Voděrady (Blansko District)

Voděrady ( German Wodierad ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located eight kilometers west of Boskovice and belongs to Okres Blansko.

Geography

Voděrady located at the eastern foot of the highlands in the Nedvědička Bosko brázda. The village lies in the source basin of the creek Výpustek. To the west rises the Hůry (470 m) and in the northwest of Chlum (511 m). To the east of the town there are mounds of unfinished Reichsautobahn Vienna -Breslau, which are crossed by the national road I/43/E461.

Neighboring towns are Újezd ​​and Sebranice in the north, Vaculka in the northeast, Skalice nad Svitavou in the east, and Jabloňany Krhov to the southeast, and Pohodlí Lysice in the south, Drnovice the southwest, Zbraslavec in the west and Víska, Sychotín Kunstat and Podchlumí in the northwest.

History

Archaeological finds evidence of a settlement of the municipality since the Neolithic period. The first written mention of the village was in 1281, when the Vladike Zbylut de Woderat appeared as a witness in a certificate issued in Brno Lehnsurkunde of Jeneč of Schoenberg for his servants Horina two Huben land and forest at Tower. 1316 recorded Mikesch de Wodirad as a witness in the sale of Paezendorf by Bernard of Cimburg to Stanimir of Letovice. The Knights of Voděrady led to the beginning of the 14th century, a coat of arms with golden crescents and green peacock fan. Between 1531 and 1549, the properties were divided into Voděrady among the surrounding dominions Cerna Hora, Lysice and Kunstat. The oldest town seal dates from 1696 and shows a running ram. In 1790, the village consisted of 58 houses and 325 inhabitants had. 1834 Voděrady had grown to 72 houses in which 398 people lived. Until the mid-19th century Voděrady remained three different gentlemen 's servants.

After the replacement of the Patromonialherrschaften the three components of Voděrady 1850 were combined to provide a community in the District Commission Boskovice. At the outbreak of cholera killed seven residents in 1857. 1872 the new school house for a dual-class school system was inaugurated. In 1890 Voděrady 516 inhabitants, in 1900 there were 566 After the discovery of a deposit of Schamottton at the foot of Hůry in 1908 the village two clay pits were operated west. 1909 was a new dreiklassiges school building. In the years 1919-1921 the construction of the road from Drnovice took place after Voděrady. In 1921, 607 residents of the village. In 1925 the construction of the residential estate Alej. At the summit Kopaniny southwest of the village another Schamotttongrube 1934 open. In the years 1939 to 1941 were made east of the village construction work for the Reich highway Vienna -Breslau. On 8 May 1945 a Romanian plane was shot down on the fields at the state road, the observed retreat of the Wehrmacht. Since the beginning of 1961 the commune belongs to the Okres Blansko. In 1973 the road to Sebranice. 1980 was the village of 154 houses and had 496 inhabitants. Since 2001, the municipality performs a coat of arms and banners.

Community structure

For the community Voděrady no districts are reported.

Attractions

• Belfry
• Cross the village square, built in 1857 to commemorate the cholera epidemic