Holice (Pardubice District)

Holice ( German Holitz ) is a city in Okres Pardubice (Czech Republic) between Hradec Králové and Svitavy. The municipality has about seven thousand inhabitants.

History

1336, the village was first mentioned. It belonged to the rule Chvojnov, and was the property of King John of Luxembourg. In the 15th century, people are already talking about a small town, which then burned a short time because of the spread there timber. Remained standing, the town hall, which was destroyed in 1945.

One of the main owners of the city was Naptalim of Frimburg (z Frimburka ), whose father had acquired the town in 1481. Naphtalim freed the inhabitants of taxes and compulsory labor, the magistrates were given complete freedom in their decisions, he gave the city the right to brew and had a bathhouse built.

After his death in 1493 Holice received Hynek Bradlecký of Mečkov that equipped it with other privileges. In 1507 it passed to William II of Pernštejna.

Personalities

  • Ambros Bečička / Becziczka ( born November 27, 1780 in Holice, † December 23, 1861 ), since 1825 the abbot of the Cistercian Abbey of Lilienfeld.
  • Frantisek Bednar (businessman) ( born January 27, 1919 in Holice ), businessman and robbers, museum workers, founder of motocross events and camping grounds in the village.
  • Theo Benesch ( born January 21, 1899 in Holitz, † 1954), German politician ( NSDAP) and member of the Nazi Reichstag.
  • Zdeněk Bidlo ( born March 10, 1932 in Holice; † November 8, 1994 in Prague) was a radio editor, writer and dramatist, author of radio plays and novels.
  • Vojtěch Cach, Czech writer and dramatist
  • Josef Dudych (born 13 December 1819 in Holice; † May 5, 1881 in Prague) was a minister, writer, reporter and translator.
  • Karel Dudych ( born January 19, 1904 in Holice; † July 19, 1969 in Prague) was an architect and builder, painter and printmaker.
  • Karel Holik ( born November 6, 1876 in Holice, † November 27, 1939 in Brno), actor and opera and operetta singer, tenor, who appeared mainly in Brno.
  • Emil Holub (1847 - 1902), explorer of Africa
  • January Holub (* May 23, 1889 in Holice; † 6 November 1977, in ibid ), music teacher, conductor, composer and music publisher, owner of the music publisher Edition Holub and HHH ( Holub hudebniny - Holice ).
  • Harry Horner (1910 - 1994, Pacific Palisades ), stage and film designer, director and producer
  • January Jirauch ( born November 6, 1878 in Holice, † November 16, 1964 in Prague) was a lawyer, patriot, painter.
  • Bohumil Kaspar ( born October 5, 1870 in Holice, † April 11, 1924 in Prague) was a music teacher, organist, composer and writer.
  • Jaroslav Kment ( born October 12, 1849 in Holice; died in Vienna), producer of a glove factory in Vienna. Author of " The Glove and its history ."
  • Josef Malejovský ( born April 19, 1914 in Holice; † 20 December 2003 Trutnov ) was a sculptor, support the National Artist Award ( Národní Umělec ).
  • Karel Malich ( born October 18, 1924 in Holice ), is important sculptor, graphic artist, painter.
  • František Karel Grandpa (* August 5, 1849 in Holice; † May 6, 1914 in Vrbno Mělníka ), was the author of literature and patriot.
  • Jiří Platenka ( born March 1, 1932 in Holice; † February 1, 1999 ibid ), was known photographer and artist.
  • Karel Schejbal ( born April 18, 1914 in Holice; † 14 MAY 1984 Pardubice), was a music teacher, composer, conductor.
  • Jaroslav Šafařík (* June 24, 1934 in Holice ), musician, conductor and composer.
  • Katerina Dudková, (* 1988) Czech triathlete
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