Charváty

Charváty
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Olomoucký kraj
District :	Olomouc
Area :	888 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 31 '  N , 17 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '6 "  N , 17 ° 15' 14"  E
Height:	215  m nm
Residents :	873 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code :	783 74
License plate :	M.
traffic
Street:	Olomouc - Dub nad Moravou
Railway connection:	Olomouc - Nezamyslice
structure
Status:	local community
Districts:	3
administration
Mayor :	Zdeněk Dostál (as of 2011)
Address:	Charváty 98 783 75 Charváty
Municipality number:	568872
Website :	www.charvaty.cz

Charváty (German Charwath ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is eight kilometers south of Olomouc and belongs to the Okres Olomouc .

geography

Charváty is located on a terrace on the right side of the March in the Upper Moravian Depression ( Hornomoravský úval ). The Olomouc - Nezamyslice railway runs north-east of the village , where the Blatec railway station is also located . The state road II / 435 between Olomouc and Dub nad Moravou runs through Charváty . The U kříže (260 m) rises to the south. The alluvial forest area Království ( Königswald ) extends to the southeast .

Neighboring towns are Tážaly in the north, Blatecký Mlýn, Grygov and Horka in the northeast, Krčmaň in the east, Majetín in the southeast, Drahlov and Čertoryje in the south, Štětovice and Vrbátky in the southwest, Dubany in the west and Hablov, Bystročice and Blatec in the northwest.

history

The first written mention of Chirwat was in 1347. Čertoryje is older, and it has been documented since 1234. In 1357 the place was called Chyrwat , from 1368 Charwat , 1390 Chrwat , 1397 Charwaty , 1414 Chrwaty , from 1506 Charváty , 1587 Charwatten , from 1672 Charwath and 1771 Charwata . The first school in Charváty was established in 1365. In 1611 Johannes Sarkander became pastor in Charváty, he moved to Kroměříž in the same year . Registries have been kept since 1653.

After the abolition of patrimonial Charváty / Charwath formed from 1850 a municipality in the district administration of Olomouc. From 1921 the municipality belonged to the Okres Olomouc-venkov. The members of the Wehrmacht who died in the fighting at the end of the Second World War were buried in a mass grave in the cemetery. In 1950 the community came to Okres Olomouc-okolí and since its abolition in 1961 it has belonged to Okres Olomouc. Čertoryje and Drahlov were incorporated in 1961. In 1976 Charváty lost its independence and became a district of Dub nad Moravou . Since 1990 Charváty has formed its own municipality again.

Community structure

The municipality Charváty consists of the districts Čertoryje ( Tschertorei ), Charváty ( Charwath ) and Drahlov ( Drachlow ).

Attractions

Church of John the Baptist

• Church of John the Baptist in Charváty
• Statue of the Virgin Mary of Lourdes in Charváty
• Chapel of the Virgin Mary in Drahlov, built in the second half of the 19th century
• Statue of St. John of Nepomuk in Drahlov
• Statue of the Virgin Mary of Lourdes in Drahlov
• Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk in Čertoryje
• Statue of St. Markus in Čertoryje
• Alluvial forest area Království , protected as a nature reserve since 1995
• Memorial stone for the victims of the Second World War in the cemetery

Sons and daughters of the church

• Josef Schreiber jun. (1835–1907), entrepreneur and co-owner of J. Schreiber & Neffen
• Josef Čapka Drahlovský (1847–1926), composer, organist and conductor, born in Drahlov
• Jan Žáček (1849–1934), lawyer, member of the Imperial Council and Moravian Parliament, honorary citizen of Valašské Klobouky , born in Čertoryje
• Antonín Žáček (1880–1939), journalist and translator, born in Čertoryje

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/568872/Charvaty
2. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
3. ↑ Místopisný rejstřík obcí českého Slezska a severní Moravy (p. 207) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.2 MB)  
4. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/casti-obce-obec/568872/Obec-Charvaty