Dolni Dvoriste - Municipal Office - Dolní Dvořiště 62

Office opposite the church

Dolní Dvořiště is first mentioned in 1279. The town on the land route from Bohemia to Austria was founded by the lords of Rožmberk sometime in the 13th century. Its emblem dates from around 1380. In 1400, the construction of today's parish church of St. Giles on the square. The Švamberks took over the ownership of the Rožmberk family. Due to their participation in the anti-Habsburg resistance at the time of the estate uprising, their property was confiscated, and Dolní Dvořiště was taken over by the Buquoy family. Even then, most of the inhabitants were in the town of German nationality. In the first half of the 19th century, a horse-drawn railway České Budějovice - Linz (1st on the European continent) was built in the immediate vicinity of the village. In 1890, 736 inhabitants lived in the town (excluding today's surrounding settlements), of which only 12 were Czechs (1.6%). In the summer of 1920, a four-class German school was established in the village next to the 16th century, [2] first a one-class, since 1924 a two-class Czech school, [3] which first housed in various buildings in the village. , later one classroom in a German school (today's kindergarten building). On August 24, 1924 [3], the foundation stone of the new school building was laid, which was inaugurated on September 13, 1925. [3] After the Second World War, the majority of the German population was displaced, which significantly reduced the number of inhabitants in the almost entirely German village. The village was inhabited by people from the interior and from Slovakia. In the 1950s, the border villages of Mikulov and Cetviny disappeared due to the creation of the border zone (then already displaced).