Javorek
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Kraj Vysočina | ||||
| District : | Žďár nad Sázavou | ||||
| Area : | 390 hectares | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 39 ' N , 16 ° 10' E | ||||
| Height: | 590 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 96 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 592 03 | ||||
| License plate : | J | ||||
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| Street: | Jimramov - Sněžné | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Miroslav Škapa (as of 2018) | ||||
| Address: | Javorek 57 592 03 Sněžné |
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| Municipality number: | 595748 | ||||
| Website : | www.javorek.cz | ||||
Javorek (German Jaworek ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located ten kilometers southwest of Polička and belongs to the Okres Žďár nad Sázavou .
geography
Javorek is located in the southeast of the Saar Mountains on a left tributary of the Fryšávka. The river rises to the north (771 m), the Prosíčka (739 m) to the east, the Rabuňka (722 m) to the southwest and the Buchtův Kopec (813 m) to the northwest.
Neighboring towns are Spělkov , U Benešů and Kutiny in the north, Borovnice in the Northeast, Doly, V Bombaji and Sedliště the east, Luž and Jimramov in the southeast, Nový Jimramov and Nové Jimramovské Paseky in the south, Hamr, Líšná and Jimramovské Paseky in the southwest, Sněžné and Daňkovice in the west and Krásné in the northwest.
history
The first written mention of the village took place in 1364, when Petřín and Jindřich von Javorek sold the place including the associated forest to Archleb von Stařechovice and Kunštát . This had already owned a share of Jimramov since 1361 when he bought the other part of Jimram von Pernstein in 1365 . At that time he had the rock castle Štarkov, which was demolished in 1356 by Margrave Johann Heinrich together with Tollstein and Rabenstein, rebuilt on the hill south of the village above the Fryšávka valley . The existence of a judge in Javorek has been documented since 1372. After the Hussite Wars, the castle became the seat of the robber baron Jan von Břežany, so that the Moravian estates bought the castle and had it razed. In 1464 Johann d. Ä. from Pernstein the lordship of Ingrowitz including the desert castle Štarkov. When the Pernstein rule was divided , Javorek came to the Neustadtl- Ingrowitz share in 1500 and from 1564 to 1848 the village was part of the Ingrowitz rule. In 1809 the Hereditary Court burned down. In 1814, mining began on iron ore. The iron shafts Kristina and Michal were in operation until 1872 and abandoned during the iron crisis. In 1831 a cholera epidemic broke out. A cholera cemetery was built north of Javorek at the fork in the road to Borovnice.
After the abolition of patrimonial Javůrek formed a municipality in the political district of Neustadtl from 1850 . The community has been called Javorek since the end of the 19th century . In 1949 Javorek was assigned to the Okres Polička. Since 1961 the community belongs to the Okres Žďár nad Sázavou. In 1976 it was incorporated into Jimramov . Javorek has existed again since 1990.
Community structure
No districts are identified for the municipality of Javorek. Javorek to include monolayer Doly, Luž and U Benešů.
Attractions
- Monument to Jan Hus, created in 1921 by Julius Pelikán
- Bell tower
- Remains of the Štarkov castle, also called Stařechovice or Skály, south of the village
- Prosíčka nature reserve, on the mountain of the same name
Sons and daughters of the church
- Jan Beneš (1873–1946), painter and designer