Želenice (Most District)

Želenice ( German Sellnitz ) is a municipality in Okres Most ( Czech Republic).

History

The first settlement was made in the vicinity of the river Bílina the time of the Celts. 1307 was the first written mention of the village. On September 23, 1438 suffered in the Battle of Sellnitz the Hussites of the composite of Louny Saaz and a devastating defeat. The captain Jakoubek of Vršovic, left the Hussites and became one of the most powerful nobles in northern Bohemia.

1680 was an outbreak of plague. The villagers promised to St. Roch middle of the village to create a statue and to celebrate it every year. Then the plague is said to have stopped. The Rochus statue stood in the village square until 1945.

Until the second half of the 19th century, the inhabitants fed mainly on agriculture. Later attended lignite mining, and two brick factories and a quarry for prosperity.

By 1945 Sellnitz had about 500 inhabitants, 80 % of whom were German. The 20% Czechs were mainly working as employees in agriculture and in the nearby mines.

After the Second World War, the Germans were expelled on the basis of the Beneš decrees from the village.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Želenice Liběšice ( Liebschitz ) and Želenice ( Sellnitz ). The municipality is divided into the Katastralbezirke Liběšice u Zelenic and Želenice u Mostu.

Attractions

• Church of St. Wenceslaus Parish me from the second half of the 19th century. The original church to 1352 is not obtained. The church belongs to the protected monuments by the state.
• The stone sculpture of Saint Roch in 1760 and is no longer maintained.