Chodský Újezd

Chodský Újezd ​​until 1960: Svatý Kříž ( German Holy Cross) is a municipality with 779 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) in the Czech Republic. It is located 8 km north of the city Tachov at an altitude of 556 m asl in the Upper Palatinate Forest ( Český les ). Chodský Újezd ​​belongs to the Okres Tachov. Until the German border at Mähring the distance is 9 km.

History

The first mention of the town dates back to 1359, when the church was raised to the Holy Cross parish church. The privileged Chodendorf is however older.

The name of the church was transferred to the village, which henceforth Svatý Kříž or German Holy Cross said. Other names were Chodones, antiques Chodones, Chodové or Staré Chody.

In the original Gothic church, which was rebuilt in the years 1790-1792 under the patronage reign of Sigismund of Haimhausen in Baroque style, there is a grave stone with a coat of arms from the 16th century. The coat of arms of the Counts of Haimhausen is mounted above the chancel arch.

In 1426 the place came into the possession of the Meissen Castle Count Heinrich I von Plauen, who on July 25, 1443 important privileges, including the application of Tachauer city right and inheritance of their property in male and female line gave the residents. At the end of the 15th century came more German -born residents to Svatý Kříž and the site expanded.

1522 brought King Louis the Holy Cross to the town and bestowed market rights for a weekly market, held every Saturday. Ferdinand I confirmed the privileges conferred in 1443 in 1549. Until the sale of the rule Tachau in 1606 by Rudolf II, Holy Cross was her belonging. After the Battle of White Mountain (1620 ), the area around the Holy Cross was drafted by the Emperor. In 1625, Theodor bought by Haim Hausen, who was originally called Viechpöck before he was inducted into the rights of the extinct race of people from Haimhausen to the possessions in Upper Bavaria ( Haimhausen ) Heiligenkreuz together with the goods Kuttenplan and Neudorf added.

Since the second half of the 16th century the importance of the Holy Cross went back. This was caused by the emergence of situated on the main roads competing cities Tachau and plan, while the offbeat location of the Holy Cross meant that it remained a village. In 1606 Jobst Adam Schirnding new owner of the domain and the village belonged until the abolition of patrimonial rule for Kuttenplan.

1843, Holy Cross about 600 inhabitants. 1939 lived 723 people in Holy Cross.

After the Second World War, the city was again the Czech name Svatý Kříž, in 1960 he received the current name Chodský Újezd ​​. In 1955, parts of the community were provided with farms listed building, representing the folk architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Community structure

The municipality Chodský Újezd ​​the districts Dolni Jadruž include ( Untergodrisch ), Horni Jadruž ( Obergodrisch ) Nahý Újezdec ( Naketendörflas ) Neblažov ( Glasau ) Stokov ( Stockau ) and Zdar (fire b. Schedule, planners fire ) with Přední Zdar ( Vorderbrand ) and Prostřední Zdar (center fire ). In addition, the abandoned places Jalový Dvůr ( Galt stables ) and Zadnà Zdar located in the municipality ( rear firing).

Sons and daughters of the town

• Johann Ritter von Hermann (1800-1890), an Austrian educator
• Franz Liebl (1923-2002), dialect Author
• Theobald Scharnagl (1867-1943), abbot of the Cistercian abbey Ossegg
• Anton Gebert (1885-1942), nephew Scharnagls, priest, canon at St. Vitus in Prague, arrested by the Gestapo in 1940, after serving a prison sentence died in Dachau concentration camp.