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25-494: The villages of Bohunice, Neznašov, Slavětice and Všeteč are administrative parts of Všemyslice. The name is derived from the personal name Všemysl, meaning "the village of Všemysl's people". Všemyslice is located about 27 kilometres (17 mi) north of České Budějovice . It lies in the Tábor Uplands . The highest point is the hill Vysoký Kamýk at 627 m (2,057 ft) above sea level. The Vltava River flows along

50-611: A named geographic feature in the state, and gives the drainage basin area, mouth coordinates, and river mile, specifically the distance from the mouth of the tributary to the mouth of its parent stream. Some islands are named for their river mile distance, for example the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania has Six Mile Island, Nine Mile Island, Twelve Mile Island, and Fourteen Mile Island. (The last two islands form Allegheny Islands State Park , although Fourteen Mile Island

75-503: Is a musical description of the river's course through Bohemia. Smetana's symphonic poem also inspired a song of the same name by Bertolt Brecht . An English version of it, by John Willett , features the lyrics Deep down in the Moldau the pebbles are shifting / In Prague three dead emperors moulder away. The Vltava River has been used as the setting for a number of films, including the 1942 Czech drama The Great Dam . More recently,

100-519: Is from 1352. Until the Thirty Years' War , the village was owned by various less important noblemen. After the properties of the nobleman Bohuslav Malovec were confiscated in 1622, Všemyslice was acquired by Baltasar Marradas . In 1630, Všemyslice was bought by Counts of Vrtba and merged with the Neznašov estate. There are no major roads passing through the municipality. The railway that runs through

125-533: Is just the name of the river and the location in river miles. In cases where there is ambiguity, for example when more than one stream has the same name, it uses a series of river mile strings referring to the distance to the ocean along either the Ohio River (and Mississippi River ) or through Lake Erie (and the Saint Lawrence Seaway ). Another example of a River Mile System is utilized by

150-598: Is on standby for such cases with the long section of the river upstream of the Podolí plant under the stricter, second degree of pollution prevention regulations. Along its course, the river receives many tributaries. The longest tributaries of the Vltava are: Between the confluence with the Elbe at Mělník and Prague , the river is navigable by vessels of up to 1,000 tonnes (980 long tons; 1,100 short tons) displacement. Most of

175-410: Is the river kilometer . They are analogous to vehicle roadway mile markers , except that river miles are rarely marked on the physical river; instead they are marked on navigation charts, and topographic maps. Riverfront properties are sometimes partially legally described by their river mile. The river mile is not the same as the length of the river, rather it is a means of locating any feature along

200-769: Is the longest river in the Czech Republic , a left tributary of the Elbe River. It runs southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia , through Český Krumlov , České Budějovice , and Prague . It is commonly referred to as the "Czech national river". Both the Czech name Vltava and the German name Moldau are believed to originate from the old Germanic words * wilt ahwa 'wild water' (compare Latin aqua ). In

225-725: The Annales Fuldenses (872 AD) it is called Fuldaha ; from 1113 AD it is attested as Wultha . In the Chronica Boemorum (1125 AD) it is attested for the first time in its Bohemian form, Wlitaua . The Vltava originates by a confluence of two rivers, the Teplá Vltava , which is longer, and the Studená Vltava , originating in Bavaria . From a water management point of view,

250-529: The Elbe River at Mělník at an elevation of 156 m (512 ft). The height difference from source to mouth is 1,018 metres (3,340 ft). The Vltava River drains an area of 28,089.9 square kilometres (10,845.6 sq mi) in size, over half of Bohemia and about a third of the Czech Republic's entire territory. The waters ultimately drain to the North Sea. As it runs through Prague,

275-628: The Lower Mississippi River is located at Head of Passes , where the main stem of the Mississippi splits into three major branches before flowing into the Gulf of Mexico . Mileages are indicated as AHP (Above Head of Passes) or BHP (Below Head of Passes). River miles are used in a variety of ways. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , in its 2001 Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams , lists every named stream and every unnamed stream in

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300-827: The Berchtold family. It was built in the neo-Baroque style in 1930. It has a valuable interior. A landmark of the centre of Neznašov is the Neznašov Castle. A fortress in Neznašov was built probably shortly after 1540. In 1800, it was rebuilt into the Empire castle. Today the building is unused. South of Neznašov is a Jewish cemetery, founded around 1741. More than 300 tombstone have been preserved to this day. The oldest tombstone dates from 1735. Vltava The Vltava ( / ˈ v ʊ l t ə v ə , ˈ v ʌ l -/ VU(U)L -tə-və , Czech: [ˈvl̩tava] ; German : Moldau [ˈmɔldaʊ] )

325-665: The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, in New Mexico, on the Rio Grande. The river miles in Central New Mexico are measured from Caballo Dam upstream to near Embudo , New Mexico. For example, a river mile sign in the Albuquerque Bosque (part of Albuquerque's Open Space Park) is River Mile 184, approximately 184 miles above Caballo Dam . As mentioned earlier in this system the further you go up stream the higher

350-596: The Vltava and Teplá Vltava are one river with single numbering of river kilometres . The Teplá Vltava originates in the territory of Kvilda in the Bohemian Forest at an elevation of 1,174 m (3,852 ft), on the slope of the Černá hora mountain. Together with the Teplá Vltava, the Vltava is 431.3 kilometres (268.0 mi) long. Without the Teplá Vltava, the Vltava is 377.0 kilometres (234.3 mi) long. The river flows north across Bohemia, through Český Krumlov , České Budějovice and Prague . It merges with

375-473: The Vltava has been used as a film location for such films as Amadeus in 1984 and Mission: Impossible in 1996. A minor planet , 2123 Vltava , discovered in 1973 by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh , is named after the river. River mile A river mile is a measure of distance in miles along a river from its mouth . River mile numbers begin at zero and increase further upstream. The corresponding metric unit using kilometers

400-492: The banks denoting the water line for notable floods in 1784, 1845, 1890, 1940, and the highest of all in 2002. In August of 2002, the basin was heavily affected by the 2002 European floods when the flooded river killed several people and caused massive damage and disruption along its length, including in Prague. It left the oldest bridge in Prague, Charles Bridge, seriously weakened, requiring years of work to repair. Prague

425-612: The largest reservoir on the Vltava by volume, while the Lipno Reservoir retains the largest reservoir by area. The Štěchovice Reservoir is built over the site of St John's Rapids . The river also features numerous weirs that help mitigate its flow from 1,172 metres (3,845 ft) in elevation at its source near the German border to 155 metres (509 ft) at its mouth in Mělník. The Vltava basin has flooded multiple times throughout recorded history. Markers have been created along

450-501: The northern municipal border. The Orlík Reservoir , built on the Vltava, also marginally extends into the municipal territory. The territory of the municipality was inhabited already in prehistoric and early medieval times. There was a flat, unfortified settlement in the locality of the hill Kořenský vrch. In the locality of Kozí vrch was a two-part fortified settlement from the Bronze Age . The first written mention of Všemyslice

475-586: The river is crossed by 18 bridges (including the Charles Bridge ) and covers 31 kilometres (19 mi) within the city. The water from the river was used for drinking until 1912 when the Vinohrady Water Tower ceased pumping operations, and is now a place to view the city. It is, however, the source of drinking water in case of failures of or repairs to the water supply from the Želivka and Kárané sources. The Podolí water processing plant

500-590: The river relative to its distance from the mouth, when measured along the course (or navigable channel) of the river. River mile zero may not be exactly at the mouth. For example, the Willamette River (which discharges into the Columbia River ) has its river mile zero at the edge of the navigable channel in the Columbia, some 900 feet (270 m) beyond the mouth. Also, the river mile zero for

525-651: The river upstream of Prague as far as České Budějovice is navigable by craft of up to 300 tonnes (300 long tons; 330 short tons) displacement, but such vessels cannot pass the dams at Orlík and Slapy , and are also restricted by a low bridge at Týn nad Vltavou . Work is planned to complete boat lifts , planned for but never completed, at the two dams, and to rebuild the bridge, in order for them to navigate throughout. Much smaller craft, of up to 3.5 tonnes (3.4 long tons; 3.9 short tons) displacement and under 3 metres (9.8 ft) beam and 3 metres (9.8 ft) air draft, can avoid these obstacles. Upstream of České Budějovice,

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550-479: The river's section around Český Krumlov (specifically from Vyšší Brod to Boršov nad Vltavou ) is a very popular destination for water tourism . Nine hydroelectric dams have been built on the Vltava south of Prague to regulate the water flow and generate hydroelectric power , starting in the 1930s. Beginning at the headwaters, these are: Lipno , Lipno II , Hněvkovice , Kořensko , Orlík , Kamýk , Slapy , Štěchovice and Vrané . The Orlík Reservoir supports

575-579: The southern part of the municipality is unused. The most valuable building of the municipality is the Church of the Holy Trinity, located near Neznašov. It was originally a medieval church from the first half of the 14th century. It was modified in the Renaissance style in 1606–1607 and then rebuilt into its present Baroque form in the 18th century. Near the church is located the funeral chapel of

600-603: Was again flooded in 2013 . Many locations within the Vltava and Elbe basins were left under water, including the Prague Zoo , but metal barriers were erected along the banks of the Vltava to help protect the historic city centre. One of the best-known works of classical music by a Czech composer is Bedřich Smetana 's Vltava , sometimes called The Moldau in English. It is from the Romantic era of classical music and

625-538: Was split into two parts by a dam). The state of Ohio uses the "River Mile System of Ohio", which is "a method to reference locations on streams and rivers of Ohio". This work began by hand measurements on paper maps between 1972 and 1975 and has since been converted to a computer-based electronic version, which now covers the state in 787 river mile maps. Locations of facilities such as wastewater treatment plants and water quality measurement sites are referenced via river miles. Ohio uses one of two systems. The simplest

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