Hvožďany u Poběžovic

Hvožďany
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Plzeňský kraj
District :	Domažlice
Area :	299.2192 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 30 '  N , 12 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 30 '20 "  N , 12 ° 46' 16"  E
Height:	507  m nm
Residents :	36 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code :	345 22
License plate :	P
structure
Status:	local community
Districts:	1
administration
Mayor :	Václav Šustr (as of 2013)
Address:	Hvožďany 27 345 22 Poběžovice
Municipality number:	566331
Website :	www.hvozdany.webz.cz

Hvožďany ( German Hoslau ) is a west Bohemian village in the Okres Domažlice . With 32 inhabitants, it is one of the municipalities with the lowest number of inhabitants in the Czech Republic.

geography

Hvožďany is located two kilometers west of Poběžovice at 507 m above sea level. M. on the north bank of the Pivoňka in the foothills of the Upper Palatinate Forest . Hercynite occurs between Hvožďany and Načetín and was used as "Ronsperger emery" for grinding glass.

Neighboring communities

The neighboring municipalities (clockwise) are: Drahotín , Poběžovice , Mnichov u Poběžovic , Poběžovice and Hora Svatého Václava .

Hora Svatého Václava 4 km	Drahotín 4 km	Poběžovice 4 km
Poběžovice 4 km		Poběžovice 4 km
Mnichov u Poběžovic 1 km	Mnichov u Poběžovic 1 km	Poběžovice 4 km

history

The name Hvožďany means forest dwellers (Czech: hvozd = high forest, forest). Hoslau (also: Haßls, Haslau, Haslern) was first mentioned in writing in 1528. It passed from Starý Herštejn to the possession of the Lords of Poběžovice. In 1656 Hoslau recorded 4 farmers, 9 chalupners, a gardener, 45 teams, 22 cows, 25 young cattle, 32 sheep and 52 pigs.

In 1789 the village consisted of 22 houses. In 1839 it belonged to the Majoratsherrschaft Bischofteinitz and had 25 houses, 175 inhabitants, an inn, several mills, a mirror loop and was originally parish in Berg and schooled in Ronsperg - finally also parish in Ronsperg. In 1913, Hoslau had 23 houses, 145 residents, several mills, a beer bar, two millers, a shingle maker, a blacksmith, a landlord and a tobacco shop.

A Wenceslas Chapel was built in 1900 and was demolished in the 1970s.

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

There is said to have been a Jewish cemetery near Hoslau.

literature

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

Web links

Commons : Hvožďany  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Hoslau
• Hvožďany (Czech)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/566331/Hvozdany
2. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
3. ↑ cz: Hvožďany (okres Domažlice)
4. ^ Josef Bernklau, Wilhelm Kurt: Geological structure. In: Franz Liebl, Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz (Hrsg.): Our Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz. Brönner & Daentler KG, Eichstätt 1967, p. 15.
5. ^ Josef Bernklau, Johann Gröbner: Hoslau. In: Franz Liebl, Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz (Hrsg.): Our Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz. Brönner & Daentler KG, Eichstätt 1967, pp. 245, 246.