Žár (České Budějovice District)

Žár ( German Sohors at Gratzen ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located six kilometers north-west of Novohradský in South Bohemia České Budějovice and belongs to the.

Geography

Žár is on the left side of the creek Žárský creek on the western shore of the pond Žárský rybnik ( Sohorser pond ) in the foothills of the mountain Novohradské country. To the east rises the Výhledy (Prospect, 548 m), northwest of the Dubi ( Eichberg, 579 m).

Neighboring towns are Svobodák, Olešnice and Buková in the north, Janovka in the northeast, Svaryšov in the east, Hlínov, Údolí Krcin and Svébohy the southeast, Střeziměřice and Božejov in the south, Žumberk and Klažary the southwest, Chudějov and Mezilesí in the west and Pěčín and Hradek in northwest.

History

Žár is one of the oldest documented places in South Bohemia. The first written mention was made in 1186 under the name Lazisich ( Lazice ), when the court was dedicated to the Cistercian Abbey of Zwettl. In 1221 the farm was first described as Sahar, this was also the first mention of the fish pond. Around 1270, acquired the Landsteiner branch of Witigonen Sahar and closed the courtyard of his castle at Gratzen. William of country stone sons Ojíř and Vitek († 1380 ) sold in 1359 and the reigns Gratzen Wittingau to the brothers Peter, Jost, Ulrich and Johann I. von Rosenberg to Cesky Krumlov. In 1610, sparked Peter Wok von Rosenberg, the last of the family of Rosenberg, the court Sohors go along with the Good Sonnbergstuben of Gratzen and appropriated them to Theobald and Hans Hock of Two Brück. This lost possession in 1618 and again in connection with their accusation of high treason and forgery Testament. Sun Mountain and Sohors fell thus to the heirs of Rosenberg and owners of Gratzen, Peter of Swan Mountain. Whose goods were confiscated in 1620 because of his participation in the uprising of 1618. On February 6, 1620, Emperor Ferdinand II rule Gratzen to his commander Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Comte de Bucquoy. 1840 lived in 40 houses of Sohorsch at Sun Mountain 243 German. Gepfarrt the village was by Sun Mountain. Until the mid- 19th century, the village always the Count Buquoys remained subservient to Gratzen.

After the abolition of patrimonial Sohors / Žár formed in 1850 a part of the community Sonnbergstuben / Žumberk in the District Commission Kaplitz. 1903 Sohors broke loose from Sun Mountain and formed with Johannesruh 3 share a separate municipality. This was in the year 1915 312 inhabitants, of whom lived 200 German in Sohors and 110 German and two Czechs in Johannesruh In 1930 the municipality Sohors at Gratzen had 288 inhabitants, in 1939 there were 277 As a result of the Munich Agreement was the church in 1938 added to the German Reich and belonged until 1945 to the German district Kaplitz. After the end of World War II Žár came back to Czechoslovakia and the German inhabitants were expelled. 1948 Okres Kaplice was dissolved and the village of the Okres Trhové Sviny newly formed slammed, which was repealed twelve years later again. Janovka 2 díl lost its status as a district in 1950. In 1960, the incorporation of Buková and Žumberk ( with Božejov, Chudějov ), at the same time the community was associated with the České Budějovice. Since 1980 also Chudějov was no longer seen as the district. On 1 July 1985, the annexation to Novohradský, where Buková separated and the community Olešnice was delivered divided. Since 24 November 1990, the municipality Žár there again.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Žár Božejov (bush village), Žár ( Sohors ) and Žumberk ( Sun Mountain ) and the settlements Chudějov ( Wieden ), Janovka 2 díl ( Johannesruh 2 share ) and Svaryšov ( Sworeschau ).

Attractions

• Žárský rybnik ( Sohorser Pond), which is since 1221 one of the oldest proven pond fish ponds in Bohemia. It was enlarged in the 14th century to its present area of ​​121 ha. On the island located in the eastern part of the pond, the counts Buquoys left a park with exotic trees and avenues to create and build a pleasure palace. The latter was demolished after 1948.
• Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk, built in the first half of the 19th century
• Gothic Church of St. John the Baptist in Žumberk
• Fixed Žumberk
• Fortifications of military village Žumberk