User:Ecfosho/Trčka of Lípa

Trčka of Lípa (Czech Trčkové z Lípy, German Trčka von Lípa, Trčka von Leipa, or Trczka von Leipa) was one of the most well-known families of the Czech nobility. In the second half of the 16th century and the first half of the 17th century they were among the wealthiest families of the Czech lands. They possessed extensive landholdings in central and eastern Bohemia. They can be credited with the development and beautification of such favorite modern-day tourist destinations as Valdická brána in Jičín. They encountered a similar fate as many other wealthy Bohemian families, such as their contemporaries Smiřický of Smiřic; in light of the fact that they were of Protestant faith and thus in opposition to the Hapsburgs, they were defeated at the Battle of White Mountain, and died out in 1634. The family originated in Česká Lípa. The first evidence of them dates from the 15th century, newly wealthy thanks to Hussitism.