Chrudim III

Chrudim III
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Pardubický kraj
District :	Chrudim
Municipality :	Chrudim
Geographic location :	49 ° 57 '  N , 15 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 56 '32 "  N , 15 ° 47' 56"  E
Height:	260  m nm
Residents :	6,877 (2011)
Postal code :	537 01, 537 03
License plate :	E.
traffic
Street:	Chrudim - Slatiňany
Railway connection:	Havlíčkův Brod – Pardubice Chrudim – Chrudim město

Church of St. Catherine

Burial Church of St. Exaltation of the Cross

Hussite Church

Chrudim III , formerly Kateřinské Předměstí (German Katharinenvorstadt ), is a district of the city of Chrudim in the Czech Republic . It is located south of the city center of Chrudim and belongs to the Okres Chrudim .

geography

Chrudim III extends to the left of the Chrudimka on the Heřmanoměstecká tabule ( Hermannstädtler Tafel ); the southernmost part is the Chrudim Forest ( Chrudimský les ) in the Iron Mountains , where the Hůra (392 m nm) and the Podhůra (356 m nm) rise. The state road I / 17 between Heřmanův Městec and Hrochův Týnec , the state road I / 37 between Pardubice and Slatiňany and the state road II / 340 between Dašice and Seč run through Chrudim III . In addition, the running rail line Havlíčkův Brod-Pardubice through the district is located in the station III Chrudim Chrudim . Chrudim Airfield (LKCR) is located on the Skřivánky hill.

Neighboring towns are Chrudim IV and Chrudim I in the north, Chrudim II in the northeast, Presy and Vlčnov in the east, Orel and Slatiňany in the southeast, Říště and Rabštejnská Lhota in the south, Sobětuchy and Zavadilka in the southwest, Vrcha and Kozojedy in the west and Markovice in the north-west.

history

After the city of Chrudim was founded, a small suburban settlement developed below the city walls on the Chrudimka. Since the middle of the 14th century, the parish church of St. Exaltation of the cross, presumably it is much older. In the 15th century, the second Chrudim hospital with the Katharinenkirche was built. At the end of the 19th century, the Katharinen suburb began to expand.

In 1835 the Katharinen suburb consisted of 223 houses with 1587 inhabitants. The municipal brickworks, the Jägerhaus and the Strakischer Hof with an outbuilding were conscripted to the Katharinen suburb . In the Katharinen-Vorstadt were the Church of St. Katharina, the city hospital, the military barracks, the military hospital and the Kirchenkassa-Stiftungshof. Outside the suburb was the church of St. Cross with the military cemetery and the Protestant cemetery. The suburb to the dean church was parish.

After the abolition of patrimonial formed Kateřinina Čtvrť / Catherine's suburbs in 1849 a quarter of the district town of Chrudim. On August 6, 1850, a major fire destroyed the suburb. From 1868 the district belonged to the new district Chrudim . In 1869, Kateřinina Čtvrt had residents in 2010. Between 1869 and 1871 the Deutschbrod – Pardubitz railway was built, and the Chrudim station was built on the edge of the Katharinen suburb . In 1900 there were 3240 people living in the suburb, ten years later there were 3684. In 1930 Kateřinská Čtvrt had 4026 inhabitants. In the second half of the 20th century the suburb was enlarged and sports facilities were built. In the course of the restructuring of the city of Chrudim, the district Chrudim III was created in March 1980 from the suburb Kateřinské Předměstí . At this time the district reached its highest population with 9172 inhabitants. In 2001 there were 7,751 people in Chrudim III's 643 houses.

Local division

The district Chrudim III consists of the basic settlement units Chrudim-střed, Hřbitovní strana, Kateřinské Předměstí, Kateřinské Předměstí-západ, Na Skřivánku, Píšťovy ( Pischtow ), Pod Skřivánkem, Podhůra, U. S. Chrudim III also includes the Janderov, Kometa, Kosova Seč and sídliště U Stadionu residential areas.

Chrudim III is part of the Chrudim cadastral district .

Sights and culture

• Katharinen Church, it was first mentioned in the 15th century and belonged to one of the two Chrudim hospitals. In 1536 the church was enlarged and today's nave was laid out. Until the Thirty Years War it was the city's Protestant place of worship. In 1691 another renovation took place. The church shaped the townscape with its two towers with high tent hoods and two other high tent roofs on the nave and choir. In the middle of the 18th century Joseph Ceregetti created a new high altar sheet. The church was destroyed in the fire on August 6, 1850. The reconstruction was completed in 1887, but the distinctive tent roofs were not restored. The consecration took place on September 8, 1888. The tombs of the dean Wenceslas Agricola († 1660) and the knight Wenceslaus Stastny Straník from Kopidlno on Vlčnov († 1680) are located in the church.
• Burial Church of St. Exaltation of the cross, it is said to have been built in 987 and is considered the oldest of the Chrudim churches. It was first mentioned in writing in 1359 as a parish church. In 1874 the church was repaired and rededicated. The sculptural work on the altar was carried out in 1672 by order of councilor Sigmund Žapský von Žap. The tombstone of Georg Swiechin von Baumberg (Paumberk - † 1513) is on the outer wall.
• Hussite church, it was built according to plans by the Chrudim master builder Cyril Luhan and was consecrated in 1935.
• Kotěrova vila, the Art Nouveau villa, was built in 1906–1907 for Oldřich Sýkora in place of an old house from 1780. For a long time, its construction was attributed to the architect Jan Kotěra , who was a friend of the client ; according to more recent information, the plans come from Kotěra's pupil Jan Šachl.
• Lookout towers Bára and Bára II on the Podhůra
• Rope gardens near Podhůra
• Čertova skalka near Podhůra

literature

• Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2005 , part 1, p. 510

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Gottfried Sommer , Franz Xaver Maximilian Zippe: The Kingdom of Böhmen. Statistically and topographically presented, Vol. 5 Chrudimer Kreis , Prague 1837, pp. 5-7
2. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/zsj-casti-obce/409901/Cast-obce-Chrudim-III
3. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/casti-obce/409898/Chrudim-III
4. ↑ http://www.chrudim.info/historie/chrudim/index.php3?stranka=katerina&lang=cz
5. ↑ http://www.chrudim.info/historie/chrudim/index.php3?stranka=kriz&lang=cz
6. ↑ http://www.chrudim.info/historie/chrudim/index.php3?stranka=husuvsbor&lang=cz