Václavy

Václavy ( German Wazlaw, formerly Watzlaw ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located eleven kilometers southwest of Rakovníka and belongs to Okres Rakovník.

Geography

Václavy is located on the northern slope of the source base of the creek creek Petrovický sloping ridge in Rakonitzer hills. To the west, extends the natural park Jesenicko. To the east of Nad Kostelem rises (537 m), in the southeast of Krakov (512 m) and the Dlouhy les (501 m ) south of the U Vrchu ( 522 m) and the Cerna kočka (552 m) in the southwest of V Jedlinách ( 544 m ) west of the Hokovský vrch ( 565 m) and in the northwest the Banska hora ( 576 m).

Neighboring towns are Řeřichy, Pšovlky and Vinice in the north, Nový Dvůr, Šanov and Hostokryje in the northeast, Petro Vice and Obora in the east, Zavidov and Krakov the southeast, Všesulov, Václavský Nový Dvůr Křekovice and Čistá in the south, Zdeslav Zdeslavský Dvůr Pod Piskovnou, Nová Ves, Kůzová and Smrk the southwest, Velka Chmelištná and Hokovské Domky in the west and Hůrky, Sosen and Klečetné in the northwest.

History

The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1453 as the seat of Augustine of Václavy. In 1512 it belonged to Peter of Václavy, who also owned the goods Řeřichy, Šanov, Pšovlky and Hostokryje. In the middle of the 16th century acquired Václav Dlask of Vchynicko Václavy together with Řeřichy and hit both villages his estate Petrovice to. At the subsequent owners of Petro Vice belonged from 1569 Radslaw Wchinsky of Wchinitz and at the beginning of the 17th century Georg Hrobschitzky of Hrobschitz. Because George Hrobschitzkys participation in the uprising the estate Petrowitz was confiscated after the Battle of White Mountain in 1623 and sold to John Zeller. Later, the village of the rule Kric was slammed. Wenzel Lažanský of Buggau ( Lažanský Bukové z ) on Manětín inherited the rule Kric 1715 his daughter Maria Gabriela. These died in 1758 as superior of the realm pin noble lady in the New Town of Prague, leaving the dominion of the pin, which later became the name of kk free world aristocratic ladies of the holy angels in the Old Town of Prague received.

In 1843 Watzlaw or Waclaw consisted of 28 houses with 215, mostly German-speaking inhabitants. In the village there was a magisterial yard, a dominikale Sheep Farm, a community - granary and a tavern. Away was the magisterial Grange Neuhof. Vicarage was Chmelischen. Until the mid-19th century Watzlaw remained the rule Kric submissive.

After the abolition of patrimonial Watzlaw / Václavy formed in 1850 a municipality in the district court district of Saaz and Jechnitz. 1868 Watzlaw was assigned to the district Podersam. The schoolhouse was built in 1884. In 1930 lived in Wazlaw 190 people, in 1932 there were 210 After the Munich Agreement in 1938, the community was added to the German Reich and belonged until 1945 to the district Podersam. 1939 the community had 135 inhabitants. After the end of World War II Václavy came back to Czechoslovakia, the German inhabitants were expelled. The Okres Podbořany was repealed in 1960, since then Václavy belongs to Okres Rakovník. The chapel in the village square was demolished in the second half of the 20th century. On 1 January 1980 Václavy was incorporated into Zavidov, on November 24, 1990 Václavy was wueder own. The municipality belongs since 1999 to the microregion Čistá - Senomaty.

Community structure

For the community Václavy no districts are reported. Václavy consists of the basic settlement units Václavy ( Vaslav ) and Václavský Nový Dvůr ( Berghof, and Neuhof ). In addition to Václavy part of the monolayer Hokovské Domky ( Hokauer houses or Hinterwald ).

Attractions

• Three crosses atonement Řež, Václav and Klec