Suchá Loz

Sucha Loz ( German Suchalosa, 1939-45: Vines Village ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located eight kilometers south-east of Uherský Brod and belongs to Okres Uherské Hradiště.

Geography

Sucha Loz is located on the northern slope of the White Carpathian Mountains on the edge of the nature reserve PLA White Carpathians. The village is located in the valley of the brook Nivnická, which is referred to herein as Bystřička. North-east rise the Skalky ( 465 m), in the southeast of the Municipal háj (536 m) and Holý vrch ( 592 m ) south of the Studenný vrch (646 m), in the southwest of the Prašnice ( 387 m ) west of the CUPY (326 m) and in the northwest of the Králov ( 357 m). To the east is the reservoir Ordějov.

Neighboring towns are Šumické pole - Králov, Jakubovec, Banov and Zámeček in the north, Podhorský Mlýn and Bystřice pod Lopeníkem in the east, Troják, Mechnáč and Lopeník the southeast, Březova, strání and Drahy in the south, Korytná the southwest, Volenov, Cupák and Nivnice in west and Nivnický Dvůr and Uherský Brod in the northwest.

History

The first written mention of Suchalusi took place in 1261 in the founding document of the monastery Smilheim, which has proved to be subsequent falsification of the monastery. 1423 Emperor Sigismund mortgaged the estate strání including Suchalusi and other villages as well as the Good Banov to the rule Uherský Brod. 1493, the village was called Sucholzuy and 1507 as the search Hloze. 1638 the village was looted. During the Turkish invasion in 1663 50 inhabitants were killed. In the years 1704 and 1705 the village was plundered again in the incidence of Hungarian insurgents and partially destroyed. The oldest town seal is from 1687; it bears the inscription PECET DIEDINY SEARCH LOSI and shows a cross, a ploughshare and a coulter. When in 1720 the place name Sucholossa is preserved.

After the replacement of patrimonial Sucha Loza / Suchalosa formed in 1850 a municipality in the district team Uherský Brod. In the late 19th century existed in Sucha Loza three mills and three forges. Residents of the village lived by farming, at the beginning of the 20th century consisted Sucha Loza mostly of small peasant farms. During the winter months some of the residents went with seeds in Hungary and the Alpine countries peddling. In 1907 a quarry on the operation, were carved into the paving stones. Since 1906, the church bore the name Suchaloza and since 1924 is the present name Sucha Loz common. Between 1939 and 1945 the village was awarded the German name vine village. After the abolition of Okres Uherský Brod Sucha Loz came in late 1960 Okres Uherské Hradiště. In the years 1969-1971 the Nivnická was dammed east of the village at Ordějov. The run-down since the 1950s Ordějov yard was flooded in the late 1970s when a dam break of crowded lake. In 1986, the demolition of dilapidated farm.

Sucha Loza is one of the places with the greatest wind erosion in the Czech Republic, for this reason, were planted on the entire corridors wind coats. Sucha Loza is known for its cultivation of spring garlic, besides also grains and spices are grown and produced dried fruit.

Community structure

For the community Sucha Loz no districts are reported. Sucha Loz to include the settlements Volenov ( Wöllenau ) and CUPY.

Attractions

• Church of St.. Ludmilla, the modern building was designed by architects J. Zajicek
• Chapel of St. Peter and Paul, built in the late 18th century
• Chapel of St.. Cyril and Methodius, built after 1860
• Chapel of St. Roch, built in 1886 after the end of an epidemic
• Cross, erected in 1908 to mark the 60th Jubilee of Emperor Franz Joseph I.
• Nature Reserve Horni louky, orchids deposits, south of the village
• Sauerbrunnen Loza and Slatina, the lithium bearing mineral spring was first described in 1580 by the Brno physician Thomas Jordan of Cluj as Medicated