| Hluboš | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Příbram |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.7464°N 14.0203°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1355 |
| Area Total Km2: | 12.07 |
| Elevation M: | 475 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 673 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 262 22 |
Hluboš is a municipality and village in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
The village of Kardavec is an administrative part of Hluboš.
The name is derived from the surname Hluboš.[2]
Hluboš is located about 7km (04miles) north of Příbram and 41km (25miles) southwest of Prague. It lies in the Brdy Highlands. The highest point is the hill Malý Chlum at 591m (1,939feet) above sea level. The municipality is situated on the right bank of the Litavka river.
The first written mention of Hluboš is from 1355. A wooden fortress was located here. The owners of Hluboš often changed and belonged to the lower nobility. In 1546, Petr Vamberský had rebuilt the fortress into a castle.[3]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The Hluboš Castle was rebuilt into the late Baroque form in the 18th century. In 1872, it was reconstructed and extended by the family of Oettingen-Wallerstein. The result of these modifications is the present appearance of the castle with many pseudo-Renaissance elements. In 1920 and 1921 it served as a summer residence of Czechoslovak president T. G. Masaryk.[4]
The botanical garden at Hluboš Castle is one of the oldest in Central Europe. Through the Hluboš park, some trees from America and China appeared in the Czech Republic for the very first time. These were, for example, Ginkgo biloba, Cedrus libani, Juniperus virginiana, Tsuga canadensis, Thuja and Taxus.[5]
Today the castle complex is privately owned and partially open to the public under certain conditions.[4]