Bílý Potok (Javorník)

Bílý Potok
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Olomoucký kraj
District :	Jeseník
Municipality :	Javorník
Area :	1200 ha
Geographic location :	50 ° 25 ′ N , 17 ° 0 ′ E Coordinates: 50 ° 24 ′ 42 " N , 16 ° 59 ′ 41" E
Height:	287 m nm
Residents :	230 (2011)
Postal code :	790 70
License plate :	M
traffic
Street:	Uhelná - Paczków ; Javorník - Złoty Stok

Bílý Potok (German Weißbach b. Jauernig ) is a district of the town of Javorník in the Okres Jeseník in the Czech Republic . It belongs to the Olomoucký kraj region and is located two kilometers north of Javorník.

geography

St. Lawrence Church

Bílý Potok lies at the foot of the Reichenstein Mountains , right on the border with Poland, which runs north. The river Bílý Potok ( Weißbach ) flows through it in an east-west direction. Neighboring places are Kohout ( Hahnberg ) in the east, Uhelná in the south and Horní Hoštice in the northwest. Beyond the border are in the Patschkauer Vorland ( Przedgórze Paczkowskie ) Gościce and Kamienice in the north and Paczków , Unikowice and Lisie Kąty in the northeast. The 700 m high Vysoky kámen ( high stone ) rises southwest of Bíly Potok .

history

Weißbach was founded in the 13th century and first mentioned in 1290. It initially belonged to the Duchy of Breslau and later became part of the Neiss diocese , in which from 1290 the Breslau bishops exercised both clerical and secular power. In addition to the episcopal property, a portion of Weißbach and its subjects belonged to the bailiwick of the same name . For the year 1310 the spelling "Wyzbach" is documented.

Together with the Principality of Neisse, Weißbach came under Bishop Preczlaw von Pogarell in 1342 as a fiefdom to the Crown of Bohemia , which the Habsburgs held from 1526 . Weissbach was devastated during the Hussite Wars . One school is occupied for the year 1579; At the end of the 16th century, Weißbach consisted of 21 hooves . After the harassment and looting in the Thirty Years War , Weißbach was devastated and half of it was uninhabited. In 1651, after a fire, the St. Laurentius Church, mentioned in the 13th century, was rebuilt. For the year 1722 there are 25 farms and 12 gardeners in Weißbach .

After the First Silesian War , in which almost all of Silesia fell to Prussia in 1742 , the principality of Neisse also had to be divided. Weißbach and the Hahnberg settlement remained with the south of the diocese near Bohemia and remained ecclesiastically under the diocese of Breslau . The newly established border situation led to an economic decline, especially since the previously jointly managed Fuchswinkel was now on the other side of the border. In 1836 Weissbach ( excluding Hahnberg ) consisted of 126 houses and 926 inhabitants. In 1841 Vinzenz Priessnitz , the founder of the Graefenberg baths ( Lázně Jeseník ), acquired the bailiwick with the associated fiefdom and built a steam mill in the Hahnberg colony.

With the abolition of the patrimonial rule in 1850, the bishop's share up until then was connected to the estate of the bailiwick. Weißbach together with Hahnberg and Ober Gostitz now formed a community in the Freiwaldau district administration . In 1855 the community was assigned to the Jauernig district and from 1868 to the Freiwaldau district . In 1869, Ober Gostitz left the community of Weißbach and formed its own community. In 1862 Weißbach was raised to an independent parish and in 1893/95 a larger church was built on the site of the previous church. In 1900 Weissbach consisted of 163 houses in which 827 exclusively German residents lived. In 1918 Weißbach fell to the newly founded Czechoslovakia and in 1921 received the official place name Bilý Potok . In 1930 there were ten Czechs among the inhabitants of Weißbach. After the Munich Agreement , the municipality was annexed by the German Reich in 1938 and belonged to the Freiwaldau district until 1945 . After the Second World War, the predominantly German population was expelled .

From 1963 Horní Hoštice ( Ober Gostitz ) belonged to the municipality of Bilý Potok. On January 1, 1976, both localities were incorporated into the town of Javorník.

Kohout / Hahnberg settlement

The Hahnberg settlement was first mentioned in 1371 with a feudal court. At the beginning of the 15th century it was connected to the Weißbacher Vogts’s share, whose owners changed frequently. Hahnberg also included the neighboring settlement of Fuchswinkel until 1742, which remained with Prussia when the Principality of Neisse was divided after the First Silesian War. In 1836 Hahnberg consisted of 312 German residents who lived in 29 houses. From 1921 to 1949 the Czech place name was "Hamberk", then "Kohout".

Local division

The district Bílý Potok consists of the basic settlement units Bílý Potok ( Weißbach ) and Kohout ( Hahnberg ).

The district forms a cadastral district.

Attractions

The St. Laurentius Church, already mentioned in the 13th century, was replaced by a new building in 1895/97.
Wayside shrine on the road to Javorník.

Sons and daughters of the place

Rudolf Rittner (1869–1943), stage and film actor

Web links

Commons : Bílý Potok - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

[1] ttp://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi/604666/Bily-Potok

[2] ttp://www.uir.cz/zsj-casti-obce/004669/Cast-obce-Bily-Potok