Žleby

Žleby
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Středočeský kraj
District :	Kutná Hora
Area :	1462.28 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 53 ' N , 15 ° 29' E Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '23 " N , 15 ° 29' 19" E
Height:	243 m nm
Residents :	1,338 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code :	285 61 - 286 01
License plate :	S.
traffic
Street:	Čáslav - Třemošnice
Railway connection:	Čáslav – Třemošnice railway line (236)
structure
Status:	obec
Districts:	4th
administration
Mayor :	Vladimír Šindelář (as of 2017)
Address:	Zámecké náměstí 67 ; 285 61 Žleby
Municipality number:	534668
Website :	www.ouzleby.cz

Žleby (German Schleb ) is a municipality in Okres Kutná Hora in the Central Bohemian Region , Czech Republic . It is located about 18 km southeast of Kutna Hora and 7 km east of Čáslav on the Doubrava river , the deeply dug river bed gave the place its name (žlab = trough).

geography

Žleby is located in the Čáslavská kotlina ( Czaslau basin ) at the confluence of the Hostačovka with the Doubrava. To the north rises the Šibeniční vrch (263 m nm). The road II / 337 between Čáslav and Třemošnice runs through the village . Žleby is located on the Čáslav – Třemošnice railway line , the Žleby station west of the town center is designed as a switchback station .

Neighboring towns are Buda, Šmolcov, Bažantnice, Vrdy and Vinice in the north, Vinaře , Tuchov and Bousov in the northeast, Ronov nad Doubravou in the east, Biskupice in the southeast, Kamenné Mosty , Zehuby , Velký Dvůr and Hostovlice in the south, Medun, Horky and Potěhy in the south Southwest, Bažantnice u Sv. Anny, Drobovice and Markovice in the west and Ksiny, Skovice, Koudelov and Horní Bučice in the northwest.

history

The history of the place is closely connected with the castle and the associated rule. The first written mention of the village comes from the year 1278, when Heinrich von Lichtenburg built the first castle. Over time the place was called Broden (1290), Slewen (1322), Zlebin (1327), Sleb , Slebin . The coat of arms, which is reused today, was given to the place when it was raised to the status of a town in 1356, at that time the rule was owned by Emperor Karl IV. The barons of Kaiserstein, who acquired the rule at the end of the 17th century, left the town coat of arms in 1697 change their colors; on the black shield appeared a golden lion with a golden lily. From 1736 Josef von Schönfeld and from 1746 the princes Auersperg belonged to the other owners . In 1848 the Žleby manor comprised 20 villages.

After the abolition of patrimonial Žleby formed a market town in the judicial district of Časlau . From 1868 Žleby belonged to the Časlau district . With the death of Ferdinand Maria Auersperg in 1942, the family branch in the male line, heir to the castle and the associated goods, became his son-in-law Josef von Trauttmansdorff . His possessions in Czechoslovakia were confiscated and nationalized in 1945 by the Beneš decrees . In the course of the territorial reform of 1960, the Okres Čáslav was repealed; Žleby was assigned to the Okres Kutná Hora, at the same time the incorporation of Zehuby (with Kamenné Mosty ) took place.

Community structure

The municipality of Žleby consists of the districts Kamenné Mosty ( Steinbruck ), Markovice ( Markowitz ), Zehuby ( Sehub ) and Žleby ( Schleb ). The settlements Bažantnice u Sv. Anny, Buda, Ksiny and Velký Dvůr.

The municipality is divided into the cadastral districts of Zehuby and Žleby.

Attractions

Žleby Castle ( Schleb Castle )

Church of the Nativity from the second half of the 18th century

Chapel of St. Cross with family crypt of the noble Auersperg family , built in 1822 next to the church for Prince Karl von Auersperg. The princely crypt was used until the beginning of the 20th century and was replaced by the funeral chapel built in Markovice in 1912 .

Holy Trinity Chapel

Bell tower on a hill

Calvary

Statue of St. Johannes Nepomuk

Column with a statue of the Virgin Mary

Neo-Gothic town hall from 1881

Stone bridge in Kamenné Mosty