Boháňka

Boháňka ( German Bohanka ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It lies around 20 kilometers north- west of the center of Hradec Králové and belongs to Okres Jičín.

Geography

Neighboring towns are Maňovice, Dolenec, Rohoznice and Bile Poličany in the north, Lhotka in the northeast, Velky Vřešťov in the east, in the southeast of Skala, Votuz in the south, the west and Chloumek Jahodná and reconfigures the northwest.

History

According to historian Václav Vladivoj Tomek the battlefield between the Bohemian army and the poles is said to have been among Bolesław I in 1000 at Boháňka.

The original location of the village Vohánka to have been north of the valley on the site of the wasteland Maňovice. According to ancient traditions, the village shall be extinguished by the plague. Some of the residents who had fled from the village in the woods, did not return to the old village, but settled on the ridge, where the settlement Boháňová Lhota or Boháňová Hora originated.

The first mention of Boháňová Lhota and Maňovice was in 1378 in connection with the construction of an altar of St. Catherine in the church of Velky Vřešťov. Boháňka was to rule Velky Vřešťov belonging.

After the abolition of patrimonial Boháňka formed with the hamlet of Skala in 1850 a municipality in the district of Hradec Králové. In 1961, the incorporation of Votuz and Chloumek, at the same time the community came to Okres Jičín.

In the south and south-east of Boháňka, not far from Skala and Votuz, there are several sandstone quarries. The bright sandstone of Boháňka has a firm consistency. He was, inter alia, for the White Tower ( Bila vEz ) in Hradec Králové and used at the Prague Castle.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Boháňka Boháňka ( Bohanka ) Chloumek ( Chlomek ), Skala (scale) and Votuz ( Wotus ) and the settlements Maňovice and POLST.

Attractions

• Sandstone cross at the crossroads above the village