Obora (Blansko District)
Obora is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located six kilometers south-west of Boskovice and belongs to Okres Blansko.
Geography
Obora located at the western foot of the Drahany country in the Bosko brázda. The village is located on the right side above the valley of the Svitava. South-west rises the Velky Chlum, also Bořitovský Chlum (460 m ) in the west of the Maly Chlum, also Oborský Chlum ( 488 m) and northwest of the Na Kamencích (428 m). Two and a half miles west of the village takes you past the road I/43/E 461, lie behind the dams of the unfinished Reichsautobahn Vienna -Breslau.
Neighboring towns are Jabloňany in the north, Lhota Rapotina and Újezd u Boskovic in the northeast, Němčice in the east, Doubravice nad Svitavou to the southeast, and Klemov Bořitov in the south, Huť svaté Antonie and Perná the southwest, Lysice in the west and Krhov in the northwest.
History
The village was first mentioned in the year 1360 to the frequently changing owners within a 14th century Vít Spik Obora, whose coat of arms -. A silver shield with a black roof - finds itself in today's coat of arms. At the beginning of the 16th century Obora was connected to the rule Boskovice. West of the village was mining on alum, saltpetre and charcoal. In the 17th century the settlement Huť svaté Antonie was created a Alaunsiederei on the site. Vicarage has always been and jeh Doubravice nad Svitavou.
After the abolition of patrimonial Obora formed with the district Huť svaté Antonie 1850 a municipality in the district team Boskovice. On the Velky Chlum Stanislav Rolínek built before 1929 started its work on the Cave of the Sleeping Knights of Blanik at Rudka several sandstone figures husssitischer fighter. At the beginning of 1939 took place west of the village, the preparatory work for the construction of the autobahn in Vienna Wroclaw. After the first plans for both Chlumhügel should be removed. As this project proved to be unenforceable, the track alignment was west of the hill. After the route was largely manufactures, the work was set in 1942 because of the changed military situation. After the dissolution of Okres Boskovice the community came with the beginning of 1961 to Okres Blansko. Obora leads since 2001 a coat of arms and banners. From the previous mining activity witness between Obora and the two Chlum several birch -lined slopes.
Obora gained importance as a paleontological site. Some of the discovered petrified fossils were named Oboria.
Community structure
For the community Obora no districts are reported. To Obora the settlement Huť svaté Antonie heard ( Antonienhiitte ).
Attractions
- Chapel, consecrated in 2008
- Belfry
- Baroque statue of St.. John of Nepomuk
- Maly Chlum with 10 m high observation tower, south of the village
- Sandstone sculptures by Stanislav Rolínek at Maly and Velky Chlum, created before 1929
- Memorial to the victims of the First World War, unveiled in 1921