Heřmanice (Náchod District)

Heřmanice ( German: Hermanitz the Elbe) is a municipality in Okres Náchod in the Czech Republic.

Geography

Heřmanice is located on the upper reaches of the Elbe. Neighboring towns are Vlčkovice in the north, and Svinišťany Krabčice ( grave contactor) in the Northeast, Dolany in the east, Jaroměř in the south, the west and Zaloňov Kuks in the northwest.

History

Heřmanice is attested in documents since 1352. It was the seat of a small manorial whose owners often changed. In 1497 it belonged to the Waniek Ples of Slaupno, who mortgaged it to the Heinrich Berka of Dubé, of which he cashed in 1516 it again. In 1520 it was bought by Georg von Gersdorff, who sold it to the city Jaroměř. As the city supported the uprising of 1547, their property was confiscated by the Czech king Ferdinand I and handed over to the Royal Chamber. She sold Hermanitz with five surrounding villages in 1548 to Baron Johann von Waldstein, who is his nephew, William the Elder. inherited von Waldstein. His son, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Waldstein was born in 1583 in the former festivals of Hermanitz. He inherited the rule Hermanitz after the death of his father in 1595. Having reached in 1609 by his marriage to large estates in Moravia, he sold the reign Hermanitz 1610 his uncle, the Oberstmünzmeister of Bohemia and captain of the Königgrätzer circle, Hannibal von Waldstein († 1622). Because of indebtedness Hermanitz in 1618 by William the Elder was. bought from Lobkowitz. In 1618, acquired by Henry Oppersdorf, which was expropriated in 1621 because he had been involved in the uprising of 1618. 1623 came from the Royal Chamber, in turn, to Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Waldstein, who a year later of Mary Magdalene von Lobkowitz († 1633) sold it to Jan Rudolf Trček of Lipa († 1634) was married. 1636 were both posthumously expropriated by the Roman German and Bohemian King Ferdinand II and assigned to the left behind possessions of the Royal Chamber. Subsequent owners of Hermanitz were probably the Danish Count Ulefeld. In 1655 it was acquired by Octavio Piccolomini, which already owned the adjacent rule Náchod. He sold Hermanitz 1661 a Countess Czernin, which left it to the Margrave of Baden. From him it acquired in 1662 the Imperial Count Johann von Spork, which is probably connected it to his rule Gradlitz. Later Hermanitz got to the Brothers of Mercy.

After the abolition of patrimonial 1848 Hermanitz was an independent municipality until 1938 and belonged to the district court Jaroměř. Until 1945 it was a German -Czech border village voice. As a result of the Munich Agreement in 1938, it was annexed by the German Reich and belonged until 1945 to the district Trautenau. 1945 Heřmanice was incorporated into the Okres Jaroměř; after its dissolution it came to the Okres Náchod July 1, 1960.

Attractions

• The St. Maria Magdalena church, dedicated to the 14th century, was rebuilt in the early 18th century. The left and right of the main altar standing, almost life-size marble grave stones with Czech inscription set the Wilhelm Ritter von Waldstein and his wife Margareta Smiřický of Smiřice; they were built in 1602 by her son, Albrecht. Are the grave stones of his siblings Hedwig / Hedvika, Johann Georg / Jan Jiří, Adam and Magdalena on the outer walls.

Community structure

The municipality includes the districts Heřmanice

• Heřmanice ( Hermanitz )
• Belun ( Bielaun )
• Brod ( Prode ) and
• Slotov ( peduncle ).

Sons and daughters of the town

• Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein (1583-1634), the imperial generalissimo, called Wallenstein