Bělá nad Radbuzou

Bela nad Radbuzou ( German Weißensulz ) is a city in western Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It lies at the mouth of the creek in the Pössigkauer Radbuza in the West Bohemia, about 10 km east of the Bavarian market town Eslarn and belongs to the Okres Domažlice to. In the district Železná (German Eisendorf ) is a border crossing to Eslarn.

History

The first report on the site can be found in the Chronica Boemorum of Cosmas of Prague, in which we read that Duke Vladislav I could destroy a German castle at Bela in 1121. Bela was a settlement of Choden at the border to Nordgau (Bavaria) and had significant privileges as border guards. Strengthened since the 14th century was the influx of German settlers and the name Weißensulz arose. Through the village leads the railway line Domažlice - Tachov - Plana u Mariánských Lázní. Administratively formed Weißensulz from the mid-19th century, a municipality in the district court or in the district Hostau Bischofteinitz. In 1875 the church was raised to the market town. The over the Radbuza leading lower bridge is a replica of the Charles Bridge in Prague with figures of saints.

During World War II, the Mayor Ferdinand Wild prevented an explosion of this cultural monument. The group of families game, based in Eisendorf and Weißensulz since 1648, a company for embroidery and lace products recounted the 1873 World Exhibition in Vienna princes and kings to their customers. In 1945, the family game was expropriated in favor of the newly formed Czechoslovakia and came up with the German residents of the town during the expulsion of the Germans from Czechoslovakia to West Germany, where in Boxberg Baden managed a fresh start of production.

Personalities

• Adolf Kroeber (1867-1916), a civil engineer of Usambara in Tanzania.
• Hans Drachsler (1916-1996), German politician ( CSU).

Neighboring communities

The neighboring municipalities (clockwise ) are: Třemešné, Straz u Tachova, Hostouň, Mutěnín, Rybnik nad Radbuzou, Stadlern, Schoensee and Eslarn.

Community structure

The town of Bela nad Radbuzou the villages belong Bystřice ( Wistersitz ) Čečín ( Zetschin ), Cerna Hora ( Tschernahora ) Doubravka ( Dobraken ) Hleďsebe ( Siehdichfür ), Karlova Huť ( Karlsbach hut), Nový Dvůr ( Neuhof ), Pleš ( Plöß ), Smolov ( Schmolau ) Újezd ​​Svatého Kříže (. Heiligenkreuz Weißensulz b ) and Železná ( Eisendorf ); as well as the 1945 sunken village Liskovec ( Costanosellari ).

Culture and sights

The stone bridge over the Radbuza was built from 1703 to 1723 at the suggestion of Anna Marie Terezie Metternich, owner of domination Good Bela. It replaced a previously existing wooden bridge. The bridge has eight arches and six piers. Each pillar is decorated with a figure of a saint.

The figures on the west side set from north to south is:

• Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception
• The St. Wenceslas, patron saint of Bohemia
• The holy Erazim and Erasmus

The figures on the east side set from north to south is:

• St Michael the Archangel
• St. John of Nepomuk
• St. Anthony of Padua

The bridge was closed as important and worthy of protection monument in 1995 for car traffic and may now (2013 ) be used only by pedestrians and cyclists.

Figure of St. Wenceslas on the stone bridge in Bela nad Radbuzou

Figure of Saint Erazims on the stone bridge in Bela nad Radbuzou

Figure of St. Michael the Archangel on the stone bridge in Bela nad Radbuzou

Figure of Saint Nepomuk on the bridge in Bela nad Radbuzou

Figure of St. Anthony on the stone bridge in Bela nad Radbuzou

From about 3.5 km south-east lie Újezd ​​Svatého Kříže ( German: Holy Cross) comes forth of the Way of St. James Prague - Tillyschanz. Behind Bela he continues in a westerly direction to the Nový Dvůr 2.5 km away. It is marked with I24 and is called in Czech Svatojakubská cesta.

Twin Cities

• Eslarn, Germany