Bezdružice
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Plzeňský kraj | ||||
| District : | Tachov | ||||
| Area : | 3,198.78 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 54 ' N , 12 ° 58' E | ||||
| Height: | 576 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 951 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 349 53 | ||||
| License plate : | P | ||||
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| Railway connection: | Pňovany – Bezdružice | ||||
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| Status: | city | ||||
| Districts: | 9 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Jan Soulek (as of 2007) | ||||
| Address: | Českloslovenské lidové armády 196 349 53 Bezdružice |
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| Municipality number: | 560740 | ||||
| Website : | www.bezdruzice.cz | ||||
Bezdružice (German Weseritz ) is a town with 951 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in Okres Tachov in the Czech Republic .
Geographical location
The small town is located in western Bohemia , three kilometers north of Konstantinovy Lázně ( Konstantinsbad ). To the east lies the valley of the Úterský potok ( Neumarkter Bach ). To the south are the spa town of Konstantinsbad and the extensive castle ruins Schwannberg (also Schwamberg ), to the north-east is the town of Úterý ( Neumarkt ).
history
The first mention of Weseritz comes from the year 1227. The small town was in the settlement area of the Choden and was owned by the noble families von Kolowrat , Schwanberg and Lewnberg. The Bohemian scholar and humanist Christoph Harant Freiherr von Polschitz and Weseritz worked in Weseritz .
In 1901 the city received a railway connection through the Neuhof – Weseritz local railway.
After the First World War , Weseritz became part of the newly created Czechoslovakia in 1919 . Due to the Munich Agreement , the city came to the German Reich in 1938 and until 1945 belonged to the district of Tepl , administrative district of Eger , in the Reichsgau Sudetenland .
After the Second World War , most of the German-speaking residents were expropriated and expelled by the Beneš decrees . As a result of the enormous loss of population, Bezdružice lost its town charter .
Bezdružice has been a town again since October 2006.
Demographics
| year | Residents | Remarks |
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| 1785 | k. A. | 72 houses |
| 1830 | 898 | in 116 houses |
| 1832 | 900 | in 120 houses |
| 1837 | 940 | in 121 houses, including 23 Israelite families |
| 1900 | 1025 | German residents |
| 1921 | 1025 | of which 992 German residents |
| 1938 | 1640 | in 225 houses, including about 160 Czechs |
| year | 2006 | 2017 1 | 2018 1 |
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| Residents | 981 | 902 | 938 |
Community structure
The city of Bezdružice consists of the districts Bezdružice ( Weseritz ), Dolní Polžice ( Polschitz ), Horní Polžice ( Harlosee ), Kamýk ( Kamiegl ), Kohoutov ( Kahudowa ), Křivce ( Krips ), Pačín ( Patzin ), Řešín ( Rössin. ) And Zešín ( Rössin. ) ( Hurz ). Basic settlement units are Bezdružice, Dolní Polžice, Horní Polžice, Kohoutov, Křivce, Pačín, Řešín and Zhořec.
The municipality is divided into the cadastral districts of Bezdružice, Kohoutov u Bezdružic, Křivce, Polžice u Bezdružic, Řešín and Zhořec u Bezdružic.
Attractions
sons and daughters of the town
- Christoph Harant von Polschitz and Weseritz (1564–1621), humanist, composer, writer and traveler to the Orient
- Louis Weinert-Wilton (1875–1945), writer
- Johannes Zeschick OSB (1932–2013), German Benedictine and abbot of the Rohr monastery
Honorary citizen
- Gilbert Helmer O.Praem. (1864–1944), Abbot of the Teplá Monastery (Klášter Teplá) from 1900 to 1944
literature
- Ingild Janda-Busl , Franz Busl : The history of the Jewish community in Weseritz / Bezdružice (= Otnant society for history and culture in the Euregio Egrensis. Sources and discussions. Vol. 5). Verlag der Buchhandlung Eckhard Bodner, Pressath 2006, ISBN 3-937117-38-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/560740/Bezdruzice
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
- ↑ Jaroslaus Schaller : Topography of the Kingdom of Bohemia . Volume 9: Pilsner Kreis , Prague and Vienna 1788, pp. 139–140, item 1) .
- ↑ Yearbooks of the Bohemian Museum of Natural and Regional Studies, History, Art and Literature . Volume 2, Prague 1831, p. 205, item 8) above.
- ^ Carl E. Rainold: Taschen-Reise-Lexikon für Böhmen . Prague 1833, p. 618, right column .
- ↑ Johann Gottfried Sommer : The Kingdom of Bohemia . Volume 6: Pilsner Kreis. Prague 1838, pp. 282–283, paragraph 1) .
- ^ Meyer's Large Conversational Lexicon. 6th edition, Volume 20, Leipzig and Vienna 1909, p. 551 .
- ^ Sudetenland Genealogy Network
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/casti-obce-obec/560740/Obec-Bezdruzice
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/zsj-obec/560740/Obec-Bezdruzice
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi-obec/560740/Obec-Bezdruzice