Dnešice

Dnešice ( German Dneschitz ) is a municipality with 765 inhabitants in the Czech Republic. It is located six kilometers south-west of Dobřany and belongs to Okres Plzeň -jih. The land area is 1424 ha

Geography

Dnešice is located 372 m above sea level. M. in the valley of Dnešický creek creek at the mouth of Lažanský. The site extends around the hill Hurka (425 m). To the northeast lies the Stauweiher Utopený rybnik ( Drowned Pond), which is fed by the creek Suchanovský, behind it lies the clay pit the ceramic works Chlumčany.

Neighboring towns are Bayerův Dul in the north, Chlumčany in the northeast, Horni Lukavice, Dolni Lukavice and Zastávka in the east, and Žerovice Prestice to the southeast, and Oplot Soběkury in the south, southwest, and Černotín Přestavlky in the northwest.

History

The first documentary mention of the place comes from a deed of gift of Vladislav I. to the monastery Kladruby from the year 1115. Since 1352, the St. Wenceslas Church is detectable. During the Hussite Wars, the city and the church was looted. The parish included the villages Oplot, Soběkury, Přestavlky Černotín and Lažany. The priest Simon František Alexia Janota began in 1685 with the leadership of the church books. In 1811 the church received a new tower.

Attractions

• St. Wenceslas Church, renovated between 2001 and 2003
• Niche chapel of St. Adalbert, built in the first half of the 19th century
• Křížový vrch at Černotín
• Chapel in Černotín

Community structure

To Dnešice the district Černotín heard ( Tschernotin ).

Sons and daughters of the town

• Josef Pachmayer, journalist and translator
• Tomáš Preass (1815-1888), writer and educator