ÄŒastrov

Častrov ( German Czastrow, also Tschastrow ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located eight kilometers east of Kamenice nad Lipou and belongs to Okres Pelhřimov.

Geography

Častrov is located at the headwaters of the Žirovnice in the southwest of the Bohemian- Moravian Highlands. To the north of the U Kobyly rises (631 m), in the northeast of Vrch (708 m ) east of the Čihadlo ( 665 m), in the south of Jedlí ( 653 m ) southwest of the Perky ( 652 m), Kopec in the west of Pelecky (719 m) ​​and in the northwest of Troják (703 m).

Neighboring towns are Drážďany, Barborka and Vlásenice - Drbohlavy in the north, Mezná and Vesela in the northeast, Perky in the east, CTIBOR the southeast, Jakubín and U Hronášů in the south, Metánov and Lhota in the southwest, Vlásenice and Antonka in the west and Johanka and Pelec in the northwest.

History

The colonization of virgin forests in the Bohemian- Moravian border area began in the 12th century after Vladislav II to the bishopric of Prague, leaving large parts of it. The remaining with the sovereign territories acquired Witiko of Prčice and let them make cultivated by settlers. His son Henry I of Neuhaus Built in the early 13th century, the stone castle Žirovnice and put the settlement in their vicinity continued. Blank Located remained a virgin forest strip between Pelhřimov and Neuhaus. This earned the Lords of Beneschau and Bechyně and sat in the middle of the 13th century, starting from Černovice continued colonization. Below emerged Kamenice, Horni Cerekev and Počátky. The first written mention of CTIBOR dates from 1233. In this phase of settlement is likely to fall include the creation of Častrov. For the first time the place is detectable in a derived from the period before 1296 document of Bishop Tobias of Bechyně. It is believed that the village, similar Pelec, whose name is derived from fur, northwest of the present Častrov place Stary Častrov was created by German settlers. While CTIBOR and Jakubín to rule Žirovnice belonged Častrov, Metánov and Pelec were most of the time after Kamenice submissive. In 1350 was the owner of Kamenice, Dobeš z Bechyně ( 1312-1361 ), built the Church of St. Nicholas in Častrov. 1362 a Plebanie was established in Častrov, which was in 1384 raised to the parish. In the forest environment Hájek between Jabubín and Žirovnice the settlements Častrovské Dvorce, Kolíbky and Straněnské Dvorce were. It was destroyed to Moravia in the fall of 1425 the expedition of the Hussites. The settlements Kobylá and Jetřiše at Častrov extinguished it probably is.

Henry IV sold by Neuhaus Častrov and Metánov 1489 to Mikuláš Holakovský of Proseč. 1534 belonged to the landed gentry Častrov Douha of Častrov. In the 1549 estate settlement made ​​between the daughters of John of Leskovec Častrov was back a part of the Kamenitzer rule. Metánov fell while the Magdalény of Lipa associated Kamenitzer share, while Častrov was part of the Božejover share. 1550 united the new owner Zdeněk Malovci Malovic the rule again. The goods of the Zikmund Matěj Vencelík of Vrchoviště, Kamenice had acquired as a dowry from the Malovci, were confiscated in 1620 because of his participation in the uprising. Three years later, the Spanish officer Heinrich Paradys of Eskavie (Paradise of Eschaide ) purchased the domain Kamenitz for 109 956 shock Meißnische dime. 1638 was inherited by his underage sons Martin and Bartholomew de la saga possession, with Vlásenice, Pelec, Častrov and Metánov of Bartholomew were managed in the Berni rula 1654 32 economies are reported for Častrov. Through the Thirty Years' War a number of properties were desolate. On the deserted grounds arose in this time of manor Metánov. 1672 inherited Bernard František paradise de la saga Častrov and Metánov.

In 1711 Heinrich Graf Daun bought the villages Častrov and Metánov as well as the newly formed settlement of the Berky paradise de la saga. He built a small rule, whose seat was Častrov and who converted the old feasts into a baroque palace. The rule included the manors Častrov, Metánov and Stara Huť and the glassworks Stara Huť with the associated settlement. 1721 acquired Franz Karl von Friedberg Ebelin on the rule Častrov. He founded in Častrov a distillery and a brewery. The Častrover beer was sold until after Jindřichův Hradec. 1749 bought the Kuttenberger citizens and master glassmakers František Karel eagle Častrov. Adler left in 1761 to build a new rectory and the church was again its own pastor. At this time, the parish school was built. North of Častrov Adler founded the glassworks Nová Huť with ten enamel pans and a settlement for the glass workers. Subsequent owners of the rule were in 1790 Joseph Anton Ritter von Ehrenfeld and then the citizens Iglauer Jan Weiss. 1822 was a public auction of the estate of White, at the Karl Graf Rey on Kamenitz was awarded the contract for the rule Častrov and this reunited with Kamenitz.

1829 had Rey's widow to sell the power Kamenice including Častrov at the Viennese banker Johann Heinrich Geymüller. 1835 took over his son Jacob Rudolf Geymüller the rule. He owned the property until 1896. 1839 was Geymüller build a new brewery in Častrov.

After the abolition of patrimonial Častrov formed in 1850 with the district Perky (formerly Berky ) and the settlements Barborka (formerly Stara Hut ) and Drážďany (formerly Nová Huť ) a municipality in the district team Pelhřimov. Since the end of 1847 zwangsverpachtete manor Metánov demolished in 1857. In the middle of the 19th Century began a large wave of emigration to America. 1862 called Jacob Rudolf Geymüller also Častrov Castle outwear. Get remained just the historical bastion, which was inhabited by the shepherds of the Častrover court. From 1905 Častrov belonged to the District Commission Kamenice. 1919 Perky became independent. Since 1921 the municipalities named Častrov. 1938, Perky again as a district to Častrov. After the abolition of Okres Kamenice nad Lipou Častrov was assigned to the Okres Pelhřimov with the beginning of 1961. 1964 were incorporated CTIBOR, Metánov, Pelec and Jakubín.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Častrov Častrov ( Czastrow ) CTIBOR ( Ztiborsch ) Jakubín ( Jakubin ) Metánov ( Metanow ) Pelec ( Peletz ) and Perky ( Perke ) and the settlements Barborka ( Baborka ) and Drážďany ( Draschdum ).

Attractions

  • Baroque Church of St.. Nicholas, built in 1350 formerly Gothic building was given its present form from 1722 under Franz Karl von Ebelin
  • Rectory built at the end of the 18th century
  • Nature reserve Pstruhovec the same name, fed by the Žirovnice, pond; east of Pelec
  • Neo-Romanesque Chapel of St.. Trinity in CTIBOR, built in 1868
  • Chapel of the Assumption in Metánov, built 1900-1903
  • Jakub Hron Museum in the school in Metánov, opened in 2007
  • Chapel of St.. Perky family, built in 1900

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Jakub Hron, called Metánovský (1840-1921), Swedish physicist, born in Metánov
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