Senožaty
Senožaty ( German haymaking ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. You more than twelve kilometers northwest of Humpolec and belongs to Okres Pelhřimov.
Geography
Senožaty located in the Bohemian- Moravian Highlands on a ridge between the valleys of Želivka and its tributary creek Martinický. To the north extends in two valleys of the dam the dam Švihov. To the south, the hills Nečický vršek rises (508 m).
Neighboring towns are Děkančice, Hroznětice and Vojslavice in the north, Chalupy and Koberovice in the Northeast, U Vokouna, Býkovka, Otavožaty, Miletín, Ždíry, Lhotice and Závodí in the east, Vitice and Milostice the southeast, Tukleky and Nečice in the south, Číhovice and Jiřičky in the southwest, Košetice, Horka and Onšov in the West as well Nový Dvůr and Syrov in the northwest.
History
The town was founded at the transition from the 12th to the 13th century the monastery Seelau. The first mention of Senožatný place in the year 1352. 1372 Senožatný was referred to as town. 1384 was a stone parish church, which was dedicated to James the Elder. The place belonged to the goods of the monastery, which held the spiritual care. After Senožatný the villages Otavožaty, Čihovice, Nečice, Tukleky, Syrov and Děkančice were the parish. The coat of arms of Senožaty was established in 1651.
1678 examined the abbot Strobl together with the Jihlava pharmacist Kauzmann the water of a fountain, the curative effect was awarded. Strobl settled promptly thereafter built a bath and warm up the water. Bohuslav Balbin 1679 praised the Sauerbrunnen of Senožaty in his writing Additamenta ad libry. Strobl cured himself regularly in summer and autumn in Senožaty and other clergy were allowed to use the bathroom.
On December 31, 1749 a major fire destroyed 13 properties. A further fire fell on June 14, 1772 43 houses including the church and the rectory to the victim. The city fire of May 15, 1814 put 51 houses in ruins, he in turn also affected the church and rectory.
After the abolition of patrimonial Senožaty formed in 1850 with the districts Otavožaty, Tukleky and Nečice a market town in the district team Německý Brod. 1890 Tukleky broke off and formed its own community. At the beginning of the 20th century began in Senožaty the manufacture of pearl buttons, which were also exported to the German Reich. From 1910 Senožaty belonged to the district Humpolec. 1948 Senožaty lost the status of a Městys. 1952 a garrison of the Czechoslovak army was stationed in Senožaty. In 1961 the parish was assigned to the Okres Pelhřimov. In the late 1960s, construction began on the dam Švihov, by sinking the north of the village located deep cut in the romantic valley of the river bends Želivka to Biela mill from 1976 in a reservoir. In 1974, the incorporation of Tukleky was. The garrison was disbanded in 1994, the barracks has been empty since that time. On 13 June 2004, the church was consecrated banner.
According to recent studies of the Sour fountain a nitrate content of about 120 mg / l was found and the water is now used only for irrigation purposes.
Community structure
The municipality consists of the villages Senožaty Nečice ( Netschitz ) Otavožaty ( Grünmahd ) Senožaty ( haymaking ) and Tukleky ( Tuklek ) and the settlements Ždíry ( Zdiry ) Závodí ( Zawodsky ), U Vokouna and Býkovka.
Attractions
- Church of John the Baptist, who originally James the Great consecrated Gothic building was remodeled in 1727 baroque under Abbot Daniel Schindler. After the fires of 1772 and 1814, 1818 saw the reconstruction. Since 1818, the church dedicated to John the Baptist.
- Rectory
- Baroque farm Nos. 74 and 75, the former Ausspanne with ornate gables was partially reconstructed
- Listed leaved lime, the standing place Za sady 25 m high tree has a trunk circumference of 3.93 m
- Chapel in Otavožaty
- Chapel in Tukleky
- Chapel in Nečice