Podhradí (Zlín District)

Podhradí ( German Burgdorf ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located twelve kilometers south-east of Zlín in Vizovice Bergland and belongs to Okres Zlín.

Geography

The village is located on the southern slope of the mountain Vizovice country at the headwaters of the creek Pozlovický creek. To the north rise the mountains Brda (600 m), Baba ( 635 m) and Komonec ( 672 m ), at the foot of the desert Postal Stary Světlov is. Podhradí is only accessible via a side road leading from Pozlovice. To the south lies the dam Luhačovice

Neighboring towns are Horni Lhota in the northeast, Dolni Lhota in the east, Pozlovice in the south, Řetechov the southwest, Pradlisko in the west and Malenisko and Provodov in the northwest.

History

In the 14th century in Vizovice Bergland a number of castles guard emerged to protect the circuit against incursions of the Hungarians, Turks and Tatars. In the west lay the castle Rýsov, followed Stary Světlov east and followed the same distance the castle Engelberg. First written messages through the castle Stary Světlov originate from 1360 and identify them as the property of Albert von Sternberg.

The castle rule included in 1412 the villages Provodov, Pozlovice, Lidkovice, Luhačovice, Bojkovice Zilin, half of Usti, Krhov, Pitín, Hostětín and Komňa. 1418 sat Eliska Světlovská von Sternberg Jaroslav von Sternberg as co-owner of a. After his death at the Battle of Vyšehrad Eliska 1420 sold the castle to the Emperor Sigismund. After his death his widow Barbara of Celje was owned a mansion. From the possession of the crown, the rule came to Henry of Lipa and finally to the Hungarian robber barons Pankrazberg Svätý Mikuláš. After this had become a nuisance, bought the Moravian estates to the castles Engelberg and Stary Světlov and sold them to Burian of Vlčnov.

In the power struggle between George of Podiebrad and Matthias Corvinus the castles Stary Světlov and Engelberg was destroyed and remained desolate. As the seat of government was Ctibor the castle Nový Světlov build from country rock in 1480 at Bojkovice.

1563 was the first written mention of the village podhradí Starosvětlovské as part of the castle rule. 1633 was the place to rule Luhačovice, where he remained until the replacement of patrimonial regimes in 1848. He then formed a separate municipality within the political and judicial district of Hungarian Brod.

Attractions

  • Timbered belfry
  • Statue of St. Florian
  • Postal Stary Světlov
  • Turks Cross Stone Cross to 1633
  • Mineral source Sirčena next growing 300 -year-old Speierling
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