Kamýk nad Vltavou

Kamýk nad Vltavou ( German Kamaik ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located 13 kilometers west of Sedlčany and belongs to Příbram.

Geography

Kamýk nad Vltavou can be found on both sides of the Vltava River in the Central Bohemian hills. In Kamýk the streams Zduchovický creek and Hejkal open into the Vltava. At the southern end is the dam of the hydroelectric power plant Kamýk, west over the place lies the ruins Vrškamýk. To the north rises the Čeláková ( 391 m), in the northeast of Šiberný (354 m ) east of the Maly Hejk ( 394 m) and the V Houštích ( 387 m), in the south of the Radobylka ( 388 m) and the Bába (442 m ) and north-west of the Humna (417 m) and the Perdlák (422 m). By Kamýk nad Vltavou runs the state road II/102 between Milevsko and Nový Knín that II/118 branches off from the Pribram in place.

Neighboring towns are Vápenice, Blatnice, Velka, Roviště and Hojšín in the north, Hrachov and Dražkov in the northeast, Skrýšov, svatý Jan, Šourkův Mlýn, Chadimův Mlýn, Bozi Muka, Radobyl and Brzina in the east, Bražná, Řadovy and Žákovec the southeast, Krasna Hora nad Vltavou, Zhoř and Švastalova Lhota in the south, Na rybarne, Žebrákov, Solenice and Větrov in the southwest, and Zduchovice Kaliště in the west and Chvojná, Luhy, Horni Třtí, Jalovčí and Dolni Třtí in the northwest.

History

On the mountain ridge between the valleys of the Vltava River and the creek Zduchovický probably stood since the end of the 10th century, a guard and hunting castle of the Přemyslids. At the foot of the castle hill Kamyky came to the princely on the left bank of the Vltava a settlement. The first written reference to the castle took place on June 16, 1186 as Duke Frederick on Vrškamýk a dedication certificate for the pen Zwettl ausfertigte. Since 1227 a toll was levied on water Kamýk. King Wenceslas I got the castle in the first half of the 13th century to the administrative and judicial seat for the linksmoldauischen part of Bolzano circle whose area of South Bohemia reached to Brdywald. Temporarily inhabited Wenceslas I. the castle itself, otherwise it was the seat of a royal official and hunters.

The first written mention of the settlement Stary and Novy Kamýk Kamýk took place in 1285, when King Wenceslaus II the monastery Mühlhausen ceded the parish patronage in the royal dominions Kamýk and Krasna Hora. It is believed that both Stary Kamýk or Horni Kamýk as well Nový Kamýk or Dolni Kamýk had market rights. Both settlements had their own churches; in Stary Kamýk was the hl. Peter and the Nový Kamýk the hl. Consecrated Nicholas. Nový Kamýk was not directly at the castle, but on the river to control the ford and Überfuhr, and is today Kamýk. The Church of St. Nicholas is regarded as a predecessor of the Nativity of Mary Church. Stary Kamýk went out in the first half of the 14th century, its location could not be pinpointed until today.

King John pledged by 1320, the castle Kamýk including hunting Administration as well as some surrounding villages on Hermann von Miličín. This died a short time later and the pledge was passed on to Peter von Rosenberg. 1335 sparked the crown the pledge again. In 1336 was ( Novy ) Kamýk referred to as a royal town. 1341 Peter von Rosenberg Kamýk again received as collateral possession. Charles IV brought back the estate in 1350 the Bohemian crown. He left in 1356 to build instead of the wooden one stone church and they occupy a pastor. From 1366 by Charles IV arranged to facilitate the shipping of Moldova opening of most weirs on the Vltava river, the weirs Kamýker were exempted. After the construction of the new King's Castle Karlstejn Kamýk lost its importance from 1357. The royal fiefs were transferred to Karlstejn and moved the royal hunting Office of the castle Vargač at Dobříš. From 1366 by Charles IV arranged to facilitate the shipping of Moldova opening of most weirs on the Vltava river, the weirs Kamýker were exempted. By the end of the 14th century the castle was the seat of a royal office, after the estate was mortgaged to Karlštejn vassals who exercised the lower courts and the remaining royal property under management in the area. In the 15th century King Sigismund mortgaged the property to the family Popel of Lobkowicz on high - Chlumetz, it has also been maintained by his successors. King Vladislav Jagiello joined the Good Kamýk with the rule Fraunberg together and pledged them in 1490 to Wilhelm von Pernštejna, who in 1514 his youngest son Vojtěch left. After his death in 1534, inherited his brother Johann possession, he left him to his cousin Andreas Ungnad of Sonegg. In the second half of the 16th century consisted in Kamýk a stately brewery, a Kretscham and a mill. The Ungnad of Sonegg wirtschafteten the rule Fraunberg to ruin. King Ferdinand I earned back the indebted estate in 1561 and sold it a year later hereditary Joachim Neuhaus. His son, Adam sold the estate Kamýk in the same year to Jan Vojkovský of Milhostice. From this acquired in 1580 by Oldrich Myška Žlunice ( Udalrich Misska ) the estate. He who converted the court Kamýk in the Renaissance style and built as his residence a noble estate. The parish church of St. Nicholas has always remained Catholic using the Hussite times because the landlords had been Catholics. However myška was a Protestant and had built a Protestant Church in the Lesser Town on the right bank. Among the Myška Žlunice of the town was entirely Protestant, also the pastor of St. Nicholas joined the Protestants. In 1617 let Oldrich Younger Myška of Žlunice set up a school in Kamýk. After the Battle of White Mountain, the Oldrich Younger Myška and his wife Johanka, a daughter of Jacob Krcin of Jelčany, Good Kamýk associated with the market Kamýk and the villages Zhoř, Proudkovice, Švastalova Lhota, Koubalova Lhota and Přívozec was confiscated and 1623 sold for 28,000 florins to Polyxena of Lobkowicz. She left again build the Catholic parish and grind the Protestant church. 1624 were 24 Protestant families into exile. Polyxenas son Wenzel Eusebius von Lobkowicz in 1640 was the Kamýker unite Good with the rule of high - Chlumetz and raise the Familienfideikommiss. 1650 destroyed by the great fire one half of the town. Since 1674 is a Jewish community in Kamýk proven. From the great fire of 1774, the church, the school, the brewery, the hospital and the court were affected. Since Kamaik very slowly recovering from the aftermath of the fire, Emperor Josef II granted the town in 1797 at the request of Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowicz the privilege for three years markets. At the end of the 18th century originated in Kamaik an independent Jewish community, which was associated with the Selt Chaner Jewish community. In the 19th century in the rocks around Kamaik resulted in several granite quarries which supplied at Bubna for the construction of Prague's Chain Bridge, Franzenskai and the state railway bridge among others cuboid.

The market town Kamaik, as Kameyk, Kamniek and Kameyk referred nad Wltawau, consisted in 1845 of 66 houses with 527 inhabitants. Of these, nine were houses for Good Zduchowitz and a house to Lehnhof Kamaik. Under regal patronage affiliated church Nativity of Mary and the school stood. In addition, there was an estate in Kamaik with sheep, a hunter, a flour mill with sawmill, three public houses, a Überfuhr and 13 authorized commercial enterprises and two groceries. On the right bank Lesser was a freisässliches brewery. Main source of income were agriculture, Schifferei, the craft and the Steinbrecherei. The place has been described as "old, wiewol unsightly, a village -like spots". Kamaik was vicarage for Zduchowitz, Welka ( Velka ) Zebrakow ( Žebrákov ) Bukowetz ( Bukovec ) and Trztj ( Třtí ). Until the mid-19th century Kamaik the Fideikommissherschaft high - Chlumetz remained subservient to the Allodialgütern Skregssow, Hoysin and Přičow.

After the abolition of patrimonial Kamýk / Kamaik formed in 1850, market town in the district court district Votice and Sedlčany. As from 1868, belonged to the district Kamýk and judicial district Sedlčany. 1874 Postmeisterei was established. In 1887 Kamýk and the Lesser Town right of the river lying were connected by a bridge. She was the first road bridge over the Vltava river in the region Middle Povltaví and replaced the old ferry boat, by a direct road link between Pribram and Sedlčany was prepared. Due to the flood in the spring of 1888, the bridge was torn away and rebuilt in 1889. The Jewish community in 1893 connected to the market town. In the course of the land reform of 1922, the largest part of the estate of Prince Lobkowicz was acquired in Kamýk nad Vltavou of the community. On these corridors of the church was built in the 1920s and 1930s, a southern residential area. Since 1924, the city leads the official name Kamýk nad Vltavou. In 1932 the town had 463 inhabitants, nad Vltavou in Kamýk passed a Catholic church, a synagogue, a post office, telephone exchange, telegraph office and a police station. During the Sudeten crisis was on the small side with ears stalls ( Řopík ) existing line of attachment of the Czechoslovak Walls. The Jewish community was almost completely destroyed during the German occupation.

1948 fell Kamýk nad Vltavou down to the village. After the abolition of Okres Sedlčany Kamýk was nad Vltavou 1960 assigned to the Příbram. Between 1957 and 1961 by the building of Kamýk Dam with hydroelectric power plant as part of the Vltava cascade. In the second half of the 20th century, a new residential district, a holiday village and a new school was built in Kamýk. The place was also a garrison. On 1 January 1980 Velka were ( with Blatnice, Na Břehách, Roviště and Tahavá ) and Zduchovice incorporated ( with Žebrákov ). Zduchovice and Žebrákov dissolved 1 July 1990 again from Kamýk nad Vltavou and formed their own community. In Moldova flood of August 2002 was Kamýk nad Vltavou flooded part, the elimination of the resulting damage to buildings lasted until 2005.

Community structure

The community Kamýk nad Vltavou consists of the districts Kamýk nad Vltavou ( Kamaik ) and Velka ( Welka ), the settlements Blatnice, Na Břehách, Roviště and Tahavá and the monolayer Bozi Muka, Radobyl, Šourkův Mlýn.

Twinning

• Gołańcz, Poland, since 2008

Attractions

• Castle ruins Vrškamýk (also Kamýk or Hunec ), the medieval Přemyslid Castle was the last viscount of Karlstejn as a hunting castle. Since 1569 she is desolate.
• Church of the Nativity of Mary, the 14th- century Gothic building was originally the St. Consecrated Nicholas. After the fire of 1774 it was restored in 1775 and remodeled in the years 1784-1787 in Baroque style and enlarged.
• Post office, the late Baroque building was erected in the second half of the 18th century
• Moldova bridge Kamýcký most, built in 1887 and 1889. During the years 1957 and 1999 were performed renovation work.
• Jewish Cemetery, southeast of the Town on a wooded hilltop above the farm Radobyl he originated in the 17th century