Vroutek

Vroutek ( German Rudig ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It is located six kilometers south-west of Podbořany and belongs to Okres Louny.

Geography

Vroutek is located on the right side of the creek Podhora in the southeastern foothills of the mountains Doupov at the transition to Rakonitzer Bergland. Through the city leads the state road 226 between Podbořany and Chyše and the railway line from Usti nad Labem to Plzeň.

Neighboring towns are Buškovice and Podbořany in the north, Valov in the northeast, Kryry in the east, in the southeast Mukoděly, Vidhostice in the south, Lužec, Vesce and Drahonice the southwest, Skytaly, Dvorek and Detan in the west and Dverce and Kružín in the northwest.

History

The first mention of Vroutek dates from the year 1227 as Kojata IV of Hrabischitz the site of the monastery founded Zderaz. In the 14th century Vroutek center of a church property and erhleit was probably at this time also his city rights. 1393 was the Benedictine monastery of Porta Apostolorum owner of Vroutek. After the destruction of the monastery by the Hussites in 1420 occupied Jakoubek Vřesovice Vroutek, which was also claimed by the city Žatec. 1437 acquired Aletsch of Schoenburg Vroutek. The feud with the city of Saaz was finally ended in 1441 with the demolition of the festivals Vroutek by the Saaz.

Since 1510 Vroutek possession was the gentlemen z Údrče 1535 and acquired by Sebastian Weitmühl a part of the city. From 1548 belonged Vroutek Johann Waldemar von Lobkowicz and from 1588 Radslav Vchynský of Vchynic who a year later sold it to Vladislav of Hrobschitz. In 1599, the city was burned down. Until 1628 Vroutek belonged to the Hrobschitzern and 1631 was Hermann Czernin of Chudenitz to Petersburg new owners. During the Thirty Years' War Vroutek was devastated in 1645 by Swedish troops. To re- settlement of the town, the Czernin of Chudenitz German settlers brought into the country. 1721 was the first school and in the middle of the 18th century, a brewery and two mills operated in Rudig. 1802 Rudig was a garrison town. 1826 had Rudig 910 inhabitants. Until the replacement of patrimonial regimes in 1848 Rudig belonged to the rule Petersburg and then became an independent city. 1873 drove the first train on the route from Prague to Dux by Rudig. 1921 lived 1806 people in the city, of which 95% were German. In 1922 a Czech minority school. 1930, the city had 2148 inhabitants and 1950 there were in 1231. After the Second World War, the German population was expelled and settled Wolhynientschechen.

Local structure

The city Vroutek consists of the districts Lužec (Lust ), Mlýnce (Linz), Mukoděly ( Mokotil ) Skytaly ( Skytal ) Vesce ( Wes ), Vidhostice ( Widhostitz ) Vrbička ( Kleinfürwitz ) and Vroutek ( Rudig ). The municipality is divided into the Katastralbezirke Lužec, Mukoděly, Skytaly, Vesce u Drahonic, Vidhostice, Vrbička and Vroutek. To Vroutek also includes the layering in Kružín ( Chruschina ) Dvorek ( Gela ), Lina ( Lihna ) and Mlýn.

Attractions

• Jacobus Church of the older, built in 1220
• Church of St John the Baptist, built in 1726
• Plague Column on the marketplace, the group of figures with Pieta in 1711 set up

Sons and daughters of the town

• Gregor Ritzsch (1584-1643), printer and hymns poet, born in Skytal