Drahanovice

Drahanovice ( German Drahanowitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located 13 kilometers west of the city center of Olomouc and is part of the Okres Olomouc.

Geography

Drahanovice is located at the foot of Zábřežská highlands in the Upper Moravian Valley ( Hornomoravský úval ). The village is crossed by Bach Zlata stružka. To the south, the Maly raise Kosíř (316 m) and Velky Kosíř ( 442 m) in the southwest of Sýkorník (413 m). Prostějov - the north-eastern outskirts of the village the railway line runs Červenka.

Neighboring towns are Náměšt na Hané and Loučany in the North, Nova and Rataje in the northeast, Ústín and Luběnice in the east, Lutín, Slatinice and Lípy the southeast, Slatinky, Čelechovice na Hané and Stařechovice in the south, Služín, Bohemia pod Kosířem and Lhota pod Kosířem in southwest, Kníničky and Ludéřov in the west and Střížov in the northwest.

History

The first written record of Drahanowicz dates from 1322, the first mention of the festivals Drahanowicz took place in 1351. ; it is believed that it originated at the transition from the 13th to the 14th century. The existence of the parish Drahanowicz is provable since 1349; after the parish chronicle it to have been founded in 1341. The town was the seat of various gentry families which the predicate of Drahanowicz used. Among them were at the beginning of the 15th century, the Tunkl of Drahanowicz and later the Drahanovský of Stvolová. As of 1427, the town was referred to as Drahanovice and 1594 Drahnov. After the Battle of White Mountain, the goods of Vratislav Bernard Drahanovský were confiscated by Stvolová. Then the owner of Drahanovice alternated in rapid succession and in 1724 the rule was connected to Bohemia pod Kosířem. The parish registers are implemented in the country since 1709. Other forms of the name were Drahanowitz (from 1633) and Drahanovitium (1771 ). Since 1798 a school is detectable. The festivals in 1805 - with the exception of the Black Tower - canceled. In 1837 lived in the 77 houses of the village of 462 people. Until the mid- 19th century, the village remained subservient always Bohemia pod Kosířem.

After the abolition of patrimonial formed Drahanovice or Drahonovice / Drahanowitz 1850 a municipality in the district team Olomouc. Residents of the village lived by agriculture. 1861 founded August Graf Sylva Taroucca Drahanowitz in a sugar factory. This was in 1870, the corporation of the kk private sugar factory in Drahanowitz converted. In 1876 a major fire destroyed almost the entire village and the sugar factory. Since 1890, the Czech place name Drahanovice found official use. At the beginning of the 20th century, the sugar factory was renamed to the corporation of the rural sugar factory in Drahanowitz / Akciové společnosti rolnického cukrovaru na Drahanovicku whose main shareholder was Baron Franz Klein. After the other shareholders had in 1914 bought the Klein majority shareholding, the company was renamed Bäuerliche Actien- sugar factory in Drahanowitz / Rolnický akciový cukrovar v Drahanovicích. Since 1921, the village belonged to Okres Olomouc- venkov. In 1924, the village was electrified. 1928 was the railway station. In 1915, 1924, 1938, 1947 and 1954 Drahanovice was flooded with high waters of Zlata stružka. The sugar factory was nationalized in 1947. As of 1949, the village belonged to Okres Olomouc- okolí and since 1961 it belongs to the Okres Olomouc. 1951 burned down the machine station. In June 1960 Ludéřov were incorporated ( with Kníničky and Střížov ) and Lhota pod Kosířem. At the beginning of the 21st century, the sugar factory went bankrupt and was shut down. The nucleus has 693 inhabitants and consists of 259 homes and 42 cabins.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Drahanovice Drahanovice ( Drahanowitz ) Kníničky ( Kinitschl ), Lhota pod Kosířem ( Lhota ), Ludéřov ( Luderschow ) and Střížov ( Strischow ) and the settlement of Nova ( Nova ).

Attractions

• Cerna vEz ( Black Tower ), the four-storey square tower of 28 m height is the relic of the medieval fortress Drahanovice from the 13th and 14th centuries. His Renaissance transformation took place 1567-1590. A mid-19th century it was repaired. Since its renovation in 2002, it houses an exhibition of regional studies museum Olomouc on the archeology and history, as well as a gallery. Next to the tower a cultural center was built
• James the Greater Church, built in 1742 by a medieval core of the 14th century
• Campanile, north of the church on the former cemetery wall, the two-storey Renaissance building built in the 16th century, he wears three bells
• Statue of St. John of Nepomuk created around 1840
• Park behind the sugar factory
• Celtic sanctuary at Ludéřov
• Nature 's Valley Park Terezské with homonymous valley of Šumice, north west of the town
• Nature Park Velky Kosíř
• Headwaters of Zlata stružka