Dolany (Náchod District)
Dolany ( German Dolan ) is a municipality with 629 inhabitants ( 1 January 2004) in Okres Náchod in the Czech Republic. It is situated in 274 m asl right of the Upa and her next running small tributary Tůně between cities Jaroměř and Česká Skalice. The community halls have an area of 1,677 ha
History
The first written mention of Dolany dates from the year 1549. Much older is the district Krabčice, which is already detectable in 1385.
The village was part of Dolany precincts of the 5 km southwest town Jaroměř.
Battle of pig skull
While the German war came on June 29, 1866 Pig Skull ( Svinišťany ) to a fight. The Austrian troops under Tassilo Festetics who camped in Dolany, tried to push forward Gradlitz and Trebeschau to the north and northeast. After the occupation of pig skulls and Miskoles the Prussians under Karl von Steinmetz, who had taken on June 28, Skalitz, in an easterly direction in motion sat. At the same time moved from the northeast Rothkosteletz the cavalry of Prince Albrecht approach. Under the leadership of Crown Prince moved from Trautenau and Koniginhof more troops to Gradlitz before, while some troops of Skalitz about ford and Trebeschau were advancing on pig skulls. Despite strong opposition, the Austrians were the Prussians in the broken clock from 16 fights inferior and barricaded themselves in Schweinschädler manor. As of Josefstadt came no further replenishment, the Austrians eventually moved back there when the other side went over to encircle the troops.
In the fighting on the Austrian side, there were 1,750 deaths, the number of Prussian casualties amounted to 394
The following year, left the Austrian Infantry Regiment No. 37, which had carried with 1,143 casualties, the brunt of the fighting, put on the village square of pig skull a great monument.
Community structure
The municipality consists of the villages Dolany Čáslavky ( Tschaslawek ) Dolany ( Dolan ), Krabčice ( grave contactor) Sebuč ( Sebutsch ) and Svinišťany (pig skull ) and the settlement Zaječí ( rabbit dance).