Lechotice

Lechotice ( German Lechotitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located seven kilometers south of Holešov and belongs to Okres Kroměříž.

Geography

Lechotice is located in the western foothills of the mountain country Vizovice the transition to the Upper Moravian Valley ( Hornomoravský úval ). The village is located on the right side of the creek Racková and is drained by the creek Židelná. To the west lies the valley of the Žeranovka. To the north rises the Díly (248 m), in the northeast of Hradek (281 m ) southeast of the Zadnà vrch (423 m), Přední vrch (420 m), Hřeben ( 399 m) and Skala (344 m ) in the south the Holý kopec (313 m ) southwest of the Široký (245 m) and in the northwest of the Na Skále (284 m).

Neighboring towns are Zahnašovice, Holešov, Vetrák, Bednárňa and Marti Nice in the north, Žeranovice and Franckovice in the northeast, Racková and Strhanec in the east, Opršálka, Ostra Horka, Mladcová and Zbožensko the southeast, Hostišová in the south, Mysločovice, Machová and Tlumačov the southwest, Míškovice in the west and Na Kopci and Ludslavice in the northwest.

History

The first written mention of the village belonging to the reign Količín Lechoticzie took place in 1342 along with Lhota as part of the purchase of the rule by the Margrave Karl. The village of Lhota went out soon afterwards; it was in the hallway Lhotská. In 1368, Peter acquired Holičky von Sternberg Količín with all accessories, including Lechoticz, and joined the goods with his rule Holešov. 1397 sold his heirs Peter of Krawarn and Marquart von Sternberg rule Količín with the villages Blazice, Hostišová, Količín, Lechotycze, Machová, Markov, Meziříčí, Míškovice, Mysločovice, Racková, Sazovice, Syrotsko and Žeranovice to Zdenko V. von Sternberg on Lukov. Zdenko descendants sold after the Hussite Wars, due to financial hardships successive parts of the originally large rule. This also included the village Lechoticze that in 1481 acquired the cousins ​​from the Holle showers branch of the family. Subsequent owners were the lords of Zierotin that Popel of Lobkowicz and from 1650 Johann von Rott Valley. The residents of Lechotitz belonged since the 16th century the majority of the denomination of the Bohemian Brethren. The oldest town seal shows a portrait of St.. Bartholomew and bears the inscription PECZET OBECZNI DIEDINI LECHOTITZ. After the extinction of the race of the Rott Valley Heritage 1762 Franz Anton von Rott valley son Maximilian Franz Nádasdy fell, who sold the rule of the Counts Erdődy. Until the mid- 19th century, the city remained subservient always Holešov.

After the abolition of patrimonial Lechotice / Lechotitz formed in 1850 a municipality in the district team Holešov. 1858 sold the counts Erdődy their goods in Holešov with all accessories to the Counts of Vrbno. 1868 a school was established at the upper part of the village green. In 1912 below it, on the site of the forge and the house of František Karlík a new school building. In 1960, the community were assigned to the Okres Kroměříž. In 1975, the local primary school was closed and re-trained the children after Mysločovice. In the school building, a kindergarten was established. Gepfarrt the village has always been and jeh after Mysločovice.

Local structure

For the community Lechotice no districts are reported. The village consists of the local documents Konec, Dědina, Kopec and Skalka. The center is composed of two rows of houses on both sides of Angers existing Dědina.

Attractions

• Bell tower on the green
• Memorial to the fallen of World War I, built 1921 on the Anger
• Virgin Mary statue from 1891
• Lechtický pond fishpond south of the village, a recreation area
• Mighty weeping willow

Sons and daughters of the town

• Rudolf Linhart (1883-1915), poet and author, he worked as a chaplain in Velka Bystřice and used the pseudonyms Ahasuerus and Emil Smutný.