Osek nad Bečvou

Osek nad Bečvou, until 1924 Osek ( German Osek ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located five kilometers south-west of Lipník and belongs to Okres Přerov.

Geography

Osek nad Bečvou is located on the right side of the creek Bečva Luben in the Moravian Gate. South of the town runs along the Bečva the trench Strhanec, which feeds the pond Podolší southwest of Osek. To the east lies the pond Jadran. To the northwest rises the hill Na skalách (285 m) of the south-western spurs of the mountains Or. By Osek nad Bečvou leads the state road I/47 between Přerov and Lipník. North of the village runs Přerov - Hranice, behind it creates a section of the motorway D 1

Neighboring towns are Lukavec, Veselíčko, Tupec and Dolni Újezd ​​in the north, Trnavka and Lipník in the northeast, Chabrov, Tyn nad Bečvou and Nové Dvory in the east, Hlinsko the southeast, Haltýře, Rybáře, Oldřichov Sušice and Radslavice in the south, Grymov and Proseničky the southwest, Hliníky, Buk and Radvanice in the west and Na skalách, Lazníky and Vicínov in the northwest.

History

Archaeological finds indicate a prehistoric settlement in the municipal area. The oldest of these are urnfield the Lusatian and Silesian culture dating from about 1500 BC

The first written messages through the site indicate that in Osek since the 12th century was a Vladikenhof. The first certain mention of the church, the cemetery and the mill in Osek was carried out according to the autograph by Jan Jiří Ignatius Středovský in the year 1322. Wilhelm II of Pernštejna, who in 1474 acquired the dominion Helfenstein, was a wooden weir in the Bečva build and the ditch Strhanec create. In 1508 the place as Osek, 1554 as Wosek, 1666 OSSEC, 1688 Woseckha and 1771 Osekh or Osseka was called. The Strhanec dined two mills and ponds, including the Podolší. Since 1622 there was a school in the village. During the Thirty Years War, the rule Helfenstein fell to the Ditrichsteins the Leipnik made ​​it the seat of government. The parish registers have been kept since 1693. The settlement Hliníky was merged in the first half of the 19th century with Osek. The Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway took on August 15, 1842 the traffic between Prerau and Leipnik, but rolled the trains to Osek over. Osek remained until the mid-19th century to the reign Leipnik always submissive.

After the abolition of patrimonial Osek / Osek formed in 1850 a municipality in the district team Moravian white churches. In 1855 the church was assigned to the district Leipnik, from 1868 it belonged to Moravia white churches. Since 1924, the municipality takes the official name suffix nad Bečvou. After the dissolution of Okres Hranice Osek nad Bečvou 1960 the Okres Přerov slammed. After long efforts, the community was a railway station on the route Přerov - Hranice in 2002. Ethnographic the village belongs to Hanna.

Community structure

For the community Osek nad Bečvou no districts are reported. To Osek nad Bečvou include the location locations Chabrov, Haltýře, Hliníky and Podolší.

Attractions

• Parish Church of St.. Exaltation of the Cross, the building erected in 1410 was given its present shape in the rebuilding after the fire of 1791., You will be surrounded by a wall covered with old cemetery.
• Rectory, built in 1322
• Chapel of St.. Ann
• Niche Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes, built in 1908
• Sandstone statues of Sts. Jude Thaddeus and St. John of Nepomuk, the cemetery wall in front of the church
• Stone cross on the road to Veselíčko, erected in 1868
• Cross at the Crossroads between Osek and Prosenice
• Proposed Osecké náplavy ( Osseker alluvium ) associated with the flood of 1997 caused by alluvium and demolition shore changes of the largest in the country and for protection as a natural monument
• Osseker weir in the Bečva
• Former water mill Podolší