Chlumčany (Louny District)

Chlumčany ( German Klum Chan, also Kluntschan, Chlumtschan ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located four kilometers southeast of the center of Louny and belongs to Okres Louny.

Geography

Chlumčany is located at the northern foot of the mountain country Džbán the creek Smolnický creek. To the north of the Maly Chlum ( 283 m) and the Blšanský Chlum rise (273 m). Chlumčany is on the railway route Prague -Most, which travels around the village in a loop to the south, west and north. West tangent to the main road I / 7 of Louny by Slany the place.

Neighboring towns are Blšany u Loun in the north, Veltěže in the northeast, Vlčí in the east, in the southeast Toužetín, Smolnice in the south, Brloh the southwest, Cítoliby in the west and Louny in the northwest.

History

The first written mention of the village was in 1316, when the Vladike Viktor von Chlumčany occurred at the regional court as a witness. Since 1354 allows the Church of Sts. Kliment prove. The village was divided since the Middle Ages into several parts, which belonged to different masters and later came to the rule Cítoliby. On the south side of the Maly Chlum wine has been cultivated since the 14th century. Maybe consisted in Chlumčany a fortress, but it made ​​no firm evidence. Since the mid-18th century the population grew steadily. 1770 the old church was demolished and started in on it with a baroque building. 1787 was the village of 27 houses. In 1797 acquired Jakob Wimmer of Wimmer mountain domination Cítoliby. 1802 bought the Princely House of Schwarzenberg goods. Subsequently, the standstill in viticulture was resumed. Due to poor yields of the vineyard was abandoned a few years later and from the Tavern was a tavern.

After the abolition of patrimonial Chlumčany / Chlumczan formed in 1850 a municipality in the district Louny. 1858, the Prince of Schwarzenberg a sugar factory. In 1872 the railway from Chlumčany was inaugurated by Most. In the following year the route was completed on Slany to Prague. The property belonged to the land reform of 1924 Dominion of the princes of Schwarzenberg. Since 1961 Vlčí is a district of Chlumčany.

Chlumčany is today the only place in Okres Louny, is operated in the wine. In Chlumčany the wine cellar is home songs.

The signalman's house on the old railway crossing Krejcárka at the Prague street is the Handlungsort of 1926 published novel Hlídač č. 47 by Josef Kopta.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Chlumčany Chlumčany ( Klum Chan ) and Vlčí ( Wltsch, 1939-45 Wolfsried ), at the same time also form Katastralbezirke.

Attractions

• Church of Sts. Kliment, late-baroque building from the years 1771-1774, the tower dates from 1825
• Schwarzenberg sugar factory, built in 1858
• Baroque statue of St.. John of Nepomuk, created in 1790
• Chapel of St. Wenzel in Vlčí, the neo-Romanesque building was created in 1903 by Eduard Sochor

Sons and daughters of the town

• Eduard Sochor (1867-1947), Czech architect, born in Vlčí