Zbytiny

Zbytiny ( German Oberhaid ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located eight kilometers south of Prachatice and belongs to Okres Prachatice.

Geography

Zbytiny is located on the right side of the Blanice in the valley of the creek Zbytinský in Šumava. North-east rises the Libín ( 1,095 m ).

Neighboring towns are Sviňovice in the north, Skříněřov in the east, and Koryto Křišťanov the southeast, Spálenec in the south, Svatá Magdalena and Volary the southwest, Mustek in the west and Blažejovice in the northwest.

History

In the 14th century the settlement Pošumavská was at the present site in 1388 and it was first mentioned in documents as Switin. In 1395 the monastery Sancta Corona received the villages Zbytiny, Blažejovice, Koryto, Skříněřov and Sviňovice. Five years later Zbytyny is located next to the Czech name for the first time the German Hayd. After the destruction of the monastery by the Hussites in 1420 Zbytiny belonged to the monastic possessions, which is appropriated Ulrich von Rosenberg.

Until the beginning of the 17th century held the Rosenbergs Zbytiny. Because of high debt had Peter Wok von Rosenberg sell the property to Rudolf II. Zbytiny consisted in 1600 of 23 farms, the Church of St. Catherine and a parsonage and the Kretscham. 1622 was Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg Zbytiny. The German name Oberhait, who was later to Oberhaid is attested since 1654. In the 17th century, the parish became extinct in Oberhaid and the village was the parish after Wallern. As 1717 Eggenberger became extinct in the male line, Oberhaid fell to the Schwarzenberg. When local fire of 1736 the church and 46 houses were destroyed. 1786 Church in Oberhaid became a Lokalie Wallern and 1891 was the resurgence of the parish church. The church was dedicated to St. Vitus.

After commissioning of the railway from Prachatitz after Wallern in 1899 the village grew rapidly. Inventory is 1870, out of 55 houses so there were 1 930 104, in which 633 mostly German -speaking people lived. In 1919, south of the village, a narrow-gauge forest railway operation, which was used to transport the wood from the forests of the Bohemian Forest and resulted in Burns Mountain as a connecting railway to haul Prachatitz - Wallern. 1928 a railway accident occurred at Oberhaid. After the Munich Agreement in 1938 Oberhaid slammed the German Reich, from 1939 to 1945 the village belonged to the district Prachatitz. After the end of the Second World War, the village came back to Czechoslovakia. 1946 were deported 558 German residents of Zbytiny. The depopulated place was populated with Reemigranten from Romania. Many of the settlers again left the mountain village and headed inland. 1988 lived 215 people in Zbytiny.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Zbytiny Blažejovice ( Plahetschlag ) Koryto ( Hundsnursch ) Skříněřov ( Schreinetschlag ) Spálenec ( Burns Mountain ), Sviňovice ( Schweinetschlag ) and Zbytiny ( Oberhaid ) and the local documents Mustek (beer Bruck ). In the hallways of the community lies the abandoned settlement Mošna ( Jandles ).

Attractions

• St. Vitus Church in Zbytiny detectable since 1388.
• Pilgrimage Church of St. Magdalena in Svatá Magdalena
• Kronprinz -Rudolf - tower on the Libín