Droužkovice
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Ústecký kraj | ||||
| District : | Chomutov | ||||
| Area : | 1068.2005 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 25 ' N , 13 ° 26' E | ||||
| Height: | 300 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 819 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 431 44 | ||||
| License plate : | U | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Milan Živný (status: 2007) | ||||
| Address: | Rudé armády 80 431 44 Droužkovice |
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| Municipality number: | 563056 | ||||
| Website : | www.drouzkovice.cz | ||||
| Location of Droužkovice in the Chomutov district | |||||
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Droužkovice (German Trauschkowitz ) is a Czech municipality in the Okres Chomutov . It is located southwest of Chomutov in two long rows on both sides of the Hatshka stream , on the road from Komotau to Priesen .
Demographic data
464 inhabitants (2002), 1315 (1939), 500 (1850), 60 (1616)
history
According to the oldest archaeological finds, the area was settled 5,000 years ago. The village probably originated in the 11th century. The name is of Slavic origin and means the village of the Drúžek people . Over the years it got other names (Druskowes, Druscowicz, Druzcowicz, Druskewicz nebo Drusskowicz, Drausskowicz, Drauschkowicz, Trausskhowitz and Trauschkowitz). It is mentioned in writing for the first time in 1314. At this time, the German order of knights from Komotau bought the property. The knights gradually got into financial difficulties. After the defeat against Poland in 1410 near Grunwald , her property was confiscated and came under the royal crown. The property was transferred several times until it was given to the Weitmühl family for about 100 years .
The village experienced its greatest boom in the years 1529–1549 under Sebastian von Weitmühl (Šebestián z Veitmile). His son then gradually sold the inheritance. It came back into the domain of Chomutov. In 1571 Bohuslaw Felix Lobkowicz von Hassenstein bought the village. He left behind some edicts beneficial to the village, such as the right of way, the right of settlement for artisans and others. He also won over his subordinates to the Protestant faith.
His son Bohuslaw Joachim didn't like it in the area and he exchanged Trauschkowitz with Georg Popel von Lobkowicz , who was, however, a supporter of Catholicism . Difficult times were ahead for the village. The appointed Jesuits punished the Protestant residents with high taxes. Georg Popel later fell out of favor with the emperor and the property was confiscated and then returned to the Rothenhaus rule in 1605 . During the Thirty Years War , the village was completely exterminated, starved and decimated by the plague , but it did not go under.
In 1681 Johann Adam Herzan von Droužkovic died and his successor was his son Ferdinand Maximilian. He made extensive investments in his castle and ran into financial difficulties. He therefore canceled some privileges in his domain. In 1704 the plague broke out again and the residents of the village feared that this would further curtail their privileges. Therefore, they hid the documents in path stones, so-called general stones , about which only a few initiated knew.
In 1771 the Lords of Rottenhan came . Maria Theresa's army marched through the village, famine broke out in Bohemia , taxes rose, privileges were further curtailed. In addition, most of the residents did not know where the documents were hidden. Paul Berger only revealed the hiding place in the stones on his deathbed. The residents found the documents and tried to enforce their law. The process lasted nine years, but the villagers lost it.
In 1850 the village became an independent municipality in the judicial district Komotau or Komotau district . It received a parish and school. In 1873 the volunteer fire brigade was launched, which had to intervene ten times in the event of major fires over the next 40 years.
After the First World War , the inhabitants refused to join Czechoslovakia . They refused to cooperate and formed a provisional government with other communities in the border area. This condition lasted until 1938.
economy
Agriculture and animal husbandry were vigorous. In the 18th century a forge and two mills were added. Coal began to be mined in the town around 1830, but this branch of industry never gained in importance. In 1890 two brickworks were added. At the end of the 20th century, the largest operation was pig fattening. Today there are many craft businesses in the village. Most of the residents live from work in Chomutov.
Attractions
- The Church of St. Nikolaus is said to have been built by German knights in the 12th century .
- The weather cross stood on the Paterberg (the thunderstorms divided there).
- Francis statue (1764) in the so-called Kuhwinkel
- Trinity column (1561) at house no.26
- Spiegelmarter (1861) on Bezirksstrasse
- Johann von Nepomuk statue (1797) next to the parish gate.
- General stones
