Kněžice u Městce Králové
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Středočeský kraj | ||||
| District : | Nymburk | ||||
| Area : | 1957 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 15 ′ N , 15 ° 20 ′ E | ||||
| Height: | 223 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 503 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 289 02 | ||||
| License plate : | S. | ||||
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| Street: | Jičíněves - Městec Králové | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 3 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Milan Kazda (as of 2008) | ||||
| Address: | Kněžice 37 289 02 Kněžice u Městce Králové |
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| Municipality number: | 537292 | ||||
| Website : | www.obec-knezice.cz | ||||
Kněžice (German Groß Knieschitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic. It is located six kilometers northeast of Městec Králové and belongs to the Okres Nymburk .
geography
Kněžice is located on the Bohemian Table and the Záhornický brook flows through it. The Osecký rybník pond is located on the eastern edge of the village. The forest area Osecký les extends southeast, in which the hills "Na pískách" (291 m) and Darebnice (248 m) rise. In the south lies the Voděrady desert.
Neighboring towns are Dubečno and Chroustov in the north, Dvoříště and Osek in the northeast, Hlušice and Hlušičky in the east, Žantov and Kamilov in the southeast, Nový Dvůr and Sloveč in the south, Vinice in the southwest, Záhornice and Malá Strana in the west and Nová Ves in the northwest.
history
Kněžice was first mentioned in writing in 1295 as the seat of Zdeslav from Kněžice, who had a fortress built here. The Kněžice family built the Podtvrzník pond below their seat, which divided the village into two halves, each with its own shoulder. From 1415 the village belonged to Jan Straník von Kopidlno , who fought as captain of the orphans in the Hussite Wars . At that time, the Kněžice lordship included the fortress and the village as well as Židovice , Záhornice , Voděrady and Mezilesí. The latter two became extinct in the 15th century. In 1501 Nikolaus the Younger Trčka von Lípa bought the lordship and joined them together with Štítary to his Dominium Königstädtel . In 1587 Zdeněk Waldstein struck Königstädtel under the rule of Dymokury . Kněžice was destroyed during the Thirty Years War. After that the village was rebuilt. In addition to the Podtvrzník, there was the 72 hectare Kněžický rybník, a second large pond in the village. In addition, there were three smaller fish ponds with the Vosecký rybník, Krčebník and Beňovický rybník. At the beginning of the 19th century a contribution store of the Dymokury rule was built in Kněžice, which was abolished in 1863. In 1810 the Podtvrzník dam was pierced and the pond drained.
After the abolition of patrimonial Kněžice formed from 1850 a municipality in the Poděbrady district . At the beginning of 1961 the municipality was assigned to the Okres Nymburk, at the same time the incorporation of Dubečno took place. In 1980 Osek was added.
In 2004 the municipality of Kněžice started the project of the energy self-sufficiency village Kněžice (ESO Kněžice) with the support of the European Regional Development Fund and the Czech state environmental fund. For this purpose, a central heating power plant and a biogas station were put into operation in 2006.
At the transition from the 19th to the 20th century, the legend of the knight Záhorský arose in Kněžice, who sat in a castle on Vondrový Kopec and fell in love with the princess at Kněžice castle.
Community structure
The municipality Kněžice consists of the districts Dubečno ( Dubeczno ), Kněžice ( Groß Knieschitz ) and Osek ( Wosek ).
Attractions
- Church of St. Peter and Paul, which has been documented since 1359, was assigned to the parish of Königstädtel until the 18th century. In 1716, Marie Antoinette, Princess of Montecuculli, set up a parish in Kněžice. In the years 1774–1777, a new baroque building was built in place of the old wooden church.
- Statue of St. John of Nepomuk, created 1876
- Statue of the Virgin Mary, by the sculptor Kofránek from Vojice from 1874
- Statue of St. Wenceslas, from 1888
- Kamilovský vysílač transmission tower on the "Na pískách" knoll in Osecký les
Individual evidence
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)