Volary
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| Country | Czech Republic | ||
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| Region | South Bohemian | ||
| District | Prachatice | ||
| Little District | Prachatice | ||
| Elevation | 760 m (2,493 ft) | ||
| Coordinates | 48°54′32″N 13°53′12″E / 48.90889°N 13.88667°ECoordinates: 48°54′32″N 13°53′12″E / 48.90889°N 13.88667°E | ||
| Area | 107.63 km2 (41.56 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 4,083 (2005) | ||
| Density | 38/km2 (98/sq mi) | ||
| Mayor | Martina Pospíšilová (HNHRM) | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 384 51 | ||
   Location in the Czech Republic
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| Website: www.mestovolary.cz | |||
Volary (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvolarɪ]; German: Wallern) is a town in South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. It is located at around 48°54′32″N 13°53′12″E / 48.90889°N 13.88667°E, in the Šumava Mountains, close to the border with Germany. In 1946, following World War II and occupation by Nazi Germany, the German population of The Czech Republic was deported on the grounds of the Beneš decrees.
Volary is located southeast of Bobík (Schreiner, 1264 m above sea level), which is separated from the south by a ridge from the Vltavická brázda (Vltava furrow). The city is crossed by the creek Bach Volarský. Six kilometers south of Volary the hot and cold Vltava unite in the Moor Mrtvý to form the Vltava River. To the north of Volary lies the Small Stone Mountain (874 m nm) and the U Myslivem rise (891 m nm), in the northeast of Vysoký Les (high meadow, 942 m nm), the Zlatá stezka (Golden Path, 920 m nm), the Ořechovka (919 m nm) and the Kamenac (899 m nm) east of Větrný (Lichtenberg, 1051 m nm) southeast of the Na Skale (Big Stone Mountain, 1011 m above sea level), the Doupná mountain hora (Schusterberg, 1052 m above sea level), the Křemenná (stone layer 1085 m nm) and the Mechový vrch (Maystadt, 1012 m above sea level), in the southwest lies Lískovec (Sipplberg, 834 m nm) west the Smolna hora (883 m nm) and in the northwest Dvorský vrch (Brix, 914 m nm ), the Jedlová (Stoeger Mountain, 1088 m above sea level), the High Mark and Bobík. Through Volary the state road I / 39 leads between Vimperk and Horni Plana, which branches off to Prachatice from the center in the road II / 141. The city lies on the railway lines Číčenice-Haidmühle and Strakonice-Volary.
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