Bílá Hlína

Bila Hlína ( German white glue ) with 107 inhabitants, is one of the youngest and smallest municipalities in Okres Mladá Boleslav in the Czech Republic. The name is derived from the white clay that was mined and delivered to potteries and brickyards.

Geography

The village is situated on a hill on both sides of the road to Mimoň, 5 kilometers from the city Mnichovo Hradiště. Neighboring towns are Klášter Hradiště nad Jizerou, Ptýrov, Nová Ves u Bakova, Dolni Krupa, Rokyta and Horni Bukovina. Approximately 780 of the 857 hectare municipal area is covered by forest, the rest is used for agriculture.

History

Bila Hlína was founded at the beginning of the 18th century. In former Country Estate also flourished in the cottagers and small farmers, who were under the rule in Mnichovo Hradiště and this had to do forced labor until 1848. The first mention of the village name comes from the year 1712. 1745 there were six houses. 1850 recorded the first official census house numbers 39, in which 289 people lived. Since then, the population has been declining continuously. On 31 December 1920, that pertains to the Monastery and Hradiště village Bila Hlína after a reorganization of administrative units for independent community. 1938, a large part of the municipal area was added to the Sudetenland, only the village itself remained part of the Resttschechei and was on 15 March 1939 to the first occupied by the German army places. After 1945, about one- third of the population left the city and settled in the Czechoslovak border areas.

Around the year 1830 drove the robber Wenzel Babinský around the loose. In June 1866 fighting in the Austro- Prussian War took place in the vicinity.

Attractions

• The site is adjacent to the protected forest area Klokočka, a National Natural Monument ( Národní přírodní památka ) with rare marsh vegetation.