JULIUS JINDŘICH SASKO-LAUENBURSKÝ VERSUS OSTROVŠTÍ MĚŠŤANÉ. PROMĚNA OSTROVA VE VÉVODSKOU REZIDENCI
JULIUS HENRY OF SAXE-LAUENBURG AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF OSTROV.

Author(s): Michal Vokurka
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Civil Society, Political history, Politics and society, 17th Century
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Ostrov; Julius Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg; restricting the citizens’ rights; building the residence;
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the transformation of Ostrov (nad Ohří) in Northwest Bohemia in the period of the Thirty Years War. Ostrov managed to purchase its freedom in 1603, falling into servitude again after the 1620’s confiscation. Julius Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg, who became the new authority, stepped into the citizens’ life noticeably by restricting their administrative and economic privileges as well as by the building of an opulent residence with a large garden, making Ostrov only a base for the residence and court instead of a sovereign town. Therefore, unlike others, this paper studies these two issues (restricting the citizens’ rights and building the residence) together, using written and other sources like maps or engravings, because without exerting control over the town and domain the costly keeping of the residence would not be possible.

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