Litostrov
Litostrov ( German Litostrow, also Littostrow ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is eleven kilometers south-east of Velka Bites and belongs to Okres Brno- venkov.
Geography
Litostrov located in the highlands Bobravská on a hill between the valleys of the Bila voda and Bobrava. Southeast of the Velky Okrouhlík rises (454 m). South is located in the valley of Bila voda the extinct settlement Lhotka and in the east the deserted village Chroustov.
Neighboring towns are Rudka in the north, Domašov and Ricky in the northeast, Říčany and Okrouhlík the southeast, Zastávka, Marianske Údolí Zakřany in the south, Pribram na Moravě in the southwest, Zbraslav in the west and Stanoviště, Příčnice, Zalesna Zhoř and Zhořský Dvůr in the northwest.
History
The first written mention of the village was in 1376, when bought by Peter Hecht Rossitz the area between Zbraslav and Litostrov fields, meadows and the forest Lhotka of Pesek of Ochoz. George of Podiebrad mortgaged the rule Rossitz to his henchman, Duke of Teschen Přemek. He sold Rossitz including Litostrow 1464 at Hynko of Kukwitz. Litostrow belonged since that time always to rule Rossitz. 1562 went out the settlement Lhotka. During the Thirty Years' War, the village was deserted and the hooves register only five managed properties are reported for Litostrow. Chroustov lies desolate since 1668. 1796 lived 126 people in the 15 houses of the village. On the deserted village Lhotka two mills emerged. The Upper Mill in 1830 stopped and the lower mill was transformed into a gamekeeper's house. At the point of Chroustov also was a mill.
After the abolition of patrimonial Litostrov formed in 1850 a district of the municipality Rosice in the Brno district. In 1903, a one-class village school was opened in Litostrov. 1920, the place became independent and the following year the community came to Okres Brno- venkov. 1923 had 187 inhabitants of the village. In the course of the land reform of 1925 the large estates Rossitz - Eichhorn of Baron De Forest fell to the Czechoslovak state and was parceled out. In 1927 the road from Rosice arose after Domašov. 1933 a poorhouse was established in the village. In 1948 the church was assigned to the Okres Rosice. 1949, the bell tower, built in 1851 has been canceled. After the abolition of Okres Rosice Litostrov came in 1961 Okres Brno- venkov back. 1964 a new fire station was inaugurated. The school was closed in 1967. In the same year the construction of the road began voda after Zbraslav including the bridge over the Bila. The quarry operation in Marianske Údolí began 1969. 1977 Litostrov was connected with Rudka, Ricky and Javůrek to Domašov. In 1990, the municipality Litostrov arose again.
Since 2003 Litostrov leads a coat of arms and banners. It shows on silver background a green uprooted tree leaves and the trunk a red pike.
Community structure
For the community Litostrov no districts are reported.
Attractions
- Baroque memorial cross from the year 1781
- Chapel, set in 2006 repaired
- Chroustovské Valley 's Valley of the Bobrava, southeast of the village
- Sandstone cross in Mariental in the extinct settlement Lhotka, from 1769
- Stone cross on the road to Rosice, 1769
- Remains of the festivals Hradisko, on a spur above the Mariental of Bila voda