Chvalkovice
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Jihomoravský kraj | ||||
| District : | Vyškov | ||||
| Area : | 694 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 11 ' N , 17 ° 6' E | ||||
| Height: | 337 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 245 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 683 42 | ||||
| License plate : | B. | ||||
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| Street: | Litenčice - Kozlany | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Ladislav Horváth (as of 2010) | ||||
| Address: | Chvalkovice 61 683 41 Bohdalice |
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| Municipality number: | 593095 | ||||
| Website : | www.chvalkovice.eu | ||||
| Location of Chvalkovice in the Vyškov district | |||||
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Chvalkovice (German Chwalkowitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located ten kilometers southwest of Morkovice-Slížany and belongs to the Okres Vyškov .
geography
Chvalkovice is located at the southern foot of the Hradisko in the Litenčické vrchy . The village lies above the basin of the Chvalkovický brook. The Lichov (381 m) rises to the northeast, the Jezírka (388 m) in the southeast and the Stará hora to the northwest.
Neighboring towns are Zdravá Voda in the north, Kozojedsko and Nítkovice in the Northeast, Nemochovice the east, Malínky and Brankovice in the southeast, Dobročkovice , Nové Zámky and Nesovice in the south, Milonice , Uhřice , Komorov and Rošťoutky in the southwest, Bohaté Málkovice the west and Nové Hvězdlice and Staré Hvězdlice in the north-west.
history
Chvalkovice was first mentioned in writing in 1347 when the manor was sold. The church was built around 1374. Two years later a bath house and in 1389 the rectory were built. The oldest local seal is from 1661. In 1682 a brewery and malt house was opened in Chvalkovice. In 1689 a school was established. When the plague broke out in 1715, almost all of the residents died. In 1780 a new cemetery was laid out on the northern outskirts and the old one at the church was lifted.
After the abolition of patrimonial Chvalkovice formed from 1850 a municipality in the district administration Wischau . A volunteer fire brigade was founded in 1890 . Between 1949 and 1959 the municipality belonged to the Okres Bučovice and after its dissolution in 1960 came back to the Okres Vyškov . In 1985 Chvalkovice and Nemochovice became part of Brankovice . In 1990 Chvalkovice broke up again and formed its own municipality. The volunteer fire brigade disbanded in 2002.
Community structure
No districts are shown for the municipality of Chvalkovice. Chvalkovice to hear the settlement Komorov ( Komorow ).
Sons and daughters of the church
- František Kameníček (1856–1930), Czech historian
- Karel Prikry (* 1944), American mathematician
Attractions
- Parish Church of St. Bartholomew, built around 1374. The Gothic building was redesigned in the middle of the 18th century and repaired in 1871
- Cemetery chapel of the Holy Cross, built in 1814 for Johann Pagatsch von Paburg, under the chapel is the crypt of the Knights of Paburg
- Statue of St. Florian, at the church
- Group of statues of St. Cyril and Method in the village square
- Statue of the Virgin Marie
- Group of plague statues of St. Johannes Nepomuk, St. Rochus, St. Sebastian and St. Rosalia on the village square, built in 1718
- Komorov Castle, northeast of the village, built 1811–1812 in Empire style for Johann Pagatsch von Paburg, it is currently in a ruinous state. The castle and the park are not open to the public.
- Dutch windmill east of the village, built around 1870
