ZahorÄice (Strakonice District)
Zahorčice until 1924 Záhorčice ( German Sahorschitz, formerly Zahorčitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located nine kilometers south-west of Strakonice in South Bohemia and belongs to Okres Strakonice.
Geography
Zahorčice is located on the right side above the valley of the brook Nihošovický creek in the foothills of the Bohemian Forest. To the north rise the Hlavičky ( 645 m) and the Hrudkov ( 655 m), in the northeast of the MLAT ( 645 m), Hurka ( 655 m) and the KBIL (664 m ) east of the Ostra ( 595 m ) in the south the Škavlík (606 m) and the hora ( 611 m ) and northwest of the Mladotický vrch (703 m).
Neighboring towns are Makarov and Lhota u Svaté Anny in the north, Švejcarova Lhota and Libětice in the northeast, Pasečná and Strunkovice nad Volyňkou in the east, Úlehle and Radkovice the southeast, Jetišov in the south, Němčice and Hoslovice the southwest, Hodějov, Zvotoky and Škrobočov in the west and Mladotice, Tazovice and Kraselov in the northwest.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1227 as a possession of the monastery of St. George at Prague Castle. Later owners were Mr. Kotz of Dobrz, the city Vimperk and Peter Wok von Rosenberg. This sold the village in 1569 to the Grandpriorat the chivalric Order of Malta in Strakonitz. In the second half of the 17th century the village belonged to the Knights of Malowetz Malovice. In 1681 the Prague provost Johann Ignatz bought Baron Chanowsky Dlauhowesky Langendorf Zahortschitz by Christoph Malowetz of Malovice and joined it to his estate Kraselov. After he had yet acquired the estate in 1697 Niemtschitz, Zahortschitz was submissive by Niemtschitz. On January 10, 1701 he finally united testamentary goods Niemtschitz and Hoděgow with the Good Krasilau to a Fideikommiss for his nephew Adam Joseph Freiherr Chanowsky Krasylowsky Dlauhowesky Langendorf. This remained afterwards always in possession of the Barons Chanowsky Krasylowsky Dlauhowesky Langendorf. In 1840 Zahorčitz consisted of 34 houses with 197 inhabitants. 33 houses belonged to the estate Niemtschitz and one to rule Strakonitz. In the village there was a tavern. Vicarage was Krasilau. Until the mid-19th century Zahorčitz always remained the Fideikommissgut Niemtschitz including Krasilau submissive.
After the abolition of patrimonial Zahořice / Zahorčitz formed in 1850 a part of the community Jetišov in the District Commission Strakonice and the jurisdiction Volyně. From 1880 the village was formed under the name of a Záhorčice own community. In 1920, 270 people lived in the village, in the town, there was a public house and a primary school. In 1923 founded the volunteer fire department. Since 1924 Zahorčice is used as the official place name. On April 1, 1976, the annexation took place after Čestice. In 1975, a fire water pond was created. After a referendum sparked Zahorčice November 24 again in 1990 by Čestice off and formed its own community. In 2007, on the construction of the transmission and observation tower began on the KBIL, which was opened in 2008.
Community structure
For the community Zahorčice no districts are reported.
Attractions
- Chapel of St. John the Baptist, in the village square
- Dolmen mountain KBIL with lookout tower and rock Kbílský