Dražovice (Vyškov District)
Dražovice ( German Dräswitz, formerly Drazowitz, also Draschowitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located seven kilometers north-east of Slavkov and belongs to Okres Vyškov.
Geography
Dražovice is located in the western foothills of Litenčická pahorkatina in the source basin of the creek Dražovický creek. North-east rises the Lysovický Kopec (band hill, 323 m), in the east of Větrník ( Wind Mountain, 394 m), southwest of the Zadnà díly (331 m) in the west and the Malé Strany (312 m).
Neighboring towns are Zvonovice in the north, Lysovice and Kučerov in the northeast, Kozlany and Bohaté Málkovice in the east, Kojátky and Letonice the southeast, Křižanovice in the south, Němčany, Lutršték and Krouzecky Dvůr the southwest, Kroužek in the west and Čechyně, Komořany and Podbřežice in the northwest.
History
Dražovice arose at a medieval trade route that led from Vienna to Poland. The place name derives from a person named Dražej. The first written mention of the village was in the possession of the Escrow Olomouc Bishop Heinrich Zdik from the year 1131 all of the Church of St. Peter goods belonging to the newly built St. Wenceslas. In it for the Pustimirer Gau related goods Nemojany, Podivice and Rostěnice and possessions in Vyškov, Dražovice, Hlubočany, Želeč, Křižanovice and the desert village Melice at Pustimir were called. Later the Bishopric of Olomouc put the place under the administration of the castle Meilitz. Since time immemorial Dražovice lay in the borders of the diocese with various dominions, until 1946 a large number of landmarks with the miter were obtained in the vicinity of the village. After Podbřežice was in 1755 passed into the possession of the Olomouc chapter, was another rule limit. In the years 1767 and 1825 were made revisions of the border to the secular lords, on the border between the diocese and the chapter that did not happen.
After the abolition of patrimonial formed Dražovice 1850 a municipality in the district team Wischau. In 1897 founded the volunteer fire department Dražovice and 1919 was the Sokol. In the 20th century the townscape changed significantly. Dražovice was previously surrounded by large lawns, which are increasingly decreased. 1946 stated the teacher Krejčíř that the church hallways of 420 acres of fields, 43 ha of woods and meadows, only 18 passed. This trend continued through further conversion of pasture to arable land continues and the upper reaches of the creek Dražovický including its source was channeled. The pond on the village square was drained and several fountains and the building area Na rybníkách created in its place. Between 1949 and 1959 the village was assigned to the Okres Bučovice and came to its repeal back to Okres Vyškov. Today there are an elementary school and a kindergarten in Dražovice.
Community structure
For the community Dražovice no districts are reported.
Attractions
- Birth of John the Baptist Parish Church, built 1888-1889
- Statue of St. John of Nepomuk, at the vicarage
- Baroque vicarage, built in 1792
- National Nature Reserve Větrníky, east of the village on the southwestern slope of the Větrník
- Hermitage of the Seven Sorrows of Mary southwest of the village, built at Lutršték 1867-1877
- Chapel at the source on Lutršték
- Nature reserve Stepní stráň u Komoran on the western slopes of Malé Strany
- Natural Monument Mechovkový utes or Štogrunty to the Malé Strany
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- František Hála (1893-1952), Catholic priest and minister in the first government after the Second World War
In the community had lived and
- Anton Cyril Stojan, he was pastor from 1888 to 1908 in Dražovice