Velký Osek

Velky Osek ( German United Wossek ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located eight kilometers north of the city of Kolin and belongs to Okres Kolin.

Geography

Velky Osek is located southeast of the junction of the Cidlina into the Elbe at the confluence of the streams Bačovka and Sendražický creek on the East Bohemian panel. To the west lies in the floodplain of the declared nature reserve floodplain " Libický luh ", in the southwest, the nature reserve Tonice - Bezedná connects.

Two and a half kilometers north of the village is bypassed by the D 11/Europastraße Highway 67, there is exit 42 " Poděbrady -východ ". By Velky Osek leads the Elbe Valley Railway Kolin - Decin, of their branches in a large Wendeschleife the railway line to Trutnov or Hradec Králové from. South-east is the site of the TPCA.

Neighboring towns are Libice nad Cidlinou and rabbits in the north, Sány in the northeast, Hájky, Polní Chrčice, Ohaře and Volárna in the east, in the southeast Ovčáry, Veltruby in the south, Pňov - Předhradí the southwest, Oseček in the west and Kluk in the northwest.

History

The first written mention of Osek took place in 1228, when the village was, together with Libice nad Cidlinou, rabbit fur, Opolany, Odřepsy and Oldříš the Benedictine monastery of St. George at Prague Castle. The village was built on the edge of a swamp formed by several tributaries of the Elbe. 1366 sold the abbess Elisabeth the desolate courtyard Libice including jurisdiction over the villages Libice, Opolany, Oldříš and Osík, but still remained of monastic property, to Ješek of Všechlapy. Emperor Sigismund withdrew to the monastery in 1437 in exchange for Potštýn the Libicer Sprengel and left this as part of a total of 14 villages in Poděbrady to Georg von Podiebrad as thanks for work merits. After the meantime, elected King George of Podiebrad had acquired the dominion of Kolin Bedřich Strážnice 1458, he joined Osík on to this. Other owners were Matthias Corvinus, the noble families Pernštejna, Zierotin and Kinsky and the Principality Salzburg. Were made between the 17th and 19th centuries straightening of the river, where the located west of Velky Osek in Kameralwald old Elbarme were dropped. In 1788 was in Wossek a Kontributionsspeicher for the surrounding villages. 1827 Wossek sold as part of the reign of Kolin originating from Wallern textile manufacturer Jacob Veith, who brought it through the production of Piquéwaren great wealth. Veith, who was elevated to the hereditary baron, died in 1833. The legacy, which included a total of three gentlemen, his son Wenceslas Baron Veith joined († 1852) on. After the abolition of patrimonial Vosek / Wossek formed in 1850 a municipality in the district of Kolin. Veiths heirs sold the goods 1862 Franz Horsky. Horsky made ​​in 1863 the pond Bacov dry place and regulate the river Bačovka. In 1869 the Austrian Northwest Railway began construction of the railways of Kolin after Jungbunzlau and Wossek after Pelsdorf. The construction of the station took place in 1870 according to plans by the Brothers Teibach from Kutná Hora. After the end of 1870, first working trains had traveled the routes, a regular freight and passenger traffic was recorded on May 1, 1871. 1871 was the conversion of the disused Wosseker memory to a residential building at the station. 1873 was Horsky Knights of Horskyfeld from Wossek station create a four- kilometer-long railway branch to his farm Karolina at Freudeneck. Until the introduction of today's name Velky Osek in 1920, the name Osek and Velky Vosek / Great Wossek were used. 1952, the river regulation works on the Elbe were completed.

Community structure

For the community Velky Osek no districts are reported. To Velky Osek heard the monolayer Bacov ( Baczow ).

Attractions

• Catholic Church, built in 1934
• Mineral source " obecní " on Husova náměstí, artesian well
• Erschrotet mineral spring " Čvančarův " in 1935 by Ladislav Čvančara
• Statue Calvary front of the church; the group of figures in 1761, made of reddish sandstone with cross Christ was originally in Pňov - Předhradí.