Jindřichův Hradec District

Jindřichův Hradec District (okres Jindřichův Hradec) is a district in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Jindřichův Hradec.

Administrative division
Jindřichův Hradec District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Jindřichův Hradec, Dačice and Třeboň.

List of municipalities
Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:

Báňovice - Bednárec - Bednáreček - Blažejov - Bořetín - Březina - Budeč - Budíškovice - Cep - Červený Hrádek - České Velenice - Český Rudolec - Chlum u Třeboně - Číměř - Cizkrajov - Člunek - Dačice - Dešná - Deštná - Dívčí Kopy - Dobrohošť - Dolní Pěna - Dolní Žďár - Domanín - Doňov - Drunče - Dunajovice - Dvory nad Lužnicí - Frahelž - Hadravova Rosička - Halámky - Hamr - Hatín - Heřmaneč - Horní Meziříčko - Horní Němčice - Horní Pěna - Horní Radouň - Horní Skrýchov - Horní Slatina - Hospříz - Hrachoviště - Hříšice - Jarošov nad Nežárkou - Jilem - Jindřichův Hradec - Kačlehy - Kamenný Malíkov - Kardašova Řečice - Klec - Kostelní Radouň - Kostelní Vydří - Kunžak - Lásenice - Lodhéřov - Lomnice nad Lužnicí - Lužnice - Majdalena - Nová Bystřice - Nová Olešná - Nová Včelnice - Nová Ves nad Lužnicí - Novosedly nad Nežárkou - Okrouhlá Radouň - Peč - Písečné - Pístina - Plavsko - Pleše - Pluhův Žďár - Polště - Ponědraž - Ponědrážka - Popelín - Příbraz - Rapšach - Ratiboř - Rodvínov - Roseč - Rosička - Slavonice - Smržov - Staňkov - Staré Hobzí - Staré Město pod Landštejnem - Stráž nad Nežárkou - Strmilov - Stříbřec - Střížovice - Studená - Suchdol nad Lužnicí - Světce - Třebětice - Třeboň - Újezdec - Velký Ratmírov - Vícemil - Višňová - Vlčetínec - Volfířov - Vydří - Záblatí - Záhoří - Zahrádky - Žďár - Županovice

Geography
Jindřichův Hradec District is the second largest Czech district with an area of 1944 km2. It borders Austria in the south. About a fifth of the district territory in the east belongs to the historical land of Moravia.

The relief is rugged and hilly except in the west, which belongs to a tectonic depression. The territory extends into four geomorphological mesoregions: Javořice Highlands (south and centre), Třeboň Basin (west), Křemešník Highlands (north) and Křižanov Highlands (east). The highest point of the district is a contour line on the mountain Javořice in Studená with an elevation of 804 m, the lowest point is the river bed of the Lužnice in Ponědrážka at 410 m.

From the total district area of 1943.8 km2, agricultural land occupies 902.1 km2, forests occupy 761.1 km2, and water area occupies 136.1 km2. Forests cover 39.2% of the district's area.

The territory is rich in watercourses and ponds. The most important rivers are the Lužnice and its tributary, the Nežárka, both flowing through the western part of the district. The eastern part is drained by the Moravian Thaya. The area of the Třeboň Basin is known for its fishpond system, which includes the largest pond in the country Rožmberk and many other large ponds.

The western part of the district is protected as the Třeboňsko Protected Landscape Area.

Economy
The largest employers with headquarters in Jindřichův Hradec District and at least 500 employees are:

Transport
There are no motorways in the district. The most important roads are I/24 and I/34, which leads from České Budějovice through the western part of the district to the border with Austria, and are part of the European route E49.

Sights
The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:
 * Jindřichův Hradec Castle
 * Augustinian monastery with the Church of Saint Giles in Třeboň
 * Červená Lhota Castle
 * Dačice Castle
 * Třeboň Castle
 * Fishponds of the Třeboň Basin
 * Water saw in Stoječín-Penikov

The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:


 * Jindřichův Hradec (monument reservation)
 * Slavonice (monument reservation)
 * Třeboň (monument reservation)
 * Dačice
 * Nová Bystřice
 * Hrutkov
 * Lutová
 * Malíkov nad Nežárkou
 * Nová Ves
 * Pístina
 * Plačovice
 * Ponědrážka
 * Příbraz
 * Žíteč

The most visited tourist destination is the narrow gauge railway line operated by Jindřichohradecké místní dráhy.