Bezděkov u Klatov

Bezděkov
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Plzeňský kraj
District :	Klatovy
Area :	1491.8897 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 23 ' N , 13 ° 14' E Coordinates: 49 ° 22 '42 " N , 13 ° 13' 37" E
Height:	412 m nm
Residents :	926 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code :	339 01 - 340 41
License plate :	P
traffic
Street:	Klatovy - Kdyně
Railway connection:	Plzeň – Železná Ruda
structure
Status:	local community
Districts:	6th
administration
Mayor :	Josef Červený (as of 2014)
Address:	Bezděkov 7 ; 339 01 Klatovy
Municipality number:	555801
Website :	www.bezdekov.cz

Bezděkov (German Besdiekau ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located five kilometers southwest of Klatovy and belongs to the Okres Klatovy .

geography

Bezděkov is located north of the Bohemian Forest in the Úhlava river plain . The village is on the left side of the river at the foot of the 445 m high Annaberges. The Plzeň – Železná Ruda railway runs through Bezděkov, and there is a train station in the village. State road 22 runs north of Bezděkov between Klatovy and Domažlice .

Neighboring towns are Tupadly in the north, Kal and Beňovy in the northeast, Klatovy in the east, Novákovice in the southeast, Dolní Lhota and Rohozno in the south, Plešiny in the southwest, Vítaná in the west and Koryta in the northwest.

history

The first written mention of the village comes from 1331. At that time, Elblin von Bezděkov owned it. In the 14th century the festivals will also have arisen. After Elblin's death, the property fell to Johann von Luxemburg , who left it to Peter I. von Rosenberg . He was followed by Jan von Bezděkov and from 1414 Jan Bohuchval von Hrádek. In 1450 Racek Chlévec from Malšín owned Bezděkov. The fortress was conquered in 1450 and 1468; at the beginning of the 16th century it lay desolate. In 1555 Viktorin Pek von Římek renewed the fortress and added a large square tower. Later it was rebuilt in the Renaissance style. In the 18th century, the Klattau (district) captain Caspar Hermann von Künigl was the owner of Bezděkov. In 1820 Franz Korb von Weidenheim acquired the property. Under the basket of Weidenheim, the fortress was converted into a crenellated neo-Gothic castle with a tower in 1855 according to plans by Albert Ignaz Ullmann.

Community structure

The Bezděkov municipality consists of the districts Bezděkov ( Besdiekau ), Koryta ( Korit ), Poborovice ( Poborowitz ), Struhadlo, Tetětice ( Tetietitz ) and Vítaná ( Schönwelcome ).

The municipality is divided into the cadastral districts of Bezděkov u Klatov, Koryta u Bezděkova, Struhadlo and Tetětice u Bezděkova.

Attractions

Bezděkov Castle, the neo-Gothic building was built in 1855 on the site of a 14th century fortress
Pilgrimage church of St. Anna on the Annaberg
Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk in the village square
Church of St. Wenzel, neo-Romanesque building from the beginning of the 19th century
Christian Heinrich Spieß's grave

gallery

Individual evidence

Web links

Commons : Bezděkov (Klatovy District) - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Bezděkov Castle

[1] ttp://www.uir.cz/obec/555801/Bezdekov

[2] Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)

[3] ttp://www.uir.cz/casti-obce-obec/555801/Obec-Bezdekov

[4] ttp://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi-obec/555801/Obec-Bezdekov