′14″E / 49.58528°N 13.53722°E / 49.58528; 13.53722
Czech Republic
Region
Plzeň
District
Plzeň-South
Time zone
UTC+1
CET
DST
UTC+2
CEST
www.blovice-mesto.cz
[ˈblovɪtsɛ]
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German
Plzeň-South District
Plzeň Region
Czech Republic

Plzeň
Švihov Highlands
Úslava
Pomuk monastery
market town

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