Drahotin

Drahotin
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Plzeňský kraj
District :	Domažlice
Area :	891.2166 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 31 ' N , 12 ° 46' E Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '30 " N , 12 ° 45' 35" E
Height:	485 m nm
Residents :	197 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code :	345 22
License plate :	P
structure
Status:	local community
Districts:	1
administration
Mayor :	Jan Michal (as of 2013)
Address:	Drahotín 72 ; 345 22 Poběžovice
Municipality number:	553573
Website :	www.drahotin.cz

Drahotín ( German Trohatin ) is a West Bohemian municipality in Okres Domažlice in the Czech Republic .

geography

Drahotín is four kilometers northwest of Poběžovice at the foot of the Upper Palatinate Forest between the 521 meter high Bílovický vrch in the north and the 532 meter high Skalky in the south.

Between Hostouň and Drahotín there is serpentine accompanied by jet stone and green slate , interspersed with asbestos cord and chrome iron grains .

The Slatinný potok (German: Schlattiner Bach) flows through Drahotín, the headwaters of which are located about two kilometers further west on the eastern slopes of the Upper Palatinate Forest, and which flows into the Radbuza about six kilometers further northwest at Štítary .

Neighboring communities

The neighboring municipalities (clockwise) are: Mutěnín , Hostouň , Poběžovice , Hvožďany u Poběžovic and Hora Svatého Václava .

Hora Svatého Václava 2 km	Mutěnín 3 km	Hostouň 6 km
Hora Svatého Václava 2 km		Poběžovice 4 km
Hora Svatého Václava 2 km	Hvožďany u Poběžovic 4 km	Poběžovice 4 km

history

The name Drahotín is one of the owner and clan names that far outweigh the natural names in Slavic names compared to German ones. Drahotín is derived from the personal name Drahota and the ending -ín means village of… So Drahotín means village of Drahota. The German name Trohatin is onomatopoeically aligned with the Czech Drahotín with small variations.

Drahotín probably formed their own estate together with Hora Svatého Václava, Načetín and Hvožďany u Poběžovic before the 13th century, which then came into the possession of the Starý Herštejn castle and in 1539 came to the rule of the Lobkowicz . Depending on the source, the first written mention of Drahotín is given in 1268 (according to Johann Gröbner) or 1635 (according to Ernst Richter).

1587 Drahotín is in Urbar listed the Lobkowicz with 31 yards.

In 1656 Drahotín recorded 12 farmers, 14 chalupners, 11 gardeners, 64 teams, 77 cows, 82 head of young cattle, 103 sheep and 141 pigs.

In 1789 Drahotín had 51 houses, in 1839 60 houses, 481 residents and two inns, in 1913 75 houses, 492 residents, 30 farmers, 4 Chalupners, 24 small farmers, 3 inns, 2 bottled beer stores, 3 shops, a blacksmith, a community poorhouse, 2 Carpenters, a wagon workshop, a miller, a cooper, 2 shoemakers, a heger, a hairdresser and a tobacconist. The main occupation was agriculture with horse and cattle breeding. Lime and serpentine were mined. Since 1906 Drahotín had a school with 110 children, which was the branch of Hora Svatého Václava. Drahotín belonged to the parish of Hora Svatého Václava.

After the Munich Agreement , Drahotín was added to the German Reich and until 1945 belonged to the Bischofteinitz district .

In 2013 Drahotín had 199 inhabitants, an inn, a shop, a cultural center, a children's playground, a volleyball court, a public library, a health center with opportunities for horse riding, cycling and walking, and a sports club.

literature

Franz Liebl, Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz (Ed.): Our Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz. Brönner & Daentler, Eichstätt 1967.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/553573/Drahotin
↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
↑ cz: Drahotín
^ Josef Bernklau, Wilhelm Kurt: Geological structure. In: Franz Liebl, Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz (Hrsg.): Our Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz. Brönner & Daentler KG, Eichstätt 1967, p. 15.
↑ Ludwig Schötterl: The waters. In: Franz Liebl, Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz (Hrsg.): Our Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz. Brönner & Daentler KG, Eichstätt 1967, p. 24.
^ Ernst Richter: Place names and settlement of the district of Bischofteinitz. In: Franz Liebl, Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz (Hrsg.): Our Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz. Brönner & Daentler, Eichstätt 1967, p. 59.
↑ ^a ^b Josef Bernklau, Johann Gröbner: Trohatin. In: Franz Liebl, Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz (Hrsg.): Our Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz. Brönner & Daentler, Eichstätt 1967, pp. 278, 279.
↑ Die Steuerrolle 1654. In: Franz Liebl, Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz (ed.): Our Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz. Brönner & Daentler, Eichstätt 1967, p. 95.
↑ http://www.drahotin.cz/

[1] ttp://www.uir.cz/obec/553573/Drahotin

[2] Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)

[3] z: Drahotín

[4] Josef Bernklau, Wilhelm Kurt: Geological structure. In: Franz Liebl, Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz (Hrsg.): Our Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz. Brönner & Daentler KG, Eichstätt 1967, p. 15.

[5] Ludwig Schötterl: The waters. In: Franz Liebl, Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz (Hrsg.): Our Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz. Brönner & Daentler KG, Eichstätt 1967, p. 24.

[6] Ernst Richter: Place names and settlement of the district of Bischofteinitz. In: Franz Liebl, Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz (Hrsg.): Our Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz. Brönner & Daentler, Eichstätt 1967, p. 59.

[Josef_Bernklau_1967-7] Josef Bernklau, Johann Gröbner: Trohatin. In: Franz Liebl, Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz (Hrsg.): Our Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz. Brönner & Daentler, Eichstätt 1967, pp. 278, 279.

[8] Die Steuerrolle 1654. In: Franz Liebl, Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz (ed.): Our Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz. Brönner & Daentler, Eichstätt 1967, p. 95.

[9] ttp://www.drahotin.cz/