Malá Veleň

Malá Veleň ( German Wöhlen small, even small Wehlen ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located six kilometers south-east of the center of Decin at the city limits and is part of the Okres Decin.

Geography

Malá Veleň is located in the north of the Bohemian Uplands left side on the slope of Ploučnicetals. To the north rises the Hlídka ( Hutberg, 480 m), in the south of the Jedlova (491 m ) west of the Jedlova ( Tannbusch, 530 m) and the Velky Chlum ( Kolmener dump, 507 m), and in the northwest of the Chlum ( Kolmer disc, 444 m). Northwest is the natural monument Březinské Tisy.

Neighboring towns are Soutěsky in the north, Jedlka and Ovesná in the northeast, Eliščino Údolí Benešov nad Ploučnicí in the east, Heřmanov the southeast, Fojtovice in the south, Velka Veleň the southwest, Kamenička and Lesní Mlýn in the west and Dolni Chlum and Bechlejovice in the northwest.

History

The first written mention of the village Weleni times was in 1515 in the wake of the sale of dominions Tetschen and Scharfstein by Nicholas III. Trček of Lipa to the brothers Hans, Wolf and Friedrich von Salhausen on Wehlen. In the 1522 made ​​division of property received by Friedrich Salhausen Scharfstein and thus Weleni times. 1583 was the village of 13 houses. The earliest land comes from 1607, is the place is called Kleinwelen and consisted of seven peasants and four gardeners. Kleinwelen was at that time the seat of a free Erbrichters. In the Berni rula 1654 18 houses are listed for Wehlen mala. In 1687 Klein Wehlen became the official seat of government Scharfstein; in the same year a stately brewery was born. 1833 lived 302 people in the 57 houses of the village. 1841 built Josef Pietschmann in Polzental between Bensen and small Wehlen a cotton mill. Vicarage was Höflitz.

After the abolition of patrimonial small Wöhlen / Malá Veleň formed with the hamlets Höflitz / Jedlka and Zautig / Soutěsky 1850 a municipality in the district team Tetschen. To spinning emerged during this period the settlements Elisenthal and Josefsthal. To be members of the local community layer mountain houses, Bober and DampGuard. 1869 lived in the village of Klein Wöhlen 434 people, in 1890 there were 481 The entire community had 1130 inhabitants in 1930, most of whom were German. After the Munich Agreement in 1938 the community was added to the German Reich and belonged until 1945 to the district Tetschen, from 1943 Děčín. 1939, the municipality had 1083 inhabitants. In 1945, Malá Veleň back to Czechoslovakia, the German inhabitants were expelled and the village settled in 1946 with the Czechs. Between 1980 and 1990, Malá Veleň was incorporated nad Ploučnicí to Benešov.

Community structure

The Malá Veleň consists of the districts Jedlka ( Höflitz ), Malá Veleň (small Wöhlen ) and Soutěsky ( Zautig ). At Malá Veleň also includes the settlement Eliščino Údolí ( Elisenthal ).

Attractions

• Church of Sts. Anna transformed into Jedlka, which was since 1352 writing detectable Church 1716 baroque
• Velký Chlum with lookout tower