Kaznějov

Kaznějov ( German Kaznau, also Kasenau, Kazniow, 1939-45: Gaßnau ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It is located 16 kilometers north of the center of Plzeň and is part of the western Bohemia.

Geography

The city is located in the southwestern foothills of the hill country Rakonitzer in the headwaters of the creek Kaznějovský creek. South-east rises the Cerveny vrch (515 m ) west of the Bertovný vrch (513 m) and in the northwest of Holý vrch (507 m). To the west are large Kaolingruben. By Kaznějov leads the railway line Plzeň- Žatec.

Neighboring towns are Rybnice and Plasy in the north, Nebřeziny, Kočín and Dolni Hradiště in the northeast, Koryta and Obora in the east, Jarov, Chotina, Třemošnice, habes and Býkov the southeast, Kamenice, Třemošná and Horni Briza in the south, Vísky and Trnová in the southwest, Krašovice, Buci and Mrtník in the west and Lomnička and Lomany in the northwest.

History

Kázňov was mentioned in 1144 in the founding document of the monastery Plasy first time. The following year, the first Cistercian nine came from the Klosterlangheim in the area and received by Vladislav II the duke's court Plasy and the villages Kázňov, Sechutice, Vrazne and Nebřeziny passed. In place of the village Kázňov the Order built a grange before 1250. After the dissolution of a grange village was in 1346 re- invests. By Kralowitzer judge and the locator Peter the farm was divided into 16 Huben and assigned to farmers. 1420 Emperor Sigismund pledged Kázňov together with the town Kralowitz and other monastery villages. Against the brothers Hans and Friedrich Kolowrat Liebsteinsky on Krašov Because Kázňov was previously pledged by Sigismund Burian of Guttenstein, this finally got the village and closed it Dolni Bela to his rule. During the Hussite Wars six farms were burned and two kilometers south west village Újezd ​​went out completely. Is now the bastion Újezd ​​in his place. 1555 bought the Karl Steiner Viscount Sebastian Markwart of Hradek Kázňov and the desert Újezd ​​of the Guttensteinern. After the Battle of White Mountain, the goods of the March Warden of Hradek were confiscated and later sold initially by the Czech Chamber of William of Vřeskovice, the Kaznějov had to cede to the Imperial Whoosh to the monastery Plasy. In the Berni rula 1654 eight properties, a sheep and the desert manorial mill are reported for Kaznějov. Until 1664 the village again grew to 24 property and the Abbot Christopher Tengler was to create a Vorwerkshof instead of the mill. 1681 lifted the abbot Benedict Engelken the yard again and divided the country three settlers. Until the dissolution of the monastery in 1786 Kázňov remained of monastic property and then fell to the religious fund. 1826 bought Prince Metternich, the rule Plasy. After the discovery of a coal deposit Johann David Starck began in 1833 with their degradation and established a chemical plant. 1847 by the company John Dav. Stark a new factory for the production of phosphorus built. In the chemical factories of Kaznau vitriol, vitriol and Fuming sulfuric acid was in the 19th century continue alum produced.

After the abolition of patrimonial Kázňov / Kaznau formed in 1850 a municipality in the district Kralowitz. In the 1870s began in the Starckschen factories and the production of superphosphate from residues of phosphate production. 1874 began in Kázňov the production of highly concentrated fuming sulfuric acid. The 1885 for mining and Industrial Werke AG, vorm. J. D. Starck, based in sub- Reichenau renamed Starckschen factories were bought in 1900 by Ignaz Petschek. 1921, the village name was changed to Kaznějov. 1934, a cemetery was established in Kaznějov. As a result of the Munich Agreement in 1938 was the division of the company and it was the industrial corporation Kaznějov - Břasy based in Prague. This was after the German occupation " arisiert " and as a sister company of the Company mining and industrial plants formerly John Dav. Starck in sub- Reichenau to industrial corporation formerly John Dav. Starck - Průmyslová akciová společnost Drive January Dav. Starck renamed. In 1945 the nationalization of Průmyslová akciová společnost, Drive January David Starck. 1949, from the state-owned company based in Jodasta Kaznějov, 1953 in Chemické závody Julia Fučíka ( Chemische Werke " Julius Fučík " ) has been renamed. In 1991, the mills have been privatized. Since 1997 Kaznějov is a city. In 2002, floods creek by a flood of Kaznějovský.

Local structure

For Kaznějov no districts are reported.

Attractions

• Chapel at the old town square, built in 1893, instead of the previously spent in chapel from 1630
• Monument to the Fallen