Chrást (Plzeň-City District)

Chrást ( German Chrast ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. You more than twelve kilometers north-east of the center of Plzeň and belongs to Okres Plzeň -město.

Geography

Chrást located at the western foot of the Brdská highlands between the rivers Berounka and Klabava that unite north of the village. The Distance to motorway Dálnice 5 is five kilometers to the south. Chrást is on the railway route Prague - Plzeň, branches off from the here the branch line to Radnice. There are three railway stations in Chrást. The belonging to the main line station Chrást u Plzně located in Dolni Chrást on the southern periphery. Exist at the Radnicer railway station in the town center Chrást u Plzně obec and in the north east before Klabavabrücke the maintenance Chrást u Plzně zastávka. The village lies on the edge of the Natural Park Horni Berounka.

Neighboring towns are Nadryby, Telín, Sedlecko and Na Zastávky in the northeast, Smědčice and Bušovice in the east, Nová Huť the southeast, Dýšina in the south, Újezd ​​Bukovec Chlumek and Bila Hora in the southwest, Druztová in the west and Dolany and Habrová in the northwest.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1242 in a document Wenceslas I of Chrást for Adam, who had inherited the property from his father. The Lords of Chrást belonged in the 14th century the most important families in the Plzen region and acquired great wealth. Peter of Chrást, who had fought during the Hussite wars on the side of the rebels, had 1434 surrender his property and go to Prague. After that, different genders alternated as the owner. Him 1514, the city acquired Pilsen Chrást together with other villages. In the middle of the 17th century began in the previously purely agricultural village of the settlement of mining and mining companies. Since 1680 hammer mills are detectable at the Klabawa. 1789 Alaunbergwerk St. Veit was taken. Between 1807 and 1808 a schoolhouse was built. 1812 destroyed in a large fire many old farmsteads.

The railway through the Bohemian Western Railway made ​​Chrást to a railway junction. On October 15, 1861, the route of Chrást about Pilsen to Furth was taken in the woods and opened the route Prague - Rokycany Chrást on 14 July 1862. On April 2, 1863, the route Chrást - Stupno - Břasy was completed, which was 30 years later extended until Radnice. For the latter route to bridging the Klabava made ​​northeast of Chrást required. For that, a temporary wooden bridge of 38 meters in height and 190 meters in length was built. 1864 Powder Factory was established in Klabawatal. 1892-1893 was replaced the wooden bridge over the Klabava by a steel structure designed by Gustave Eiffel in connection with the route extension. During this time a brick was operated in Chrást. In 1899, the engine works and iron foundry Suchy, Jouza & Čáp, which trades as Atmos today. The old school was in the years 1905 - 1906 demolished and replaced by a new building. By 2006 Chrást belonged to Okres Plzeň -sever and since the beginning of 2007 to Okres Plzeň- město.

Community structure

For the community Chrást no districts are reported. To Chrást heard the local situation Dolni Chrást.

Attractions

• Chapel of the Virgin in the village square, built in 1802
• Bailiwick
• Railway bridge over the Klabava, built in 1892
• Hurvínek Sculpture