Kožlí (Havlíčkův Brod District)

Kožlí ( German Koschla ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located 16 km north-west of Humpolec and belongs to Okres Havlíčkův Brod.

Geography

Kožlí located between the valleys of Želivka and Sázava on a ridge in the Bohemian- Moravian Highlands. The village lies on Ledečský kras to the Čertovy Diry belong to the drinking water reservoir Švihov.

Neighboring towns are Bohumilice in the north, Ledeč nad Sázavou in the northeast, Bojiste and Malé Bojiste in the east, Kouty the southeast, Kamenná Lhota in the south, Šetějovice and Zahrádčice the southwest, Budeč and Habrovčice in the west and Hněvkovice, Štičí and Přemelovsko in the northwest.

History

Kožlí was originally in the dense forests of the Queen passed Sprengel Swatawa, in the course of its settlement by the Vyšehrad collegiate chapters. The first mention of the village was carried out in 1352 in a certificate of ownership certificate of Charles IV After the destruction of Vyšehrad by the Hussites received Nicholas Trček of Lipa in 1436 the parish as a gift.

From 1974, the flooding of the valley of Želivka by the dam was Švihov; the same location in the valley Žibřidovice place was closed and flooded.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Kožlí Bohumilice ( Bohumilitz ) Kožlí ( Koschla ) and Sechov ( Seehof ) and the settlement Přemelovsko.

Attractions

• Natural Monument Ledečský Karst ( Karst Ledetscher ) with the Čertovy Diry ( hell holes).
• Monument at Kobylí dul ( Ross reason)
• Honey locust tree on the road to Hněvkovice, the 16 m high tree with a trunk circumference of 2.65 m is a protected tree monument since 1998
• Church in Kožlí