Svojšín

Svojšín ( German Schweißing ) is a municipality with 446 inhabitants ( 1 January 2004) in the Czech Republic. It is situated in 406 m asl creek at the mouth of Černošínský in the Mies and belongs to the Okres Tachov on. The place is located six kilometers north-west of Stříbro on the railway line to Plana.

History

The village Svaysin The date of the establishment of the Peter and Paul church was first mentioned in 1176th is to 1180th In the 14th century a division of the town was in Oberschweißing with the Peter and Paul's church and a castle. On the other side of the Mies was Unterschweißing, which also received a church, with the date their construction is unknown.

Feudal lords were initially the masters of Schweißing that later Zmrzlík of Schweißing called themselves.

Schweißing was since the 15th century belonged to the noble family of Paběnice on Nalžovy, which changed its name to Svojský of Nalžovy. Through marriage came the rule in the second half of the 16th century to the Příchovský Příchovice, in whose possession it remained until the end of the 18th century. 1795 Schweißing was bought by Josef Johann Ritter von Bigatto. After his death in 1812, Anton Karl Josef Freiherr von Juncker was used to Oberkunreuth as heir. Until the abolition of patrimonial rule in 1850 the village was owned by the family Juncker Bigatto. The Schweißing castle came in 1935 by inheritance Clemens Graf von Podewils - Juncker Bigatto (* 1905, † 1978), and was until 1945 the center of life of his family.

1939, the village in the region Mies including its districts Hollin and Lingau 632 inhabitants.

Attractions

In addition to the St. Peter and St. Paul's Church Svojšín Palace shaping the image of the place. It was built in 1723 by Johann Wenzel Příchovský Příchovice.

At seven kilometers north-west Vlčí hora ( Wolfsberg ) are the ruins of the castle Volfštejn ( Wolffenstein ).

Community structure

The municipality Svojšín the districts Holyně include ( Hollin ), Nynkov ( Lingau ) and Řebří (ladder).

Sons and daughters of the town

• Anton Peter Graf Příchovský Příchovice (1707-1793), Archbishop of Prague
• Franz Ziegler (1899-1949), German politician (CSU, later Bavaria Party)

Other personalities

• Clemens Graf von Podewils - Juncker Bigatto (1905-1978), German writer and squire to Schweißing
• His wife Sophie Dorothee von Podewils - Juncker Bigatto (1909-1979), German narrator, lived from 1932 to 1945 at Castle Schweißing
• Barbara Wulffen (* 1936), German writer, spent her childhood at Castle Schweißing