Žihle

Žihle (Latin Vzehl, Zyhel, Zihel, German. Schele, Schöla, Schöl, Schöles ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located in the northern part of the district of Plzeň- North, about 40 km north of the city of Plzeň. In the village Žihle live 1250 inhabitants and thus most of the inhabitants of the municipality.

History

Žihle was first mentioned in 1238 in an exchange certificate. In this swap king Wenceslas I made ​​the carried by the Monastery Plasy in 1230 buying Kožlany canceled and exchanged Kožlany against Žihle. In 1268 a market was established in Žihle.

After the Hussite Wars Žihle belonged to the Uradelsgeschlecht Pflugk and the city was promoted in 1559 by Ferdinand I of Habsburg. In the same year a Renaissance castle was the place where stood an old fort, built, standing in the village today. During the Thirty Years' War Žihle in 1639 and 1645 occupied and burned by the Swedish army.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Hluboka, Kalec, Nový Dvůr Odlezly, Přehořov and Žihle.