Kladruby (Tachov District)

Kladruby ( German Kladrau ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It is located about five kilometers south of the city Stříbro at the Úhlavka and belongs to Okres Tachov. The place is situated on the Highway 5 / Europe 50th Street

City ​​Arms

On a blue background, a silver (white ) city wall with open pointed arch, in which prays on green grass surface an upstanding monk in a brown habit with raised hands. On a red cushion in front of him is a hat. In the middle of the wall with an upright cross with the hanging on the cross, Jesus Christ, left St. John, on the right the Virgin Mary. Above the gate a green heart-shaped shield with a golden "M" which stands for Emperor Mathias and about a golden crown, which is held by two flying angels. The city colors are blue, white and red.

History

The place was first mentioned in connection with the founding of a monastery in Kladrau by Duke Vladislav I in 1115. Already in 1212 Kladrau was named as a city in 1233, the monastery church in the presence of King Wenceslas I. was consecrated. 1334 the Benedictine monastery of the court Wossy leasehold awarded to a Kladruby citizens. A parish church in Old Kladrau was named in 1344 for the first time. 1441 was abbot of Bussek Vrtbovská the subjects of the Monastery as a result of attacks by the Hussites under the generals Andreas Prokop a charter of freedom, by which the erbuntertänige population received relief in their duties and compulsory labor. 1566 a hospital was mentioned for the first time in a document.

1616, Emperor Matthias citizens in Kladrau the right of the seal with red wax, and expanded the city's coat as it is performed today. 1618 rebelled citizens and subjects of the basic rule against the Roman Catholic convent authorities. 1771 houses were provided with continuous house numbers. 1787 Administrator of the religious fund after the dissolution of the monastery was set up in Josephinism to manage the large estates. In 1790, the city had, located at the old Golden road from Nuremberg to Plzen, to the revolutionary year of 1848 its own magistrates. 1793, the holding of livestock and weekly markets were allowed. Due to a major fire in 1843, two thirds of the houses and craft shops to the flames. The town church was badly damaged. With a new plan, the city was rebuilt.

After the establishment of a parish in 1875, the places Benischmühle, Brod, Laas, Mühlhöfen, Tinchauermühle and Wrbitz were the parish church of the city Kladrau. 1888 the post office was connected to the general telegraph network. Built in 1895, public school was combined with the existing elementary school under one management. 1911 there was an official permit ten Monday markets in hold. In 1923 the town was granted by the West Bohemian Elektrizitätsverband an electrical power supply. From 1938 to 1945 Kladrau / Kladruby belonged to the district of Mies in the German Reich. In 1945, the German-speaking inhabitants of Kladruby were expelled. In 1960, after a strong depopulation and economic decline Kladruby lost its city charter. Kladruby since April 12, 2007 of a town.

Monastery

For the development of the city is the monastery Kladruby, which was founded as a monastery of the Order of the Benedictines in 1115 by Duke Vladislav I, of great importance. The church is a national cultural heritage today. The church was built in the Romanesque style during the 12th century and received its present appearance in the baroque gothic style in the years 1712 to 1726 by a native of Italy architect Jan Blazej Santini - Aichl.

After the dissolution of the monastery in favor of a religious fund by the Josephinism Prince Alfred Windisch - Graetz bought in 1825 the monastery and the relevant basic rule erbuntertäniger towns for 275,500 gold pieces, a portion of the purchase price had not paid for his services to the monarchy of Austria - Hungary. He promoted the development of agriculture and trade relations of the city Kladrau. In Kladruby a brewery was built in 1864 in the former monastic convent. In the year 1918, when the Prince Windisch- Graetz in the course of land reform Czechoslovakia lost the headquarters of the family in Tachov, Ludwig Aladar moved from Windisch- Graetz after Kladruby and established there until the expropriation of property in favor of Czechoslovakia in 1945 a library and a family archive.

Population figures

Local structure

To Kladruby include the districts:

• Brod u Stříbra ( Brod) with Výrov ( Wierau, Part 1), 81 inhabitants (1999)
• Kladruby ( Kladrau ), 1108 inhabitants ( 1999)
• Láz ( Laas ), 57 inhabitants (1999)
• Milevo ( Mühlhöfen ), 62 inhabitants (1999)
• Pozorka ( Gibacht ) with Zdar ( Zdiar )
• Tuněchody u Stříbra ( Tinchau ) with Tuněchodský Mlýn ( Tinchauer mill), 33 inhabitants (1999)
• Vrbice u Stříbra ( Wrbitz b. Kladrau ), 35 inhabitants ( 1999).