Bříství

Bříství ( German Brzistew, 1939-45 Ulmenau ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located seven kilometers north of Český Brod and belongs to fulltext your real estates.

Geography

Bříství located at Kounický creek on the Bohemian panel. Northeast of the village rises the hill Břístevská Hůra (240 m) and in the northwest of Rabakov (202 m). North leads past the highway E 11 / E 67, Bříství is located just off junction 18

Neighboring towns are Přerov nad Labem and Stary Vestec in the north, Semice and Kersko in the northeast, Velenka in the east, Chrást and Horky in the southeast, Kounice and Týnice in the south, Vykáň and Skalka in the southwest, Nový Dvůr, Stary Dvůr Chudomel and Mochov in the West and Přerovská Obora and Císařská Kuchyně in the northwest.

History

The first written mention of the village was in the year 993 The Romanesque church was built in the mid 13th century and remodeled about a hundred years later Gothic. At the beginning of the 17th century acquired Maria Magdalena von Lobkowicz the Good Bříství and joined it to the reign Kounice.

After the abolition of patrimonial Bříství formed in 1850 a municipality in the district Český Brod. Since 1961, the church belongs to fulltext your real estates. After the construction of the motorway, transformed the character of the village. In the center, which was previously dominated by farmsteads, created urban houses. At the same time began a urban sprawl. Bříství today consists of 150 houses.

Community structure

For the community Bříství no districts are reported. To Bříství heard the monolayer Přerovská Obora ( Wobora ).

Attractions

• Church of the Cross -discovery, which was built in the mid-13th century, Romanesque and later Gothic church was remodeled in 1722 baroque rebuilt and expanded to a second ship. In 1843, the top of the bell tower on the roof.
• Ruins of the Chapel of the Cross survey on the Břístevská Hůra that built 1714 baroque chapel burned down several times. After the fire of 1764 it was restored. 1818, it was destroyed again by a fire and has since been a ruin.
• Statue of St. John of Nepomuk on the village square, created in 1702
• Historic farm gates
• Former Bendlmühle in Přerovská Obora