Kněževes (Blansko District)

Kněževes ( German Knezowes, even knee Schewes ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located three kilometers north of Olešnice and belongs to Okres Blansko.

Geography

Kněževes is located in the mountains of the upper Svratka, a part of the Bohemian- Moravian Highlands, on a plateau which slopes steeply to the valley of Křetínka the north. To the east rises the Na Obore ( 634 m) and in the west the Fouska ( 669 m). Kněževes located on the southern border of the nature park Údolí Křetínky. The village was situated on the historic border with Bohemia Moravia; Kněževes formed a Moravian Zipfel, which was surrounded to the south by the Czech territory. Jobova Lhota was already on the Bohemian side.

Neighboring towns are Hlásnice, Předměstí and Dolni Lhota in the north, Hutě and Jobova Lhota in the northeast, Horni Poříčí in the east, Veselka and Ustup the southeast, Olešnice and Lamberk in the south, Velké Tresné the southwest, Rovečné and Dudkovice in the west and Trpín in the northwest.

History

The first mention of the village dates back to the period around 1281, as Cunegonde of Halych gave the place Mokra Lhota together with a part of the forest in thanks for their support during the birth and baptism of her son by the pastor of the parish church in German oil. About the Křetínka was on bohemian area, a castle belonging to the Fürstenstein wooden hunting parties, in which the queen gave birth to her illegitimate son Ješek. Because of belonging to the parish, the village was renamed Ves Knběževíska. Later, it was, inter alia, called Kniesowess and Kněžoves. 1416 Kněževes was listed as part of the rule Louka in a deed of John of Lomnitz and 1490 called as the pastor German Oels tributaries. At the end of the 16th century Kněževes has been connected to the rule Kunštát. In the mid-17th century, the domination Kunstädter claimed the corvee the residents of Kněževes for themselves. In a 29 -year dispute between the Rev. Bernhard Voscinius finally able to enforce its ancient rights. In 1790, 105 people lived in the village. 1834 Kněževes had 134 inhabitants.

After the abolition of patrimonial Kněžoves formed in 1850 a municipality in the district team Boskovice. 1890, the village had 133 inhabitants, in 1900 there were 161 in 1910, the school was inaugurated, was previously teaching in Olešnice. Since 1923, the municipality bears the name Kněževes. In 1960, 168 people lived in the community. With the beginning of 1961 Jobova Lhota and Veselka were incorporated and assigned to the community at the same time the Okres Blansko. In 1980 Kněževes consisted of 32 permanent houses used for residential purposes and had 147 inhabitants. Between 1986 and 1990 Kněževes was a district of Olešnice. Since 1991, the community is Kněževes again. The district Veselka was declared a village conservation area.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Kněževes Jobova Lhota ( Jobowa Lhota ), Kněževes ( Knezowes ) and Veselka ( Wessella ).

Attractions

• Chapel of St.. Mary Magdalene, built in 1866 as a thank you for sparing the Germans during the war erupted epidemics
• Former local court
• Chapel in Veselka
• Chapel of the Assumption in Jobova Lhota, ordained in 1891
• Natural Monument V Jezdinách, northwest of Jobova Lhota, protected since 1996
• Nature reserve Kavinský Brook, the stream valley of the same name, northwest of Kněževes, protected since 1997
• Postal Hradisko, north of Kněževes