Malenice

Malenice ( German Malenitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located five kilometers south of Volyně in South Bohemia and belongs to Okres Strakonice.

Geography

Malenice located on both sides of Volyňka in the foothills of the Bohemian Forest. At the northeastern outskirts of Bach Radhostický creek empties into the Volyňka. In the north, the Betan ( 651 m) and the Pátek the Brankovec rise ( 589 m), northeast ( 639 m), in the southeastern Bořkův Kopec ( 636 m ) south of the Haj ( 643 m) and the Venec ( Wienec, 765 m) and in the Pacific Northwest Na Cikánce ( 762 m) and the Dubovec ( 598 m). On the eastern and southern outskirts of the village the railway line Strakonice Volary runs, the station is named Malenice nad Volyňkou. West of the village runs the main road I / 4 between Volyně and Vimperk.

Neighboring towns are Starov, Zechovice, Volyně and Nišovice in the north, RACI, Černětice, Kalce and Marčovice in the northeast, Předslavice, Úlehle and Straňovice in the east, Bušanovice and Beneda the southeast, Zálezly and Radhostice in the south, Havrdův Mlýn, Lčovice and Čkyně in the southwest, Předenice, Záhoříčko and U Dobré Vodu in the west and Zlešička, Nahořany and Zlešice in the northwest.

History

Archaeological finds indicate a Celtic settlement in the area during the late Hallstatt and La Tène. On the Venec was located between the 5th century BC and the 1st century a fortified settlement.

The first written mention of the town was 1318. Malenice was the seat of Vladiken of Malenice. The first message of the church comes after the establishment of books from 1406, as Sulko of Zalesl donated an altar. In the 15th century the Vladiken of Čestice acquired the estate and joined it to Lčovice. With PRECH of Čestice the Vladikengeschlecht went out at the beginning of the 17th century in the male line. Heiress of the goods Lčovice and Čestice was his daughter Johanna and her husband Bernhard Hodejowsky of Hodiegow ( Hodějovský z Hodĕjova ), which could transform the celebrations into a Renaissance chateau. Bernhard Hodejowsky and his brother Johann Georg fell during the uprising of the Estates 1618th After the Battle of White Mountain, the possessions of the brothers Adam Bernhard and Bohuslaw Hodejowsky were confiscated on Eltschowitz and Chotietitz. The Bohemian Chamber Eltschowitz sold on December 6, 1622 for 21,000 Meißnische shock to the imperial general Feldzeugmeister and Palatine Chamberlain Heinrich Michael Hießerle of Codaw ( Jindřich Michal Hýzrle z Chodů ). He who converted the castle and create the park. 1629 suggested Hießerle a rebellion of his serfs down. 1665 inherited by his son Franz Michael Hießerle the rule, he sold it in 1694 to Anna Maria Countess of Althann, born of Aspremont - Lynden. This left Eltschowitz little later her daughter Anna Maria Lažanský. Other owners belonged from 1753 Amalie Freiin Widow of SICKINGEN, née Countess of Althann, 1768 Joseph baron of and SICKINGEN, from 1785 Franziska Countess of and SICKINGEN and 1791 whose brother Franz Graf von SWEERTS - Spork. 1805 inherited Franz Count von and SICKINGEN the rule. The same year he sold to Joseph Anton Eltschowitz Baumbas, the rule bought but already in the following year back. Finally Francis of selling and SICKINGEN 1815 the rule Eltschowitz with Zaleslan Dorothea Countess Rey, born Countess Breteuil. 1830 was Eugen Graf Wratislaw Netolitzky devolved rule of court. He sold it in 1835 to Joseph Dressler, who resold two years later to Christoph Benda. In 1840 Malenitz consisted of 67 houses with 433 inhabitants, including an Israelite family. Under the patronage stately parish church of St. stood. James the Greater, the parish and the school. In addition, there was an inn in the village, a mill and a bridge over the Wolinka. Abstruse was a knackery. Malenitz was vicarage for Eltschowitz, Stranowitz ( Straňovice ) Setechowitz ( Setěchovice ) Bolikowitz ( Bolíkovice ) Zleschitz ( Zlešice ) Zalesl and Kowanin ( Kovanín ). Until the mid-19th century Malenitz always remained the Allodialherrschaft Eltschowitz together with the Good Zalesl submissive.

After the abolition of patrimonial Malenice / Malenitz formed in 1850 with the districts Elčovice, Zlešice and Zlešička a municipality in the district team Strakonice and the jurisdiction Volyně. 1893 took in Wolinkatal the railway line Strakonitz - Winterberg traffic on that was continued until the turn of the century until Wallern. On the southern outskirts of the church, a railway station was built. Straňovice 1908 umgemeindet of Předslavice to Male Nice. In the year 1922, Lčovice broke loose from Malenice and formed its own community. On 1 January 1949, the village was assigned to the newly formed Okres Vimperk. After the abolition of Okres Vimperk the municipality in 1961 was again part of the Okres Strakonice.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Malenice Malenice ( Malenitz ) Straňovice ( Stranowitz ) and Zlešice ( Schlesitz ) and the settlement Zlešička (small Schlesitz ).

Attractions

  • James the Great Parish Church, which was built in the early 14th century Gothic building was remodeled and expanded several times. The ship was built in 1709. Its present appearance dates from the rebuilding of 1885. It is surrounded by a cemetery, among other information, the architect Josef Zítek, the actor Jiří Pleskot, the choir director Pavel Kühn, the archivist František Teplý and the director Zdeněk Podskalský found their final resting place.
  • Rectory, it was built on the remains of the fortress Malenice and was later modified baroque.
  • Chapel of St. Wenzel, the rotunda -shaped building was built at the initiative of the archivist František Teplý south through the village on the Hurka, a spur of Haj and solemnly blessed on September 25, 1932
  • Shrine with statue of St.. John of Nepomuk, built in 1893
  • Niche chapel of St.. John of Nepomuk and cross on the Volyňkabrücke
  • Niche chapel between the Betan and Pátek
  • Old village forge
  • Old hammer, who built 1804 wooden building served its original purpose until 1961. Today, he is a technical museum
  • Limestone Jiříčková skala cave discovered in 1920 with the Malenická Caves north of the village on the Volyňka
  • Celtic hillfort Venec on ​​the same mountain. Get a ring-shaped stone wall, which gave the mountain its name ( to German Kranz ). It is protected as a cultural monument.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Jaroslav Jankovec (1896-1961), conductor and composer
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