Lažany (Strakonice District)

Lažany ( German Laschan, formerly Enis - Laschan or Miltschitz - Laschan ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located five kilometers south-west of Sedlice in South Bohemia and belongs to Okres Strakonice.

Geography

Lažany located in the hills Blatenská pahorkatina. At the northeastern outskirts is the pond Zděný, fishpond to the southeast of the Kořenský. To the north rises the Hurka (546 m), in the northeast of Křídlí ( 555 m ) east of the Holý vrch ( 562 m), in the southeastern Trubny vrch ( 577 m ) southwest of the Pavlovec ( 553 m) and in the northwest of the Na Borkách (554 m).

Neighboring towns are Čekanice in the north, Ovčín and Sedlice in the northeast, Sosnovec, Pilský Mlýn and Křídlí in the east, Kořenský Mlýn, Hradec, Rojice and Láz the southeast, Chrášťovice and Třebohostice in the south, Na Sázkách, Doubravice and Nahošín the southwest, Katovsko and Bratronice in the west and Milčice, Samota, Chválov, Záboří and Jindřichovice in the northwest.

History

The first written mention of Lažany took place in 1384 as the property of jeże of Lazan. From 1402 the estate of the family of Žakavec Lazan belonged. First owner of this generation was 1402-1422 Heinrich Žakavec that on the Helfenburg is proven as a viscount. He was followed in January Žakavec, from 1489 to Nicholas and Lew Žakavec brothers and Wenzel 1525 Žakavec of Lazan. This could create 1544 on a rocky knoll a festivals and renew the landtäflige entry of the court and village in the same year. Three years later he sold the property to Wolf by Riesenberg on Janovice, who sold it in 1550 to Pavel Kořenský of Terešov. This had Lazan last 1572 together with Adam Kořenský, which inherited it after that. After Adam's death, his daughter Elisabeth owner of Lazan was, she wrote the Gur 1604 her second husband Fabian Joachim Sekera of Sedčice, who until 1615 its headquarters in Lazan. Then Lazan was combined with the Good Čekanice. In 1668 bought Enis Katharina, born Vitanovská of Vlčkovice, both goods. They sold it in 1673 to Marina Katherina Enis, born Častolár Langendorf. To the 1680 that were found from the Irish Uradelsgeschlecht Mac Ennis Franz Enis acquired the goods. He received in 1680 for his contributions in the fight against the Hungarians and Turks Inkolat for the Imperial Knight. After the death of Henry Reichsritter Enis of Atter and Iveaghe was the end of the 17th century, a division between goods whose two sons. Wilhelm Enis received Čekanice, his brother Ernst got Lažany. Subsequent owners of Lažany was 1764 Franz Freiherr Enis of Atter and Iveaghe, 1818 his younger brother Joseph Thaddeus left to usufruct the estate. After the fire of the Meier farm in 1822 was its rebuilding. In 1824 Joseph Thaddeus son who k.k. Treasurer Charles Alexander Enis, by substitution owner of the goods, including Miltschitz Laschan.

In 1840 the estate Laschan - Miltschitz included a floor space of 778 square fathoms yoke 814. A total of 472 people were living on the estate, including four Israelite families. Main source of income was the agriculture whose income was mediocre because of the rocky and sandy soil. The estate included the villages Laschan and Miltschitz ( Milčice ). The Office Village Laschan / Lazan consisted of 33 houses with 258 Czech-speaking inhabitants, including three Israelite families. To distinguish from the near - lying Laschan Desfours ( Defurovy Lazany ) the village was most often called Enis - Laschan or Miltschitz - Laschan. In the village there was a grand castle with a public chapel, fruit and flower garden and parking, an estate, an office building, a sheep, a brewery, a spirit house, a Pottaschensiederei and a hunting lodge. Offsides were the Kořenský - mill sawmill ( Kořenský Mlýn ) and a brick lodge with Heger apartment ( Sosnovec ). Vicarage was Zabór. Until the mid-19th century Laschan remained the official village of Allodialgutes Laschan - Miltschitz.

After the abolition of patrimonial Enisovy Lažany / Enis - Laschan formed in 1850 a part of the community Čekanice in the district administration and the judicial district of the Blatná. Wenzel Freiherr Enis of Atter and Iveaghe (1820-1902) acquired at the time the castle and let them Kámen 1860-1870 regotisieren. When the municipality Doubravice proposed the establishment of a separate school, could Wenzel Freiherr Enis achieve that this was built in Enisovy Lažany. It was inaugurated in 1866 and also attended by the children from Doubravice. After the draining of the Brodt eich was on a dairy farm settlement Na Sázkách. Since the beginning of the 20th century Lažany / Lazan was used as the official place name. In 1907 Lažany broke loose from Čekanice and formed its own community. After the death of Henry Enis of Atter and Iveaghe (1858-1924) whose daughter Marietta, Countess of Thun and Hohenstein inherited the castle. In 1960 Lažany was assigned to the Okres Strakonice during the lifting of the Okres Blatná. In 1964 the annexation to Doubravice. Since the closure of the primary school in the 1980s, the lessons take place in Záboří. The school building was then converted into a housing unit located in the castle of the old people's home and transferred to its closure in 2002 the community. Lažany became independent again on 1 January 1992.

Community structure

For the community Lažany no districts are reported. To Lažany include the settlement Na Sázkách or Sázky and the monolayer Kořenský Mlýn and Sosnovec.

Attractions

• Castle Lažany, it was in the 16th century in the Renaissance style in place of a probable 14th- century celebrations as the seat of the Knights of Enis Atter and Iveaghe. In 1760 there was a baroque reconstruction and extension. Further changes were made in the 19th century and in the years 1904-1924. 1948 Marietta, expropriated born Baroness Enis of Atter and Iveaghe ( 1885-1961 ) and her husband Adalbert von Thun und Hohenstein ( 1880-1957 ). From 1955, the castle served as a retirement home. The façade was renewed in 1989. After the Velvet Revolution took place in 2002, the restitution of the castle to the family Enis, since it leaves decay. Surrounded is the castle of an English park.
• Statue of St. John of Nepomuk on the wall of the castle park
• Chapel on the road to Čekanice
• Family vault of the Barons Battaglia and Enis of Atter and Iveaghe in Chválov