Hlavice

Hlavice ( German Hlawitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located six kilometers south-west from Český Dub and belongs to Okres Liberec.

Geography

Hlavice is located south of the Jeschke Mountains in the Ralská pahorkatina (rolling mountain hills ) between the valleys of Zábrdka and the Malá Mohelka. To the north rises the Jelínka ( Jellinkaberg, 504 m).

Neighboring towns are Cetenov, Vystrkov and Lesnovek in the north, Doleček in the northeast, Malčice in the east, in the southeast Nantiškov, Vrtky, Přibyslavice, Mohelka and Kozmice in the south, southwest, and Končiny Vápno in the northwest. To the west of the municipality of Zábrdka are right, the waste places of the extinguished by the military training area Ralsko villages Kostřice, Proseč, Nový Mlýn, Olšina, Krida and Palohlavy.

History

On the basis of pottery finds in the parish garden, it is assumed that Hlavice was founded on 11 at the transition to the 12th century. As the surrounding area was also Hlavice probably since the mid-12th century to the possession of the Benedictine monastery Hradiště. The first written mention of the village took place in 1352. Since 1358 was in Hlavice a wooden parish church with presbytery, whose district included 15 surrounding villages. The church was destroyed during the Hussite Wars.

1705 for the first time a school in Hlavice was mentioned. In the middle of the 18th century was the construction of a new church. After the parish in Hlavice was spared in 1747 as a single in North Bohemia of the rinderpest epidemic, the Church of St. Linhard goal of processions to protect against animal diseases was. This results in a pilgrimage tradition developed. 1794 new wooden school house was built.

After the abolition of Partimonialherrschaften Hlavice formed in 1850 with the districts Doleček, Habel mountain, stain, Končiny, Lesnovek, Vápno, Záhatí and Zourov a municipality in the administrative district of Turnov. 1878 Vápno formed a separate municipality. In the same year a new school house was built. After the Second World War came west of the municipality of Truppenübungsplatz Ralsko why all the villages were evacuated on the right side of the Zábrdka. With the beginning of 1961 the resolution of the Okres The exposition of Hlavice was assigned to the Okres Liberec. At the same time Vápno was connected with the district of Nový Mlýn to Hlavice. After the Red Army had occupied 1968 the military training area, was a further expansion. This also situated in Zábrdkatal settlement Novomlýnské was abandoned. 1968 a new school building was inaugurated, in which the first stage of basic school was taught. 1980, the annexation to Všelibice, since 1990, the commune is again. The old school building was used until 2004 for the second stage of basic school and abandoned after its abolition.

The main pilgrimage in Hlavice will be held in late August each year today. Pilgrimages were also described by the writer Karolina Svetla.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Hlavice Doleček ( Doletschek ) Hlavice ( Hlawitz ) Lesnovek ( Lesnow, formerly classified Lesnow ) and Vápno ( Wapno ). Basic settlement units are Hlavice, Končiny ( Kontschen ) Lesnovek and Vápno. To Hlavice also includes the corridors of the extinct settlement Nový Mlýn ( Neumühl ).

The municipality is divided into the Katastralbezirke Hlavice and Vápno.

Attractions

• Pilgrimage Church of Sts. Linhart, the single-nave late Baroque building was erected in the middle of the 18th century and is surrounded by century-old lime trees. 1807, the tower was completed and consecrated in the now completed church.
• Rectory
• Baroque statue of St.. Linhart 1740, in front of the rectory
• Remains of the castle Krida ( Krutzenburg ), west of the village overlooking the valley of Zábrdka
• Chapel in Vápno