Hostěnice

Hostěnice ( German Hostienitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located 13 kilometers north-east of the center of Brno and belongs to Okres Brno- venkov.

Geography

Hostěnice located at the southern foot of the Drahany country. Surrounded by woods village extends on the right side of the creek Hostěnický creek. To the north- west lies the Landscape Protection Area Moravian Karst, in the north of the Nature Park Ricky. To the southeast, the Velka rises Baba (420 m), north west the Lysa hora (428 m). To the south are extensive limestone quarries.

Neighboring towns are Hádek, Pod Hádkem and Lhotky in the north, Ricky and Račice in the northeast, Olšany and Habrovany in the east, Vítovice, Viničné Šumice and Pozořice the southeast, Sivice, Velatice and Mokrá in the south, Horni Mlýn and Prostřední Mlýn in the west and Obce and Ochoz u Brna in the northwest.

History

The first written mention of belonging to the reign of wild mountain village took place in 1371 in the wake of the sale of the rule by Půta of wild mountain of Margrave Johann Heinrich. Hostěnice, as well as the northerly Lhota, were among the villages of the rule, which went out in the 15th or 16th century. While Lhota remained desolate, the valley of the creek Hostěnický was in 1580 and re-colonized by a family of ten. Over time, the clearing of forest land for the production of arable land was. Because of the rocky soil, agriculture was low yields, so that the inhabitants of Hostěnice with the Besenbinderei birch twigs earned some extra money. Later was added the manufacture of stone products marble and processing of limestone to quicklime. 1746 was the domination Pozořice on the corridor of the deserted village of Lhota the farmyard Nový Dvůr preferential unit. This was later referred to as Lhotky and around the court created a hunting lodge and a gamekeeper's house. 1842 nor was added a property for forestry workers. Lhotky belonged at that time to Brezina.

After the abolition of patrimonial Hostěnice formed in 1850 a municipality in the district team Wischau. In 1885 Lhotky was umgemeindet after Hostěnice. 1898 originated in the town of a schoolhouse. Between 1950 and 1960 Hostěnice was assigned to the Okres Austerlitz and after its cancellation, the community was part of the Okres Brno- venkov. In 1953 the construction of the municipal office.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Hostěnice Hostěnice ( Hostienitz ) and Lhotky and recreational camps Pod Hádkem, Peklo, Pastviska, Ricky and Amstrdam.

Attractions

• Bell tower from 1877
• Forest Chapel of St.. Anna, built in 1748
• Hostěnické propadání, Potok Ponor of Hostěnický, northwest of the village
• Ponor Estavela where the river disappears Říčka and continues to flow underground, northwest of Hostěnice
• Karst cave Pekárna, northwest of Hostěnice at the mouth of the creek in the Hostěnický Říčka
• Several karst caves in the valley of Říčka, northwest of the village
• Stauweiher Pod Hádkem at the Říčka, northwest of the village
• Remains of the castle Vildenberk, in the woods southeast of Hostěnice