Mladá Vožice

Mladá Vožice is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic about 17 km north-east of Tábor. The town originated from a settlement around a royal castle built on a hill and is known to have two churches as early as Charles IV's period. According to local resources, the castle was erected by Prince Spytihněv's order to house silver from the nearby mines. One of the earliest owners of the town might have been Stanimír z Vožice (Ztanimirum de Bazychce), as known from a 1273 written resource. The town then belonged to several dynasties, one of which gave the town its coat of arms: a tower set on fortification walls with two coats of arms on the sides. Vožice goods were probably owned by the royal chamber but were frequently...