Stáj (Jihlava District)

Stáj ( German Stay, 1939-45: Stallern ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located seven kilometers south-east of Polná and belongs to Okres Jihlava.

Geography

The Moravian village Stáj located in the Arnolecké Mountains, part of the Bohemian- Moravian Highlands, on the main European watershed between the Elbe and Danube. To the west and north of the town led one km from the historic border with Bohemia along. To the east rises the Sádek ( 698 m). On its southern slope springs the Balinka, creek on the western slope of the Ochozský. To the southeast lies the Havlina (706 m) in the south and Na Vrchu (617 m).

Neighboring towns are Janovice and Milov in the north, and Rudolec Bohdalov in the northeast, Chroustov in the east, Kyjov and Cerna in the southeast, Arnolec in the south, and Nadějov Zhoř in the southwest, and Lipina Dobroutov in the west and Polná and Záborná in the northwest.

History

The village was established in the 13th century during the colonization of the Moravian border forest through the monastery Trebitsch. First mentioned was the place in 1298, when Wenceslas II together with Bishop Theodoric of Neuhaus to the monastery connected provost of St. Benedict built in Wollein. Stáj was one of 21 of the Provost humble villages. After the extinction of the Provost Stay belonged to the rule Měřín. 1559 sold in January the Elder Stránecký Stránec of the reign of John and Raphael Chraustenský of Malowar on German Rudoletz. Stay consisted of 1585 14 subservient estate. The manor Stay sold Johann Chraustenský the end of the 16th century to Jan Řečický. In 1609 he bought it back from Ursula Sponner of Blinsdorf. After the Battle of White Mountain in 1620, the goods of Peter Raphael Chraustenský were confiscated. 1621 acquired Rambold XIII. Collalto of the goods. The counts Collalto made ​​Czerna to her seat and united German Rudoletz and Pirnitz to a Familienfideikommiss. 1650 was the village from 20 economies. The first local seal of Stage comes from 1668. 1734 lived in the village of 141 people. During the Napoleonic Wars, the French withdrew and erected by Stay on the road to Polna a camp. In the 19th century was mined at Stay lime.

After the abolition of patrimonial Stay formed in 1850 a municipality in the district of Jihlava. 1875 was a schoolhouse. 1931, the two-class instruction was added to Stáj. From 1949 Stáj belonged to Okres Jihlava - okolí. After the takeover by the Communists the economy of the Vanek family was confiscated in 1952 by the District Attorney's Office Jihlava and sentenced the owner Josef Vanek to a five year prison sentence. 1953 befell the family Matějíček a similar fate. In 1956, the forced collectivization and agricultural cooperative was founded. Since 1961 Stáj belongs to Okres Jihlava. The school was closed in 1977 and retrained the children after Zhoř. Between 1980 and 1990 Stáj was incorporated to Polná. The town today consists of 56 houses.

Attractions

• Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk, built in 1808

Sons and daughters of the town

• Jaroslav Malec (1889-1959), Legionnaire and Brigadier General