Zbenice

Zbenice ( German Zbenitz, also Sbenitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located eleven kilometers northeast of Březnice and belongs to Příbram.

Geography

Zbenice is located in the Central Bohemian hills above the source tray of the stream Zbenický creek. To the north of the pond Sladkovský rybnik, west of Čunát and the Nový is rybnik and in the northwest the Pazdera. A mile west of the village runs the main road I / 4 between Prague and Strakonice, in the north of the siding of Tochovice to the dam of Orlik Dam. To the north rises the Zásek ( 561 m ) in the east of Velmeš ( 556 m) and the Drahešín ( 588 m ) and southeast of the PTEC ( 633 m).

Neighboring towns are Pazderna, Rtišovice, Stržený Mlýn, Luh, U Štáfů and Drsnik in the north, Pečičky, Pečice, Hvižďour, Cetyně and Bohostice in the northeast, Kamenná and Hatě in the east, Niva, V Kocouru and Podholušice the southeast, Bukovany, Sedlečko, Hořice and Chraštičky in the south, Chraštice, Na Dole, Kletice, Svojšice, Zahájí and Tušovičky the southwest, Čunát, Stara Voda and Horejany in the West, Těchařovice, Cihelna, Cmin, Vrančice, Životice and Myslovice in the northwest.

History

The first mention of Zbynice was in 1293 as a possession of related services of the Smil of Gratzen brothers Hron and Dietmar von Zbynice. The Lords of Zbynice held the estate until the mid-15th century. Then it acquired the Vladiken Kadov and joined it to Holušice. Subsequent owners of the domain Holušice with Zbynice were the contactor of Drahenitz (SIC z Drahenic ). In 1547 Zbynice was connected to the Good Bukowan. Then fell the meaningless become resistant Zbenice and finally went out altogether. In 1618, John sold Vlk of Kvítkov the estate to William Schleglowsky of Schützendorf ( Vilém ze Šicendorfu ). This made ​​Zbenice to his seat and had a palace built on the castle stables. His widow Alena, born of Střítež, later married Henry of Bünau ( Jindřich z Bynu a Bynovští ). After the castle was occupied by the family of Bünau almost a hundred years. Subsequent owners were Pribik Bukowansky Pinta of Bukowan and after his death in 1752 the Countess Čegka that Zbenice her son Johann Graf Čegka (Jan Cejka z Olbramovic ) left. This sold the estate in 1758 to the Benedictine Abbey of St. John under the rock. After the dissolution of the abbey in the course of the Josephine reforms in 1785 the estate was of the royal chamber to which the kk Kameralgut to Franz Seraph Baron Schrenck of Notzing sold. In 1805 Karl Philipp zu Schwarzenberg bought the estate and opened it to his Fideikommissherrschaft Worlik.

In 1837, the Allodialgut Zbenitz comprised a total floor area of 1745 square fathoms yoke in 1482, of which 94 belonged yoke 266 square fathoms of authority. Good to the villages Zbenitz, Zlakowitz ( Zbenické Zlakovice ) and Kamena included ( Kamenná ) and six houses of Great Kraschtitz, five houses of Žiwotitz ( Životice ), two houses of Tiecharowitz and the single- Grange Dol (Na Dole ). The village Zbenitz / Zbenice or Zbinic consisted of 42 houses with 302 inhabitants, including six Israelite families. In the village there was a stately castle, an estate, a sheep, a distillery, a Pottaschensiederei, a tavern and a mill. Vicarage was wholesale Kraschtitz. Until the mid-19th century the estate Zbenitz formed part of the Fideikommissherrschaft Worlik including the Allodialgütern Zalužan, Zbenitz and Bukowan.

After the abolition of patrimonial Zbenice / Zbenitz formed in 1850 with the districts Kamenná, Myslovice, Těchařovice and Životice a municipality in the district team Breznitz and the judicial district of Miro joke. As of 1855, the village belonged to the district of Pisek. In 1932 lived in Zbenice including Kamenná 342 people. On May 13, 1944 ended up as part of Operation Chalk at Zbenice British paratroopers under the command of Vladimír main bird. These were asked after their landing of the Waffen- SS and died during a shootout at Chraštičky. 1949 Zbenice was reclassified in the Příbram. On January 1, 1953, the districts Těchařovice and Životice after Vrančice and the district Kamenná after Bohostice were umgemeindet. In the 1950s, the siding was built north of the village for the construction of the dam of the Orlik dam. In 1964 Zbenice was incorporated into Chraštice. On November 24, 1990, the village broke again from Chraštice and again formed a separate municipality.

Community structure

For the community Zbenice no districts are reported. To Zbenice include the monolayer Cihelna ( Cyhelna ) and Čunát ( Čunak ).

Attractions

• Castle Zbenice, the four-winged late-Renaissance building with an interior courtyard was created in 1626 for William Schleglowsky of Schützendorf. There is a coat of arms of the builder plaque above the entrance portal. Until 1948 the castle was owned by the Schwarzenberg family. After the expropriation, it served various purposes and was eventually transferred to the legal ownership of JZD Chraštice. The failure to repair after the nationalization led to the decline of the castle. In 1982 the castle was also damaged by a fire and then secured with a Notbedachung. After the Velvet Revolution, the castle stood empty and abandoned. In the late 1990s bought the restorer Jiří Češka, who had to vacate his shop and business in Zbraslav, the dilapidated castle. During reconstruction work in 2009, discovered and uncovered an unknown spilled medieval stone arch bridge in an accident in the excavation for the sewer connection, which was probably part of the old parties. The owner of the castle was to damage the part of the castle bridge set repaired. In October 2012, the double lancet bridge with a dimension of 10 x 3 meters, was officially inaugurated. It will include the restoration of the discovered during moat, which was probably filled in 1626. In the castle, the restoration workshop of Jiří Češka is housed, also it is used for cultural events. It is planned to set up a museum of restored antiques in the castle and a microbrewery in the barn.
• Chapel of St.. Trinity with a triangular base
• Belfry
• Statue of St. John of Nepomuk, created in 1703
• Stone crossroads south of the village
• Memorial Stone for the paratroopers of the operation Chalk

Sons and daughters of the town

• Joseph Alois Schrenck of Notzing (1802-1849), Archbishop of Prague