Brod nad Tichou

Brod nad Tichou ( German Bruck am Hammer) is a municipality with 225 inhabitants ( 1 January 2004) in the Czech Republic. It is located 4 km south of the city Plana at an altitude of 468 m on the hammer Bach ( Hamerský Potok, on the lower reaches also called Ticha ) and belongs to the Okres Tachov on. Through the town, the railway Stříbro - Plana and the road connecting Plana leads to Dálnice 5

History

The first mention of Bruck is from the year 1243. The town was at a junction of the trade route from Nuremberg to plan and Haid on the hammer creek. In the 14th century the place Prukke or Latin Pons and Czech Brod was called. On the outskirts was formerly an old castle, of which nothing remains. Near them was in 1322 the Parish Church of St.. James the Great built, Czech sources give it to the year 1369. In 1427 the Crusaders took over with the Red Star in Tachau the church.

Bruck, which was first mentioned in 1379 as a town in 1414 came to rule plan. In the mid-16th century Bruck formed its own basic rule, and its owner George of Schoenberg and Bruck was. The Theresianische cadastre of 1757 has Bruck again as a town. At the time of dissolution of patrimonial Bruck was part of the government plan Gottschau.

1930 living in Bruck am Hammer 459 German and 18 Czechs in 91 houses. 1939 had 432 inhabitants of the village. After the expulsion of German residents in 1946, the population and many homes fell into disrepair and were demolished halved. 1950, the number of citizens of this town only 260 in 1991, it was 233, and the place was composed of 68 residential and 10 cottages. On January 1, 1980, the annexation took place in the town of Plana, since November 24, 1990 Brod nad Tichou again an independent municipality.

Currently, a study project of the Universities of Ústí nad Labem runs and Passau on the topic: " The former and current residents of Bruck am Hammer / Brod nad Tichou ".

Attractions

In the years 1992 to 1995, the baroque church was restored thanks to former Brucker inhabitants of Germany, German -Czech joint services are in it every year, in July for Jakobi pilgrimage. The south of the church parsonage located, has been accepted by the earlier that it had been constructed from parts of the old castle has been transformed between 2001 and 2003 to an exhibition and meeting place for the German - Czech history of the village and the region, it serves as a lodging facility of the project clues. At the bridge over the creek hammer is a statue of St.. Is John of Nepomuk from the year 1738. A small chapel with a Baroque coat of arms at the railway crossing.

Karoline reason

The reason Caroline ( Karolina dolina ) is the wooded valley of the hammer creek. It starts two km south of Brod and extends to the mouth of the river in the Mies in Ústí nad Mží ( TRUSS ). Today's recreational area was formerly an industrial site.

In 1830 began in the valley of the mining iron ores, between Pawlowitz ( Pavlovice nad Mží ) and Hohenzetlisch ( Vysoke Sedliště ) extended to the valley of Mies. The owner of the domain plan, Johann Wenzel Count of Nostic Rieneck, named the valley after his wife Caroline, née Countess Clam- Gallas. On September 7, 1836 the first blast furnace was solemnly inaugurated. The valley including the steel mill was sold in 1887 to Joseph liar on plan, who founded here a work for stone sculptures and later the successful company that employed between 60 and 70 stonemasons, gave it to his son of the same. The products manufactured by " liar Plan" Karoline foundations and pompous tombs are to be found not only on the most western Bohemian cemeteries, but also in Budapest, Salzburg, Vienna and Prague. However, the popularly called the location to continue as the " blast furnace ".

After the Second World War and the expulsion of the Lugners the work was getting worse and was eventually shut down. Today, located in the romantic old Karoline reason, a campsite and overnight cabins. Of the buildings of the company liar nothing more is present, the only remnant of the plants is a huge stone terrace, which had belonged to the liar 's inn.

Local structure

The municipality of Brod nad Tichou the holiday village Dolni Karlin belongs ( Karoline reason).

Personalities

• Zacharias Theobalt, astronomer and mathematician who was pastor from 1594 to 1615 in Bruck.