České Petrovice

České Petrovice ( German Bohemian Petersdorf ) is a municipality in Okres Ústí nad Orlicí in the Czech Republic. It belongs to the region Pardubice Region.

Geography

České Petrovice lies in a high valley on the southeastern slope of the Eagle Mountains, directly on the border with Poland. Neighboring towns are Mladkov and Lichkova to the southeast, and Vlčkovice Pastviny in the south, Klášterec nad Orlicí the southwest, Kunvald in the west and Rokytnice Orlické Mountains in the northwest. Across the border to Poland are Lesica in the northwest, and Międzylesie Smreczyna in the Northeast and Kamienczyk and Boboszów in the east. The town is surrounded by mountains: to the north lies the Čihácký vrch, in the east of Bernardův vrch, south of the 762 meter high Adam and west of the 672 m high Jedlina.

History

Peter village was probably founded in the first half of the 16th century as a logging town and to distinguish the village of the same at Wichstadtl denoted by the addition Bohemian, while for the existing Petersdorf the name German Petersdorf (now Petrovičky ) naturalized. Bohemian Petersdorf belonged to the rule Geiersberg and was first mentioned in 1568, when the rule limits were measured or defined. Another time it was mentioned on 19 March 1601 as Adam von Waldstein the sovereignty Geiersberg the Georg von Stubenberg sold.

1734 was built the Peter and Paul Church in Ceske Petersdorf, which was the parish church in 1835, which also Tschihak ( Čihák ) belonged. It featured a three-class elementary school, a financial guard, who oversaw the cross-border traffic in the adjacent county of Glatz Prussian since 1763 and a savings bank. Of economic importance was since the end of the 19th century, the summer and winter tourism and the production of ski boots.

After the founding of Czechoslovakia a school class for the Czech minority was set up after 1920 and introduced the official place name České Petrovice. Between 1935 and 1938 several bunker lines of the Czechoslovak Walls to ensure the Tales of the Silent Eagle originated in the area. 1939 counted 466 residents who lived in 148 houses.

After the Munich Agreement Bohemian Petersdorf was incorporated into the German Reich and was until 1945 part of the German district Grulich. After the end of the Second World War, the German inhabitants 1945/46, were expelled. Thus, the population fell significantly. An extensive repopulation did not occur during the period of Communist rule because of the remote location and proximity to the border. Since the political changes of 1989, an economic upswing by the increase in summer tourism and the good sports in the winter season.

Community structure

The municipality České Petrovice There are no other districts.

Attractions

• Peter and Paul Church 1734
• Chapel on the mountain Adam. It was founded in 1801 by Anton Bayer, a citizen of Bohemian Petersdorf thanks for regaining health and restored by his descendants and refurbished several times.