Chlum (Třebíč District)

Chlum is a municipality in the Czech Republic. Lies 14 kilometers northwest of Třebíč and belongs to Okres Třebíč.

Geography

Chlum is located in the southern part of the Bohemian- Moravian Highlands on a knoll on the left side above the valleys of Jihlava and Chlumský creek.

Neighboring towns are Horni Smrcne and Radošov in the north, Kouty in the east, and Čechtín Cervena Lhota in the southeast, and Leština Číchov in the south, Bransouze in the southwest and Panská Lhota and Dolni Smrcne in the northwest.

History

The first mention of the Benedictine Třebíč belonging village took place in 1341st The monastery Chlum sold in 1453 along with other villages to Catherine of Čechtín. Other owners were among the gentlemen of Smil Doubravice and the Steiner forest on Brtnice. 1629 was the village of 25 properties, of which three were desolate. In the years 1831 and 1832 died nine inhabitants of cholera.

After the abolition of patrimonial Chlum formed in 1850 a municipality in the district Třebíč. In 1871 the railway line Jihlava - Znojmo was in the corridors of the village built by the Austrian Northwest Railway and built the station Branzaus - Pirnitz / Bransouze - Brtnice. At the cemetery, a dam was built in 1975, which also serves as bathing. The Culture House was destroyed by fire in 1988, 1993, a new program has been inaugurated.

Community structure

For the community Chlum no districts are reported. To Chlum include the monolayer cantina and Pavlovský Mlýn.

Attractions

• Parish Church of St. Wenceslas, the Church founded in 1300 by the abbot Třebíč became Protestant during the Hussite Wars and remained until 1613 parish church. After the Battle of White Mountain, the transfer was made to the Catholics, and in 1785 was the renewal of the parish.
• Remains of the castle Bransudy, southwest of the village overlooking the valley of Jihlava. The resulting in the 13th century seat of Vladiken of Bransouzy is detectable as a manor house until the beginning of the 15th century. It was destroyed during the Bohemian- Hungarian War.