Křižanov (Písek District)

Křižanov until 1924 Krizanov ( German Krischanow, formerly Křižanow ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located six kilometers south of Milevsko in South Bohemia and belongs to Okres Pisek.

Geography

Křižanov is located in the south of belonging to the Central Bohemian hills Milevská pahorkatina. The village is located in the headwaters of the creek Křižanovský creek, the south-west of Křižanov fishpond discharges into the creek BILINSKY ( Borowaner Bach) in the pond Veselský. To the north- west is the pond Velky Prachovský rybnik, runs behind the railway line Tábor Pisek. To the north, the Lomy rise (518 m), in the northeast of Vlčí vrch (517 m), southeast the Kupa (503 m), in the south the Na Varte ( 480 m) and in the west the Obora (570 m). West of Křižanov runs the state road II/105 between Milevsko and Bernartice, from a spur road leads to the village.

Neighboring towns are Líšnice in the north, Sepekov and Zálší in the northeast, Hanov and Zběšičky in the east, Popovec, Ráb, Kolíšov and Jestrebice the southeast, Bernartice and Bilina in the south, V Soudném, Veselíčko and U Zárubů the southwest, Stehlovice, Skalka, Branice and Prachov in the west and Lanka, Ostrov, Libeňák, Zalarna and Rukáveč in the northwest.

History

Křižanov probably belonged since the 13th century to the possessions of the Premonstratensian Mühlhausen. The monastery was destroyed on 23 April 1420 by the Hussites, where all documents were lost. Then the Klingenberg castle count Jan Hájek of Hodětín slammed the orphaned monastic estates of royal rule Klingenberg. After in 1430 the Hussites besieged castle Klingenberg, pledged by King Sigismund the reign 1431 to Ulrich von Rosenberg because he feared that his Burggraf Kunata Kapler would soon spill over to the insurgents. Henry V of Rosenberg, who had taken over the indebted estate in 1472, sold on September 28, 1473 a quarter of the possessions of the house Rosenberg, among them, the Klingenberg Pawn, his cousin Bohuslav V. of Swan Mountain.

The first written mention of Křižanov dates back to 1488th After Christoph von swan mountain was deceased in 1534, was in 1540 a division of Klingenberg goods, where his second son John of Swan Mountain was given dominion Mühlhausen. At that included, in addition Křižanov including the villages Stehlovice, Bilina, Branice, Veseli, Rukáveč, Velka, Kučeř and Květov. In 1559 John's son Christopher inherited from Swan Mountain the rule Mühlhausen. After the death of his uncle Henry in 1574 he remembered the rule to Klingenberg. On December 1, 1575, he sold the villages Veseli, Křižanov and Bilina, the Good Kdešičky and shares of Kluky and Klucke Březí to Bohuslav Kalenitzky of Kalenitz on Chřešťovice who built a manor house this merged into a good and in Veseli. After his death the Allodialgut Veseli 1600 was attributed to his two sons. In 1630 took place in the Landtafel the override to Hynko Adalbert von Sternberg, while the estate was to distinguish it from the same Veseli, which also was in Bechyně circle, renamed Veselíčko. Shortly thereafter, Franz von Sternberg acquired on Bechyně the Good. This left over Veselíčko 1635 the educator of his children, Alexander Güntersthal ( Ghindertael or van Gindertael ). His heirs sold the estate in 1661 to Jodocus Wulff Knights of Schwartz Wolf. The Wulff family of Schwartz Wolf sold the estate in 1751 Anton Chlumčanský of Přestavlk and Chlumčan. In 1783, the childless Johann Nepomuk Chlumčanský sold the estate Veselíčko his brother Josef Bretfeld to Kronenburg. In 1792 the school was included in Veselíčko. 1797 a Expositur the parish Bernartice and 1801 Kaplanat was established in Veselíčko. 1820 Josef inherited Bretfelds son Franz Josef Freiherr von Bretfeld - Chlumčanský to Kronenburg Veselíčko. Franz Josef Bretfeld to Kronenburg died childless in 1839 in Vienna, the inheritance fell to his two nephews. In 1840 Křižanow consisted of 29 houses with 202 inhabitants, including two Israelite families. In the village there was a tavern. The main source of income was the agriculture. Vicarage was Weseličko. On May 1, 1843 Bretfeldschen heirs sold the property to Johann Nepomuk Nádherný. Until the mid- 19th century, the village always the Allodialgut Weseličko remained submissive.

After the abolition of patrimonial Křižanov / Křižanow formed with the district Bilina 1850 a municipality in the district court and district Milevsko. Milevsko - - Pisek - On November 20, 1889, the railway line Tabor took Ražice on the traffic. 1890 sparked Bilina from Křižanov off and formed its own community. The volunteer fire department was founded in 1898. In 1901, the family sold the property to Nádherný the entrepreneur Ferdinand Přibyl. 1948, the family Přibyl was expropriated. After the abolition of Okres Milevsko Křižanov was assigned to the Okres Pisek end of 1960 and incorporated in 1961 Branice. Křižanov dissolved 1 July 1990 again from Branice off and formed its own community. Of the 45 houses in the village are now 30 permanently inhabited, another 15 are used for recreation. Křižanov can be reached IV order only via a spur road.

Community structure

For the community Křižanov no districts are reported.

Attractions

• Plague Column with statue of the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus, built in 1678
• Chapel of Our Lady of Sepekov in the village square, the building with a distinctive bell tower was built in the second half of the 18th century
• Two roadside crosses on the access road