Zlonice
Zlonice ( German Slonitz ) is a Městys in the region Středočeský kraj (Czech Republic).
Geography
Zlonice lies at an altitude of 223 meters above sea level. NN. on the road between Slany and Litoměřice, in a scenic area near the legendary mountain Rip and the Bohemian Uplands ( České Středohori ). Covering an area of 1605 hectares live 2279 inhabitants ( 2006).
History
1318 the village was mentioned for the first time with the church and festivals in writing. On the economic development of the agrarian village had the biggest share of the noble families of Walkaun Adlar in the period 1544-1707 and the gentlemen Kinský since 1721st
The Walkaun family of Adlar closed temporarily at the Reformation; Bohuchwal Walkaun of Adlar ( Czech Bohuchval Valkoun z Adlaru ) but again converted by the Brethren to the Roman Catholic Church and made some time after the arrest of 22 of its farmers, who had returned to the Protestant faith; this mass arrest took place on 5 May 1629 in Zlonice. As leader of the farmers he had the lay preacher Georg Balthasar appears from the district tman, who was executed on 14 August 1629 in Prague and is now regarded as a Protestant martyr. Bohuchwal Walkaun of Adlar it was also the ( Czech STAF ) was the old German festivals Stauf rebuilt into a Renaissance palace in the 17th century. He also rebuilt the parish and school, and had built a hospital for the poor. His merit was that the village was elevated to a town in 1705. Wenzel Johann Adalbert Walkaun sold by Adlar Zlonice 1707 and acquired instead the rule Hokov.
The Kinsky family brought economic and cultural development in the city. You could create factories, 1727-177 they renovated the Church of the Assumption, built in 1745 is also a hospital and arms created from 1750 to 1753 according to plans by Kilian Ignaz Dietzenhofer a new parish. Since 2007 Zlonice is a Městys again.
Districts
- Břešťany
- Lisovice
- Vyšínek
- Tman
Attractions
- Church of the Assumption Assumption Church
- Baroque parish
- Jewish Cemetery
- Railway Museum