Velká Lečice

Velka Lečice ( German United Letschitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located about four kilometers northeast of Novy Knín and belongs to Příbram.

Geography

Velka Lečice is located on a plateau on the left side above the valley of the brook Kocába ( Kotzaba ) and its tributary Potok z Dvochců in Dobříšská pahorkatina in the north of Středočeská pahorkatina. To the north of Horni rises vrch ( 439 m), in the northeast of Čihadlo (380 m), southeast of the Nevada ( 420 m ) south of the Chvojná ( 481 m) in the southwest of Na vršku (377 m ) west of the Na Vinicí (408 m) and in the northwest the Hurka (421 m) and the Pleš (490 m).

Neighboring towns are Senešnice, Jamky and Bratřínov in the north, Malá Lečice and Královky to the northeast, Porostliny, Bouska, Slapy and Buš in the east, Nové Dvory and kramy the southeast, Spálený Mlýn, Za Kocábou, Moravce Sudovice and U Pařeza in the south, Nový Knín, Stary Knín, Velka and Mala Hraštice Hraštice in the southwest, and Voznice Bažantnice in the west and Nova Ves pod Pleší, Pleš and Zahořany in the northwest.

History

Archaeological finds indicate a human presence in the municipality during the late Stone Age, around 2000 BC, but a permanent settlement could not be detected. Around 250 BC Celtic settlers began at the Kocába to soaps for gold. The Knin gold mining was added in the 11th century; gold deposit extends from Čisovice about Zahořany, Rymaně, Pleš, Bratřínov, Malá Lečice, Velka Lečice, Knín, Sudovice, Kozi Hory, Libčice until after Mokrsko. In what was then a heavily wooded area, the first miners built their huts at the Kocába and on a raised place at the site of today's upper village.

The first written mention of the village took place in 1412. Gold mining became extinct probably during the Hussite Wars. Beneficial for Velka Lečice was the convenient location on the plateau. Velka Lečice formed together with Čím, Čelina and a part of Bratřínov an exclave of the county castle Karlstejn between the possessions of the rule Dobříš ( Senešnice, Nová Ves, Hraštice ) and the Zisterziensterklosters King's Hall ( Malá Lečice, kramy, Nové Dvory ). From the former importance of the village testify remains of a pottery workshop from the first half of the 15th century as well as a 500 year old fountain with Eichenzimmerung, which was exposed during the construction of the house No. 84. The lore has it that have stood on the site of the house No. 84, a brewery, which was connected to the Tavern ( # 60 ) by an underground passage.

1619 the castle Karlstejn county was abolished and at the same time also spent the Crown Jewels and the Royal Archives in Prague. In 1625 the rule of Charles Stein came into the possession of the chamber of the queen of Bohemia. The castle and manor Karlstejn 1631 were pledged to Jan Kavka Říčanský of Říčan. In 1639 the area was plundered by the troops of the Swedish Field Marshal Banér. In the Berni rula of 1653 13 peasant farms are listed for Velka Lečice, and there were two mills. On June 13, 1659 a large fire destroyed eight homes. Apart from agriculture, the production of tanbark was the livelihood of the residents of the village. In 1693 the royal chamber earned back the castle and lordship Karlstejn.

In 1846, wholesale Letschitz / Welko - Lečice consisted of 44 houses with 292 inhabitants. In the village there was a tavern, off lay on the Kotzaba three mills. Vicarage was Alt- Knin ( Stary Knín ). Until the mid- 19th century, the village of the Imperial remained Board rule Karlstejn submissive.

After the abolition of patrimonial Velka Lečice / wholesale Letschitz formed in 1850 together with Mala Lečice a part of the community Lečice / Letschitz in the district of Pribram and judicial district Dobříš. Since 1881, the church bore the name Velké Lečice, from 1924 Velka Lečice is used as an official municipality name. The Kocába in 1910 dul in Babí and regulated in Na Fusnice. 1914 emerged the six houses in Štěkanda. Velka Lečice consisted in 1918 of 72 houses with 337 inhabitants. In the village there were two public houses, two shops, a village pond and two community wells were located on the land three mills. Malá Lečice broke up in 1920 going on and formed its own community. In the same year the Potok z Dvochců was regulated and abolished the ford in the center. Between Velka Lečice and Štěkanda was in 1925 a cast iron bridge over the Kocába. A year later, the village was electrified. In 1949 the parish was assigned to the newly formed Okres Jizera, since its abolition in 1960, it belongs to Příbram. On 1 January 1980 Velka Lečice was incorporated into Nová Ves pod Pleší. Since 1 July 1990 Velka Lečice again forms a separate municipality. At 1999, found at Underground Jezu in Kocábatal between Velka and Mala Lečice Lečice the world championships in Gold panning instead. The village consists of 97 houses where live 163 people.

Community structure

For the community Velka Lečice no districts are reported. Velka Lečice consists of the local documents Vrch and Štěkanda or Za Kocábou and the monolayer Spálený Mlýn.

Attractions

• Chapel on the village square in the local situation Vrch, built in the first half of the 19th century. The bell is from 1756. The chapel is entered in the list of monuments and in 1991 repaired.
• Niche chapel Bozi Muka at the Crossroads in the northern part of the village. It originated in the 19th century and is surrounded by two Linden. In 1995 she was refurbished and dedicated.
• Niche chapel U Křížku in the lower part of the village. It dates from the 19th century and was also renovated in 1995.
• Relics of placer gold at the Kocába
• Former gold mines in Babí dul and at the Nevada

Sons and daughters of the town

• Ladislav Sirovy (1918-1992), Catholic priest and of 1988-1992 46th Grand Master of the Cross with the Red Star