Loštice
Loštice ( German Loschitz ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It is located four kilometers south of Mohelnice and belongs to Okres Šumperk.
Geography
Loštice is located at the confluence of the creek Podhrádek in the Třebůvka. Northwest runs the highway R 35 / E 442 In the west, the hill Horka ( 374 m) of the Bradlec (311 m) and the Hájek rises to the south (319 m).
Neighboring towns are Dolni válce and Horni Krčmy in the north, Moravičany in the northeast, Doubravice and Mitrovice in the east, Palonín the southeast, Obectov and Markrabka in the south, Radnice and Vlčice the southwest, Bradlec Žádlovice and Líšnice in the west and Újezd in the northwest.
History
The first mention of the town was made in 1208. This year, probably the church was built. Peter of Loschitz sold in 1267 three outworks of Bishop Bruno of castle. Since then Loschitz is documentary evidence as a market town. 1371 Puta was Wildenburg owner of Loschitz. During the reign of Wildenburger whose seat was Loschitz, the place was known as a market town in 1378. 1382 acquired Jobst of Moravia possession. 1406 acquired the town and the blood jurisdiction. After 1414 Boček II had acquired from Podiebrad the goods, he closed it to the reign Busau. 1481 sold Kuno of Kunštát the rule Busau Hans Haug joke of Biskupitz. 1546 acquired Prokop Potstatský of Prusinowitz the Busauer rule. Since the 15th century the town was known for its ceramics, which gained as Loschitzer cup in Europe fame famous.
In 1571, a synagogue was built. In 1585 the city bought the site of the new town Potstatský. 1635 burned down the place. During the floods of 1663 Loštice again suffered severe damage. On April 27, 1678, a large city fire broke out. Since 1712 the production of Tvarůžky Cheese is detectable. As part of the Josephine reforms was 1781, the blood deprived of jurisdiction. 1787 Loschitz became a town.
1819 was the Wolf villages paper mill. 1828, the leading Loschitz by Emperor Strait of Müglitz Littau was completed. Loschitz had 1834 1907 population and consisted of 284 houses. In addition there was the existing Jewish community of 22 houses with 414 inhabitants. 1840 a new brewery was built.
After the abolition of patrimonial Loštice / Loschitz formed with the districts Loštice Židovská obec / Jewish community, Žadlovice osada / Schadlowitz settlement and Vlčice / Wolf village a town in the district chief city. In 1859, dissolved the guilds. At the end of the 19th century merged the Jewish Quarter with the city and lost the status of a local part. 1900, Loschitz 2595 inhabitants, most of whom belonged to the Czech nationality. 1930 people lived in 2671 in the city. Due to the paper mill Vlčice a mass mortality of fish in 1934 was caused in the Třebůvka. At the home of Adolf Kaspar, a memorial plaque was placed with bust in 1954.
Since 1961, the city belongs to the Okres Šumperk. At the same time Žádlovice was incorporated. In Loštice in 1961 lived 2940 people. During the invasion of the Warsaw Pact in Czechoslovakia on 21 August 1968 drove Polish military organizations around the city.
Local structure
The city consists of the districts Loštice Loštice ( Loschitz ) and Žádlovice ( Schadlowitz ) and the settlements Bradlec ( Brabletz ) and Vlčice (Wolf Village ).
Attractions
- Gothic church of St. Procopius
- Museum of Olomouc Quargel
- Jewish cemetery, created in 1554 at the foot of Hájek
- Holy Trinity Column, the market, built in 1860
- Adolf Kaspar Memorial, the painter visited since 1920 in the summer, the city
- Castle Žádlovice