Božičany

Božičany
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Karlovarský kraj
District :	Karlovy Vary
Area :	766.1147 ha
Geographic location :	50 ° 16 '  N , 12 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 15 '46 "  N , 12 ° 46' 3"  E
Height:	424  m nm
Residents :	636 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code :	362 25
License plate :	K
structure
Status:	local community
Districts:	1
administration
Mayor :	Miloš Kameš (as of 2010)
Address:	Božičany 96 362 25 Božičany
Municipality number:	555045
Website :	www.bozicany.cz
Location of Božičany in the Karlovy Vary district

Božičany ( German  Poschetzau ) is a municipality in Karlovarský kraj in the Czech Republic .

history

The village was first mentioned in writing in 1359 ( Poschytzaw ), with the settlement of Slavs as early as the 7th century. The hardest time for the population was during the Thirty Years' War , when taxes were raised 30 to 40 times and people had to work all week. In 1679 the plague wiped out a large part of the population.

After the Munich Agreement , the place was added to the German Reich and until 1945 belonged to the Elbogen district . In August 1944, a satellite camp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp was set up in Poschetzau .

Development of the population

year population 1869 370 1880 412 1890 469 1900 991 1910 1180

year population 1921 1062 1930 1219 1950 800 1961 654 1970 590

year population 1980 650 1991 569 2001 631 2011 593

Web links

Commons : Božičany  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• http://www.bozicany.cz/ Homepage (CZ)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/555045/Bozicany
2. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
3. ^ Rudolf M. Wlaschek: Jews in Böhmen . Munich: Oldenbourg, 1990, p. 153
4. ↑ Historický lexikon obcí České republiky - 1869-2015. Český statistický úřad, December 18, 2015, accessed on February 16, 2016 (Czech).