Osek (Strakonice District)

Osek to 1924 Vosek ( German Osek, formerly Wosek ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located eight kilometers northeast Strakonic in South Bohemia and belongs to Okres Strakonice.

Geography

Osek is located in the Central Bohemian Uplands in the valley of the brook Petrovický creek. The creek is dammed in Osek in a cascade of ponds, of which the Velky fishpond, the Basta, the Koupavý fishpond, the Cimburek and the east of the village located Hrabovský rybnik are the greatest. Northeast of the Na Vartách collected ( 455 m ) in the east of Žižkův vrch (470 m) and the Čihátko (486 m ) southeast of the Ve Vrších ( 496 m), the Dubovec ( 528 m) and the Hrabov ( 523 m), in the south of Chlum ( 544 m ) southwest of the Dominový vrch ( 499 m) and the vena (486 m ) and in the west of the Janský vrch ( 497 m). By Osek leads the state road II/139 between Pisek and Radomyšl. Located northwest of the village runs the railway line Březnice - Strakonice, the Radomyšl Station is an abundant kilometers west of Osek.

Neighboring towns are Rojice, Velka Turná and Malá Turná in the north, Hubert, Dubi Hora, Petro Vice and Větrov in the northeast, Podolí Jehnice in the east, Hrabovka, Pohodnice, Brusy, Nová Dobev, Vítkov and Kbelnice the southeast, Rohozná and Rovná in the south, Řepice, Domanice and Kaletice the southwest, Radomyšl in the west and U Mikuláše, Leskovice, Chrášťovice and Láz in the northwest.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1392 as the seat of Vladiken Vlásek of Vosek. After the death of Divis of Vosek († 1414) and his widow Catherine ( † 1417 ) was the estate home to the Bohemian crown. King Wenceslas IV belieh below various minions with Vosek. A branch of the family of Záborský Brloh made in the 15th century, water-resistant Vosek built as its seat. As the owner are 1442 Absolon Brloh, to 1489 Jan von Brloh, and in 1484 Alexander Brloh proven. At the beginning of the 16th century the estate was owned by the brothers Peter and Absolon Brloh, then from January 1529 Osecký Brloh on Osec, who died in 1532 without issue. Heirs of the estate Osec and the village Rakovice were his sisters Dorothy, Lidmila and Katherina. They sold the parties, the court and the village Osek including goods Jehnice and Turná to Jiří Cejka of Olbramovice, who took his seat in Osek. After his death there was a freight division between his three sons. Václav Cejka received this Osek, his two older brothers Brloh or Rovná. In 1577 he bought the village of Malá Turná added. 1596 was inherited by his eldest son Jiřík the estate, he was succeeded by his younger brother Zdeněk. After the Battle of White Mountain Zdenko were confiscated by Čegka ( Zdeněk Cejka ) related goods and Wosek Kbelnitz because of its participation in the uprising of 1618. The Hofkammer they sold in 1623 to Charles of Liechtenstein, which they sold shortly afterwards to Ferdinand Rudolf Lažanský of Buggau ( Lažanští z Bukové ). The counts Lažanský united the goods Wosek and Kbelnitz with the Good Mladiegowitz ( Mladějovice ) and from 1684 still with the goods Bratronitz and Katowsko ( Katovsko ) to a rule Bratronitz, which was connected with Ferdinand Lažanský of Buggau briefly with the rule Manětín. Other owners belonged to Adam Graf Lažanský of Buggau on Bratronitz, Mladiegowitz and Wosek († 1737). His over-indebted property fell in 1739 to its creditors. This divided the rule Bratronitz on the three goods Bratronitz, Wosek and Mladiegowitz. Then, the owner of Wosek changed in rapid succession. 1790 acquired the k.k. Field Marshal - Lieutenant Franz Wenzel Reysky baron of Dubnitz ( Václav Rajský Dubnic z ) the combined Good Wosek with Kbelnitz. He sold in 1800 to Mathias Johann Kutschera. From him it was inherited in 1809 by his son Johann Paul Kutschera, who sold the property in 1825 to the citizens of Prague Franz and Josepha Daubek.

In 1840 the estate had a floor space of 2591 square fathoms yoke in 1185. On its territory in 1217 lived mainly Czech -speaking inhabitants, including 20 Israelite families. The main source of income was the agriculture. The rule Meier managed two farms in Wosek and Kbelnitz, a sheep farm in Kbelnitz and a forest district with the holdings Lažanský, Hrabowsky, Staschowa and Turna with Wegskowetz. For Good Wosek included the villages Wosek, small Turna ( Malá Turná ) Petrowitz ( Petro Vice ) and Jemnitz ( Jehnice ), the connected Good Kbelnitz the villages Kbelnitz ( Kbelnice ) Sedlikowitz ( Sedlíkovice ) and seven houses of Paratschow. The village consisted of 55 houses Wosek with 384 residents, including 20 Israelite families. In Wosek there was a magisterial Royal Castle with the chapel of St.. Thekla, an estate, a brewery, a liquor store, a gamekeeper's house, a Pottaschensiederei and a synagogue. Vicarage was Radomischel. Until the mid-19th century Wosek was the office of the village with good Wosek Kbelnitz.

After the abolition of patrimonial Vosek / Wosek formed in 1850 a district of the municipality Radomyšl in the District Commission and the Court of District Strakonice. The Daubek family acquired in the second half of the 19th century nor the Good Kalletitz ( Kaletice ) are added and combined it with Wosek. Eduard Daubek was beaten in 1879 as a Knight of Daubek in the Austrian equestrian. 1899 took the local train Strakonitz - Blatná - Breznitz operation on the railway line Breznitz - Strakonitz. In 1919 Vosek broke loose from Radomyšl and formed its own community. Since 1924, she leads the official name Osek. 1964 were incorporated Jehnice, Malá Turná and Petro Vice. On April 1, 1976 still came Rohozná, which had previously belonged to the municipality Rovná, add a district.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Osek Jehnice ( Jemnitz ), Malá Turná (small Turna ) Osek ( Osek ), Petro Vice ( Petrowitz ) and Rohozná ( Rohosna ).

Attractions

Osek Castle built in the 16th century for the family Cejka as Renaissance in place of the old water-resistant the Záborský Brloh. Its present Neo-Baroque appearance in the conversion of 1911 by the architect Marktleuthen village. Here, the cultivation of the west wing was. 1948, the Knights of Daubek were expropriated. Today, the castle serves as a social welfare institution for mentally handicapped youth.
Castle chapel of St.. Thekla
English landscape park to the west of the castle
Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk from the first half of the 18th century, the south front of the castle
Chapel of St. Wenzel, built in the second half of the 19th century
Stock image of St. Prokop on the way to Radomyšl, created in the first half of the 19th century
Stock image of St. Thekla on the road to Kbelnice, built in the first half of the 18th century
High Baroque pilgrimage and burial Church of Sts. John the Baptist Cemetery on the Johannesberg ( Janský vrch ) southwest of the village. It was built in 1733-1736 to replace a former Renaissance building. The order was received the Prague military architect Bartolomeo Scotti, who had previously made the reconstruction of the Grand Priory of the Lesser Town. The plans for the building of the church come from Anselmo Lurag, a relative Scotti, who also took over the execution. From the pond Vraždy in Radomyšl leads a Stations of the Cross with 14 chapels in the valley of the creek Radomyšlský to church. From the cemetery offers a wide view over the surrounding hills.
Jewish Cemetery, southwest of the castle in the grove on the Johannesberg, created at the beginning of the 19th century. In the cemetery are the graves of the grandparents of Franz Kafka, the slaughterer Amschel Jacob Kafka (1814-1889) and his wife Frances, nee Platowsky ( 1816-1885 ). It is protected as a cultural monument.
Remains of the festivals Petrovice over the mouth of the creek in the Petrovický Brložský creek at Větrov

Sons and daughters of the town

Hermann Kafka (1852-1931), businessman and father of Franz Kafka

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