Чехияның Славонице қаласы: тарихы мен ерекшеліктері

Slavonice (; Zlabings) is a town in Jindřichův Hradec District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation.

Villages and hamlets of Kadolec, Maříž, Mutišov, Rubašov, Stálkov and Vlastkovec are administrative parts of Slavonice.

Slavonice is located about southeast of Jindřichův Hradec and east of České Budějovice. It lies on the border with Austria and is adjacent to the municipality of Waldkirchen an der Thaya. Despite administratively being a part of the South Bohemian Region, the town lies in the historical land of Moravia. The eastern part of the municipal territory with the town proper lies in the Křižanov Highlands, the western part lies in the Javořice Highlands and includes the highest point of Slavonice at above sea level. The Slavonický Stream flows through the town and supplies several ponds in the municipal territory.

Slavonice was founded in the 12th century. The first written mention is from 1260. The settlement and later a market village slowly developed into a fortified town. From the 13th century, the underground system was built, which served as drainage and town's defense system. In the 14th century, Slavonice extended to the west (today's Míru Square) and to the east (today's Horní Square). At the end of the 15th century, ponds began to be established in the area. The town and the surrounding countryside were lightly fortified in the period leading up to the World War II. Some of these small bunker complexes have been repaired and refurbished. The area and defences were never used against Nazi Germany, being settled by a German speaking majority, as the town and region had to be surrendered to the Nazi Germany following the Munich Agreement. The original German speaking population was expelled in June 1945 following World War II. Being so close to the Austrian border, Slavonice was heavily affected by the creation of the Iron Curtain during the period of communism. The hamlet of Maříž was emptied of its inhabitants during the communist era in an effort to prevent people from living anywhere near the border with non communist Austria. After the Velvet Revolution and the fall of communism, Maříž was recolonized by ceramics artists.

There is the road border crossing with Austria Slavonice / Fratres. Slavonice is the final station on the railway line heading from Havlíčkův Brod.

The town has a traditional medieval Renaissance town centre. Cellar vaults, facades of houses with typical gables derived from the Italian Renaissance and a guild rooms with murals have been preserved. The rich sgraffito decoration of the houses is also typical, including complex figural scenes. The Church of Saint John the Baptist was built in the 13th or 14th century. It has a façade decorated with sgraffito from the end of the 16th century. Today it serves to cultural purposes. Church of the Holy Cross is a cemetery church from 1702. Outside the urban area, there is the pilgrimage Church of Corpus Cristi, which was built originally in the 13th century and renewed after it was burned down during the Hussite Wars.

The films Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) and Barefoot (2017) were filmed here.