Editing Milevsko (section)

==History==
[[File:Milevsko klášter 1.jpg|thumb|Milevsko Monastery]]
Archeological excavations have shown that the people lived in the area in the [[Paleolithic]] times. Other discoveries show occupation in the [[Bronze Age]] and the [[Hallstatt|Hallstatt Culture]] period. During the [[Migration Period]] the area was slowly settled by [[Slavs]] in the 8th century.<ref name=history>{{cite web |title=Historie města|url=https://www.milevsko-mesto.cz/o-meste/milevsko-seznamte-se/z-historie|publisher=Město Milevsko|language=cs|access-date=2021-08-27}}</ref>

The first written mention of Milevsko is from 1184 and three years later a [[Premonstratensians|Premonstratensian]] monastery was built. At the end of the 12th century, Milevsko was an important intersection of two trade routes. The following years were the time of prosperity and the monastery became one of the richest monasteries in the [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]]. In 1327, Milevsko was first referred to as a [[Městys|market town]], and in the 15th century, it became a town. The end of prosperity was caused by an attack of the [[Hussites]], who burned the monastery down in 1420. After 1581 during the rule of Hodějovský of Hodějov, the monastery was rebuilt to a manor house. In 1622 after the [[Battle of White Mountain]], the monastery was returned to Premonstrates of [[Strahov Monastery]].<ref name=history/>

In the 17th and 18th centuries the town was struck by the [[bubonic plague]]. The town with its surroundings became one of the poorest regions in the kingdom, which lasted until the beginning of the 20th century. Traditional crafts developed here, especially [[pottery]].<ref name=history/>

Until 1918, the town was a part of [[Austria-Hungary]], a seat of the eponymous district, which was one of 94 ''Bezirkshauptmannschaften'' of [[Bohemia]].<ref>Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967</ref>