VavÅ™inec (Blansko District)

Vavrinec ( German Laurenz, also Wawrzinec ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located seven kilometers north-east of Blansko and belongs to Okres Blansko.

Geography

Vavrinec is located on the right side above the arroyo Pustý žleb the Punkevní in the Moravian Karst. South-west rises the Podvrší (590 m ). To the west lies the deserted village Podolí.

Neighboring towns are Němčice in the north, Sloupsko Šošůvka in the northeast, and Holštejn Lipovec in the east, Ostrov u Macochy the southeast, Suchdol in the south, Veselice in the southwest, and Ráječko Karolín in the west and Petro Vice and Zdar in the northwest.

History

The first beginnings of the colonization of the area around Blansko and Rájec occurred in the first half of the 12th century by the diocese of Olomouc. 1245 the new bishop Bruno of Castle ran a systematic colonization of the episcopal possessions and took about 25,000 German settlers from the overpopulated Saxony time to Moravia. After 1260 was the construction of the castle Blansek as the seat of episcopal lords. The first written mention of the Good Petro Vice associated village was in 1378 of the land board in connection with the sale of Petro Vice including associated Huben in Vavrinec and Podolí by Unka of Majetín to Eliska of Rohatce and Vitek of Rohrbach. The surrounding villages Neradice, Bezděčice and Podolí extinguished again later. 1396 pledged Bishop Nicholas of Riesenburg the Blansky goods to Erhart of Kunštát and Skal. From 1416 included the goods Zajíc Wilhelm of Waldeck. After this had fallen on November 1, 1420 at the Battle of Vyšehrad in the fight against the Hussites, received the Knight of Studnice Blansek. Under Bishop John of Bucca Blansek formed one of the bases of the diocese in the fight against the Hussites. For the alleged 1424 and 1431 were made revenues of the castle by Andreas Prokop, there is no source, obviously there are legends. 1437 pledged Bishop Paul of Miličín and Talmberg the castle domination Vok V of Holštejn. After 1440 the castle burned down Blansek, since 1461 it is considered desert. New seat of government was the stronghold Nový Blansek, which was extended to the castle later. It was later part of the reign Rájec Vavrinec. 1766 bought Anton Josef Altgraf of Salm- Reifferscheidt of the over-indebted counts of Gellhorn rule Blansko on and combined it with Rájec to a dominion. The Counts of Salm- Reifferscheidt - Raitz made the rule with the iron works Blansko and Arnoštov one of the centers of the Moravian iron smelting, a part of the population earned a living in the Salmschen smelters.

After the abolition of patrimonial Vavrinec was formed in 1850 a municipality in the district team Boskowitz. 1948 Vavrinec was assigned to the Okres Blansko. With the beginning of 1961 was the annexation of Veselice ( with Mala Veselice ) and Suchdol ( with Nové Dvory ). The district has a Vavrinec Katastralfläche of 296.6 ha In the census of 1991, the district consisted of 132 houses and had 391 inhabitants.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Vavrinec Suchdol, Vavrinec ( Lawrence ) and Veselice ( Wesselitz ) and the settlements Veselice Mala ( Small Wesselitz ) and Nové Dvory ( Neuhof ).

Attractions

Chapel in Suchdol
Cave system Sloupsko - šošůvské Caves, northeast of the village
National Nature Reserve Vývěry Punkvy with the sinkhole chasm, the Punkwahöhlen, amateur cave and Catherine Cave, south of town
Numerous other caves and sink-holes, especially in the valley Pustý žleb
Remains of the castle overlooking the valley of Blansek Punkevní, southeast of Nove Dvory
Lookout on the Podvrší

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