Miřetice (Chrudim District)

Miřetice ( German Miřetitz, since 1939 Mirschetitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located nine kilometers north of Hlinsko and belongs to Okres Chrudim.

Geography

Miřetice is located in the northeast of the Iron Mountains, between the valleys of the streams Ležák and Oběšinka.

Neighboring towns are Bosov, Holci and Račany in the north, and Havlovice Dubová in the northeast, Dachov in the east, in the southeast Tisovec, Paseky Nouzov and Včelákov in the south, Majlant the southwest, Cekov in the west and Švihov in the northwest.

History

Miřetice was the transition from the 12th to the 13th century during the colonization of the Iron Mountains of the monastery Podlažice. The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1325 as the property of CHOTEBOR of Miřetice. In Miřetice a fortress existed which was the seat of the noble family of the same name. 1650 the village came to power Přestavlky and remained with her ​​until the abolition of patrimonial rule in 1848. The owners changed frequently and in the 18th century acquired Johann Adam Auersperg of the place. 1798 belonged to the dominion Přestavlky the villages Miřetice, Dachov, Cekov, Stan, Srní and Stičany. In 1837 the mining of granite is provable, also played at this time, the carp a significant role. Miřetice consisted at that time of 26 houses and had 167 inhabitants. In 1900, already in 1246 people lived in the village including Dubová and Havlovice. Miřetice was thus the village with the highest number of taxable inhabitants in the entire district Nassaberg.

During the period of German occupation, the Gestapo determined after the assassination of the Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich in lagers a hideout of Czechoslovak paratroopers. On June 24, 1942, the village was occupied and burned by 500 men from the SS, the military police and police under the command of Hauptsturmführer Gerhard Clages. A year later the ruins were razed to the ground.

1981 saw the incorporation of Švihov including its hamlets Bosov, Krupin and Krupínské Paseky. Today, with 100 jobs, the company Eltop Praha sro the largest employer in the town.

Local structure

The municipality consists of the villages Miřetice Bosov ( Boschow ) Cekov ( Tschekau ) Dachov ( Dachau), Dubová ( Dubova ), Havlovice ( Hawlowitz ), Krupin ( Krupin ) Miřetice ( Mirschetitz ) and Švihov ( Schwihau ) and the settlements Dachovské paseky, Holci, Krupínské Paseky Majlant, Nouzov, Račany and Švihůvek. In the corridors of the community itself in 1942 destroyed the hamlet was lagers ( Lezaky ).

Attractions

• Memorial to the destroyed by the Nazis place lagers, two kilometers south-east of Miřetice
• Narrow valley of the brook Ležák between lagers and Miřetice
• Fish ponds Petráň, Horička and Zdar at Havlovice, part of the nature reserve the Iron Mountains
• Einödhof "Well Perku ", two kilometers north, with a sundial at the top
• Natural Monument Kovárenský fishpond with peat meadows, north of the town
• Flooded several granite quarries at Švihov, Dubová and Dachov