Borovnice u Potštejna
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Královéhradecký kraj | ||||
| District : | Rychnov nad Kněžnou | ||||
| Area : | 818 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 3 ' N , 16 ° 15' E | ||||
| Height: | 312 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 396 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 517 41 | ||||
| License plate : | H | ||||
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| Street: | Kostelec nad Orlicí - Orlické Podhůří | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 4th | ||||
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| Mayor : | Karel Urbanec (as of 2007) | ||||
| Address: | Přestavlky 1 517 41 Kostelec nad Orlicí |
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| Municipality number: | 576140 | ||||
| Website : | www.borovnice.info | ||||
Borovnice (German Kienwald ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located 12 kilometers south of Rychnov nad Kněžnou and belongs to the Okres Rychnov nad Kněžnou .
geography
The village is located on the Choceňské tabule in the valley of the Brodec brook . In the southeast of the village is the Horní rybník ( large pond ) fed by the Brodec . State road 316 from Kostelec nad Orlicí to Choceň runs through the district of Přestavlky .
Neighboring towns are Chleny in the north, Nové Litice in the northeast, Lhoty u Potštejna in the east, Homole and V Sádkach in the southeast, Závrší, Hradiště and Koldín in the south, Rájec in the southwest and Přestavlky and Krchleby in the northwest.
history
Borovnice was first mentioned in 1341 as the property of Wenceslaus Zaruba Sudlitschka von Borovnice. Wenzel defended his property in long battles with Ješek and Čeněk von Bothenstein , the sons of Nikolaus von Bothenstein. In 1480 the castle captain of Litice , Matthias Sudlitschka von Borovnice, sold the place to Katharina von Pernstein . After 1500 Wenzel von Okrauhlik on Groß Herrndorf acquired the village. The first evidence of the Kienwald water fortress, which was located at the large pond, comes from the time of the Lords of Okrauhlik. In 1587 the property came through the marriage of Katharinas von Okrauhlik to Johann the Elder Kapoun von Schwoika. His son could not hold the property and sold it in 1597 because of over-indebtedness. Since then there have been frequent changes of ownership. Around 1650, under Johann Peter Hober, the renaissance castle Kienwald was built and the old fortress was given up. In 1688 Theresia Eleonora, widowed von Ugarte († 1705), acquired the rule of Hober. Under the Count Ugarte , whose branch of the male family died out in 1744, the castle was redesigned in baroque style. After the removal of patrimonial Kienwald became an independent municipality in 1848.
The von Kinsky princes owned the castle until 1945 . After the Second World War , the castle became the seat of the agricultural production cooperative and the municipal administration. The ruined castle was last used as a dormitory for seasonal workers and was demolished in 1972. In 1973 the remains of the fortress were also torn down.
Community structure
The Borovnice municipality consists of the districts Borovnice ( Kienwald ), Homole ( Rogendorf ), Přestavlky ( Prestawilk ) and Rájec ( Raitz ) as well as the one-layer Závrší.
Attractions
- Přestavlky Castle, built as a fortress in 1440 and rebuilt into a Renaissance castle under Nikolaus von Bubna in 1558, returned to Josef Kinsky in restitution since 1995 and is now the seat of the municipal office
- Homole (366 m); the baroque pilgrimage church of the Sorrowful Virgin Mary with 153 steps outside staircase was built between 1692 and 1696 under Theresia Eleonora von Ugarte in Homole above the Brodec valley. In 1703 the complex was extended by two chapels and in 1778 by an ossuary
- Remains of Dřel Castle, southwest of Malá Lhota
- Baroque attic of the former Borovnice Castle
- Statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Borovnice, erected in 1714
- Chapel of the Virgin Mary of Mariazell in Borovnice
- Statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Přestavlky
Individual evidence
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
