Žižkovo Pole
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Kraj Vysočina | ||||
| District : | Havlíčkův Brod | ||||
| Area : | 1433 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 37 ' N , 15 ° 43' E | ||||
| Height: | 516 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 372 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 582 22 | ||||
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| Street: | Přibyslav - Chotěboř | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 2 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Jan Čepl (as of 2007) | ||||
| Address: | Žižkovo Pole 9 582 22 Přibyslav |
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| Municipality number: | 569801 | ||||
| Website : | www.zizkovopole.cz | ||||
Žižkovo Pole , until 1921 Šenfeld (German Zischkafeld , until 1921 Schönfeld ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located eleven kilometers east of Havlíčkův Brod and belongs to the Okres Havlíčkův Brod .
geography
Žižkovo Pole is located southwest of the Saar Mountains on a plateau in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands surrounded by Borovský potok, Modlíkovský potok and Doberský potok . The monument Žižkova mohyla is located south of the village.
Neighboring towns are Macourov and Železné Horky in the north, Havlíčkova Borová in the northeast, Modlíkov in the east, Hřiště in the southeast, Přibyslav and Keřkov in the south, Stříbrné Hory in the southwest, Svatá Anna in the west and Samotín and Krátká Ves in the northwest.
history
Schönfeld was established at the end of the 13th century as a settlement for miners who dug for ores in the Macourovský potok valley and in Niederdorf. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1303. In the time before the Hussite Wars , Schönfeld was an important place and had a parish church since its foundation. During the siege of Primislau by the Hussites on October 11, 1424, their general Jan Žižka died of the plague in the camp south of Schönfeld .
In 1502, Hynko Brožek received the village from Kunstadt by repatriation . In 1596 Hertwig Zedlitz von Schönfeld became the owner of the place. After the Battle of the White Mountain , the Zedlitz property was confiscated and sold to Cardinal Franz Xaver von Dietrichstein . During the Thirty Years War the place became deserted. Mining had already ceased and the residents of Schönfeld lived from agriculture.
In 1874, the Žižka grave memorial was built against the resistance of the Austro-Hungarian authorities. A flax roasting plant was established in 1911 and a cooperative distillery was established in 1913 , which mainly processed potatoes. In 1921 the municipality of Šenfeld was renamed Žižkovo Pole.
In 1952 the flax factory was shut down and in 1967 the schnapps distillery also ceased operations. In 1964 Macourov was incorporated.
Community structure
The municipality Žižkovo Pole consists of the districts Macourov ( Matzerau ) and Žižkovo Pole ( Zischka field ) as well as the settlement Samotín and the locality Samoty.
Attractions
- Žižkova mohyla (Žižka grave hill), the 10-meter-high stone monument in 1874, designed by Antonin Wiehl at death place of the military commander Jan Žižka built
- Church of St. Michael
- Chapel in Macourov
- Peklo tunnel, the 527 m long tunnel is located above Dolní Dvůr (Samoty) at the confluence of the Macourovský potok in the Borovský potok, it has been placed under monument protection and is not accessible because it is used as a cheese factory
