Šumice (Uherské Hradiště District)

Šumice ( German Schumitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located six kilometers east of Uherský Brod and belongs to Okres Uherské Hradiště.

Geography

Šumice lies at the western foot of the White Carpathian Mountains. The village is located in the Valley of Olšava at the mouths of creeks and Ovčírka Ledský creek. To the north rises the Goliáška ( 369 m ) in the north- east, the Babí horka ( 384 m), southeast of the Vrchůvky ( 355 m), in the south of the Black Mountain (319 m ) and the northwest Zmoly ( 347 m). Through the town, the railway line Brno- Vlárský leads průsmyk.

Neighboring towns are Nivky, Polichno and Rudice in the north, Kvašňová and Ústsko in the northeast, Bojkovice and Záhorovice in the east, Nezdenice and Nový Dvůr the southeast, Banov and Jakubovec in the south, Šumické pole - Králov, Nivnice and Nivnický Dvůr the southwest, Uherský Brod, Těšov and Újezdec in the west and Prakšice, Pašovice and Maršov in the northwest.

History

The first written mention of Schumitz was at 1380, when Hynek of Wallenstein sold it to Jan of Meziříčí. From this acquired in 1397 by Aleš Cimburg possession. He was succeeded by Jan von Cimburg, sold the Schumitz with the farm and the mill in 1406 to Martin of Hirsfeld. Since 1447 the place name Šumice is preserved. Subsequent owners, the brothers Tas, Dobeš and Beneš of Boskowitz that Šumice 1471 Klement of Bráník were leaving. He sold Šumice 1477 including the court and the tavern for 1000 Hungarian florins to Jan Plankar who slammed the goods of his reign Brod. Since 1509, the Lords of Kunovice owner of the domain were. From 1526 comes the first mention of a church in Šumice, which served as a Protestant church at the end of the 16th century. Šumice was at the beginning of the 17th century a large village and consisted of 110 houses, the courtyard, two mills and a tavern. Upon incidence of troops Stephan Bocskai the village was burned down on June 16, 1605. 1611 sold Jetřich of Kunovice Uherský Brod with all accessories to Ulrich von Kaunitz. The Catholic parish in Šumice was renewed in 1651 and consecrated in the Church of the Virgin Mary. 1663 attacked the Turks under Ahmed Koprulu in Šumice and murdered 48 inhabitants; at the same time they drove away 38 horses, 138 cattle and 1167 sheep. In 1671 the village was called Ssumitz / Šumice. In hooves register 1676 are reported for 96 Šumice estate, of which 16 were desolate. Additional property of a 1676-1705 Dominik Andreas I von Kaunitz, 1746-1794 Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz and 1812-1848 Alois Wenzel von Kaunitz. Between 1801 and 1817 an overhaul of the ailing church, including the construction of a new wooden tower. Until the mid-19th century Šumice always remained the rule Uherský Brod submissive.

After the abolition of patrimonial Šumice / Schumitz formed in 1850 a municipality in the district team Uherský Brod. At this time, the character of Šumice from a small agricultural town turned into a mason village. The church was rebuilt in 1861 with financial support from Albrecht von Kaunitz, there was a stone church tower and entrance area was extended. Between 1883 and 1887 the Wlarabahn was built; 1888, she took on the traffic. In 1911 there were 216 Šumice Maurer, a large part migrated to the cities of Budapest, Vienna and Hamburg. 1919 Šumice was flooded by a heavy flood of Olšava. Here, 71 houses and 32 barns and railway bridges were destroyed and another 50 houses damaged. In the years 1927 and 1928 there was a regulation of Olšava and Ovčírka and the draining of wetlands in the direction Nezdenice and Rudice. Began in 1950 with the construction of a new church, only the foundations were completed by the account of the political situation. The procured for the church building material was used for a cultural center and a cowshed. After the abolition of Okres Uherský Brod municipality was assigned to the Okres Uherské Hradiště the end of 1960. 1961 was built on the due date for the new church place a gymnasium for the elementary school. Consecrated in 1997 by Pope John Paul II in Prague the foundation stone for the construction of a new church. Since 2005 Šumice leads a coat of arms and banners.

Community structure

For the community Šumice no districts are reported.

Attractions

• She was Church of the Assumption, built 1998-2000 consecrated on 25 June 2000 Archbishop Graubner January. The old church was demolished in 1989 except for the tower. Meanwhile, demolition took place in 1999 because of its poor condition.
• Museum of Local History