Žárovná

Žárovná until 1924 Žárovná, ( German Scharowna, formerly Zarowna ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located five kilometers west of Prachatice in South Bohemia and belongs to Okres Prachatice.

Geography

Žárovná located in the foothills of the Bohemian Forest. The village lies in a valley along the upper reaches of the creek Žárovenský Potok ( vines Bach). To the north rise the Běleč ( Meykow, 923 m) and Na Vrších ( 893 m), northeast of the Kokovec ( 882 m), to the east of the NEMC ( 697 m) and the Hájek ( 696 m ) southeast of the Lomec ( 766 m) and south of the Haj and the Studena ( 885 m). On the northern outskirts of the village the road passes between II/145 Husinec and Vimperk.

Neighboring towns are Radhostice, Libotyne and Mojkov in the north, Horni Kožlí, Dachov, U Silnických and Pěčnov in the northeast, Horouty and Dvory in the east, Lažiště and Milešín the southeast, Švihov and Vojslavice in the south, Šumavské Hoštice and Nová Hospoda the southwest, Nedvídkov and Kosmo the west and Lštění and Dvorec in the northwest.

History

The first written mention of Zarowne was 1394. After the Battle of White Mountain, the Zawisch Baubinský ( Záviš Boubínský ) belonging Good Lipowitz was confiscated with the villages Zarowna and Kosmo and later to John the Elder. Castolarsky Langendorf sold. In 1630, acquired Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg Zarowna the village and opened it his rule Winterberg. In the Berni rula 1654 only the farmer Jakub Kůs is listed in Zarowni or Ziarowniczy. Later, the Prince Dietrich Stein acquired the village and joined it to the reign Wällischbirken. From 1720 the German name Scharowna was used. In 1840 Scharowna / Žarowna consisted of 17 houses with 121 inhabitants, of whom three houses to Winterberg submissive. In the village there was a mill. Vicarage was Laschitz. Until the mid- 19th century, the village always the Fideikommissherrschaft Wällischbirken remained submissive. The inhabitants lived by farming, also were at the creek and its tributaries Žárovenský operated placer gold. In 1848 there were in the village of nine peasant farms. The name was in use Žárovná since 1848.

After the abolition of patrimonial Žárovná / Schwarowna formed in 1850 a municipality in the district team Prachatice. In 1860 the village had grown to 22 houses with 164 inhabitants. The volunteer fire department was formed on 16 November 1905 at the same time a fire engine was purchased. Since 1924 Žárovná is used as the official place name. The fire station was opened in 1932 solemnly. After Prachatice had to be ceded in 1938 as a result of the Munich Agreement to the German Reich, Žárovná remained in Czechoslovakia between 1938 and 1945 and belonged to the district court and Pisek District Netolice. After the end of the Second World War, the village came back to Okres Prachatice. After the collectivization of agriculture, the inhabitants built 1950-1952 a large cowshed. In the years 1964-1965 the reconstruction of a farm in the village square to a community center, which was the social center for Žárovná and the surrounding villages took place. Between 1966 and 1969, a fire water pond was created in Žárovná, so the village was the first in the area, which had such a. 1976 Žárovná was incorporated into Šumavské Hoštice. The social changes after the Velvet Revolution brought the end for the House of Culture, which is the expiry reveal today. Similarly, the cowshed was dissolved after the re-privatization. After a referendum, the village dissolved on January 1, 1993 again from Šumavské Hoštice off and formed its own community. In the same year the construction of the municipal water supply was completed.

Community structure

For the community Žárovná no districts are reported.

Attractions

• Chapel of Sts. Fourteen Holy Helpers in the village square, it was dedicated in 1863 to St. Wenceslas by Bishop Jan Valerián Jirsík. In 2003, she was declared a cultural monument.
• Remains of a circular stone ramparts at a terrace on the north side of the hill Haj
• Skalky north-east of the village, this is unique in Central Europe cordierite - anthophyllite rock formations are star-shaped structure anthophyllite -