Hvozdnice (Prague-West District)

Hvozdnice ( German Wosnitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is 24 kilometers south of the center of Prague and is part of the Okres Praha- západ.

Geography

Neighboring towns are Trnová, Masojídka and Sloupsko in the north, Davle Svatý Kilian, Sázava and Chlomek in the northeast, mandate and Hradištko in the east, Šlemín, Rajchardov and Hvozdy the southeast, Masečín and Bojanovice in the south, Čisovice the southwest, Bojov and Vandrlice in the West and čtvrť Svatopluka Čecha, Líšnice, Spálený Mlýn and Klínec in the northwest.

After the abolition of patrimonial Hvozdnice formed in 1850 a municipality in the district court district Smíchov and Zbraslav. In 1891, acquired Friedrich Graf von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg landlordism. On June 4, 1895, the volunteer fire department was established. 1910, in a two-class Hvozdnice village school to teach at, before the children were enrolled in school after Davle. 1917 sold Theobald von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg the Good Sloupsko to Jan and Václav Matysov from Nové Hraštice and the Good Slapy Bohumil Bondy. In 1918 the population of Hvozdnice still consisted of 200 Catholics. The Bohemian Brethren Church founded in 1920, experienced a brilliant revival. 1923 originated in a sermon Hvozdnice station of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, this was in 1929 raised to the parish. 1927, the community was associated with the Okres Praha- venkov. In 1932 Hvozdnice had 479 inhabitants. After annexation of Sudetenland by the German Reich settled in Hvozdnice some Czech families from the occupied border regions of. A further population expansion was in the village from 1941 due to the influx of displaced persons from the field of SS training area Bohemia. This Hvozdnice reached in 1943 with 666 residents, the highest population in the history of the village. On the Babka a wooden Triangulationsturm was built in 1940, which was only a few years; the rotten edifice was already together at the beginning of the 1950s. From 1942 Hvozdnice belonged to Okres Praha- venkov -jih. After the end of World War II, seven German inhabitants were expelled from Hvozdnice, 26 families relocated in 1946 in the border areas. In the census of 1948 Hvozdnice had only 510 inhabitants. 1949 was assigned to the Okres Praha- jih and 1955 connected to the bus service. In the same year went to Mníšek pod Brdy a low-grade iron ore processing plant in operation, the fly ash was reflected also on Hvozdnice. Since 1960 Hvozdnice belongs to Okres Praha- západ. With the closure of the plant in Mníšek the living situation in Hvozdnice improved from 1967 again. The school was closed in September 1986 due to low number of students. At the 2001 census lived in the village of 304 inhabitants. In 2010 opened a kindergarten in the former schoolhouse.

For the community Hvozdnice no districts are reported.

Attractions

• Husuv dum, the prayer house of the Czech Brethren church was built in 1924
• Several European yew, Hvozdnice is one of 25 sites of this type in Czech Republic

Personalities

• Svatopluk Karásek (* 1942), pastor, songwriter and later politician, lived during his studies from 1968 to 1971 in Hvozdnice