Unhošť

Unhošť ( German Unhoscht ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It is located 21 km west of Prague and eight kilometers south of Kladno and belongs to Okres Kladno.

Geography

The city is located northeast of Pürglitzer forest on the Unhoschter panel ( Unhošťská tabule ). To the north, the route to the R 6 / E runs between 48 Nové Strašecí and Kladno. In Unhošť the state roads cross 201 of Jeneč after Bratronice and 101 of the R 6 for D 5 at Rudná.

Neighboring towns are Pletený Újezd ​​Malé Přítočno and Fialka in the north, Pavlov in the northeast, Jeneč in the east, Cerveny Újezd ​​and Ryman in the southeast, Svárov in the south, Na Stokach and Nouzov in the southwest, the Americas and Horni Bezděkov in the west and Kyšice and Braškov in the northwest.

History

Archaeological finds evidence of a settlement of the area since the Neolithic period from the period 4500-2400 BC, is first documented was the place in 1257 by Ottokar II, who left him to the newly founded New Town Prague. 1327 Unhošť was raised by John of Luxembourg to town with limited self-government, which the surrounding villages were assigned. On October 19, 1329, the king handed over the St. Peter and Paul's Church at the Cross with the Red Star in Prague. Unhošť became a medieval education center and the first school was built 1380th lies on the road from Prague to Křivoklát brought to the town an advantageous basis for development. King Vladislav II Advanced on May 15, 1489 To privileges and solved Unhošť from the jurisdiction of the Lesser Town out.

By Emperor Franz II Unhošť were awarded full city rights in 1793. After the replacement of patrimonial Unhoscht 1850 became the seat of a political district, as well as judicial and tax district. To 1878 included the City of Kladno District Court for Unhoscht. In 1927, the resolution of the Okres Unhošť and the city became part of Okres Kladno. 1929 took the bottled water Čeperka in Nouzov to operate on, he exhibited in the 1970s, filling a.

Attractions

• St. Peter and Paul's church, built at the beginning of the 14th century and remodeled Baroque 1702-1724.
• Statue of St. John of Nepomuk, at the church
• Statue of St. Adalbert, at the church
• Old Town Hall, built in 1489, now serves as a museum of local history ( Melicharovo Vlastivědné Muzeum )
• Feldekovský zámek, originally built in the second half of the 18th century, and the seat of the family Feldek

Local structure

For the city Unhošť no districts are reported. To Unhošť include the settlements Na Stokach and Nouzov and the layering in America and Fialka.

Personalities

• František Melichar (1842-1925), teacher and school director and author of native historical writings
• Florian Zajic (1853-1926), violinist and music teacher