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Český Krumlov is a small city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic and Old Český Krumlov is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Construction of the town and Český Krumlov Castle began in the late thirteenth century at a ford in the Vltava River , which was important in trade routes in Bohemia. In 1302 the town and the castle were owned by the House of Rosenberg . Emperor Rudolf II bought Krumlov in 1602 and gave it to his natural son Julius d’Austria. Emperor Ferdinand II gave Krumlov to the House of Eggenberg . From 1719 until 1945 the castle belonged to the House of Schwarzenberg . Most of the architecture of the old town and castle dates from the fourteenth through seventeenth cen

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