Kamenná Lhota
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Kraj Vysočina | ||||
| District : | Havlíčkův Brod | ||||
| Area : | 598 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 39 ′ N , 15 ° 17 ′ E | ||||
| Height: | 502 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 259 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 582 92 - 584 01 | ||||
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| Street: | Koberovice - Ledeč nad Sázavou | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 2 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Jaroslav Doležal (status: 2007) | ||||
| Address: | Kamenná Lhota 52 582 92 Kamenná Lhota |
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| Municipality number: | 568848 | ||||
| Website : | mesta.obce.cz/kamenna-lhota | ||||
Kamenná Lhota (German stone Lhota ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located 13 kilometers northwest of Humpolec and belongs to the Okres Havlíčkův Brod .
geography
Kamenná Lhota is located on the northern slope of the Spálensko (644 m) in the hill country on the upper Sázava , a part of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands . To the east lies the valley of the Koutecký potok, behind it the Melechov (707 m) rises. To the west is the Želivka valley , which is flooded by the Švihov dam , and to the south-west is the church of St. Vitus in the former village of Zahrádka .
Neighboring towns are Ledeč nad Sázavou in the north, Malé Bojiště and Bojiště in the northeast, Kouty in the east, Horní Paseka in the southeast, Hory in the south, Dolní Paseka, Ježov and Snět in the southwest, Dolní Rápotice and Šetějovice in the west and Kožlí in the northwest.
history
The first written mention of Kamenná Lhota comes from 1380.
In 1880 the first quarry was built in which granite was extracted as a building material. In the 20th century more were built, of which only one remained until 1947, which after the nationalization in 1948 came to the state-owned company Českomoravský kámen Světlá nad Sázavou. The break took place in 1983.
In 1974 the Švihov dam was completed and the Zahrádka in the Želivka valley was closed . Zahrádka and Staré Hamry were flooded in 1976, the former district Dolní paseka now belongs to Kamenná Lhota. In 1998 an outdoor pool was built at the pond in Oberdorf.
Community structure
The municipality of Kamenná Lhota consists of the districts Dolní Paseka ( Lower Paseka ) and Kamenná Lhota ( Stone Lhota ).
Attractions
- Church of St. Vitus, on the former Zahrádka market square , today on the bank of the Švihov dam
- Statue of painful Virgin Mary, on the former market square of Zahrádka, today on the banks of the dam Švihov, 1738 by Jakub Teplý from Pardubice created
- small chapel on the village square, built in 1968 instead of a dilapidated previous building
