Kovářov

Kovářov
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Jihočeský kraj
District :	Písek
Area :	5043.24 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 31 ' N , 14 ° 17' E Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '3 " N , 14 ° 16' 43" E
Height:	523 m nm
Residents :	1,444 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code :	398 55
License plate :	C.
traffic
Street:	Milevsko - Milešov
Next international airport :	České Budějovice Airport
structure
Status:	local community
Districts:	17th
administration
Mayor :	Pavel Hroch (as of 2013)
Address:	Kovářov 63 ; 398 55 Kovářov
Municipality number:	549517
Website :	www.kovarov.cz

Kovářov (German Kowarschow ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located ten kilometers northwest of Milevsko and belongs to the Okres Písek .

geography

Village square in Kovářov

Kovářov is located on the plateau in the west of the Milevská pahorkatina belonging to the Central Bohemian hill country. The Kovářovská hůrka (535 m) rises to the north, the Hůrka (555 m) in the northeast and the Lipný (547 m) to the south. To the east lies the valley of the Hrejkovický potok . To the west, the extensive municipal area extends to the Vltava valley, which is flooded with the Orlík reservoir . State road II / 102 runs through Kovářov between Milevsko and Milešov .

Neighboring towns are Hostín, Březí and Záluží in the north, Korňouz and Vepice in the northeast, Hrazany , Hrazánky, Peštův Mlýn and Dobrošov in the east, Budař, Pekárkův Mlýn, Klisinec, Něžovice and Dmýštice in the southeast , Vlči and Nováčik in the south, Pazderna, Přílepov and Kotýřina in the south-west, Vesec, Slavoňov and Ouvary in the west and Žebrákov, V Betlémě, Pelechy, Radvánov and Zlučín in the north-west.

history

Archaeological research has shown that Kovářov has probably existed since the 9th century.

The first written mention of Kovářov took place in 1220 as the seat of Vladiken Budislav von Kovářov. The fortress was the ancestral seat of the Knights of Kowařow (also Kowařowitz). The next owner of the fortress known by name was Rynart von Kovářov († before 1318). After his death, Kovářov was divided into four estates, the owners of which were the Milevsko Monastery , the Melicharovský and Brus von Kovářov and Mareš von Vestec families. Since then, other Vladiken families have also used the Kovářov title . The church was built at the end of the 13th century, from 1350 the Milevsko monastery and the owners of surrounding lordships shared the church patronage. Svaněk, who worked in Kovářov until 1365, is known to be the first priest. In 1421 Matěj Brus von Kovářov was rewarded with several goods in the area for his loyal service during the defense of Karlštejn Castle by King Sigismund . The guardians of his underage children sold his property to Jan and Matěj von Jetřichovice. In 1461 Johann von Rosenberg bought most of Kovářov. Jan Hruška had a new Renaissance fortress built on his part of Kovářov in the 16th century, which he called Nový Kovářov . In 1592 Johann Georg von Schwanberg acquired both fortresses in Kovářov and struck the reunited estate of his lord Worlik . The location of the older festivals is still debatable today; Farms No. 46 or 25 come into question as locations, features of a fortification can be seen on both, and there may have been several festivals after the division in the 14th century.

After the Battle of the White Mountain , the estate of Peter von Schwanberg was confiscated and in 1622 the Eggenberg family became the new owner of the Worlik domain. During the Thirty Years War, Kovářov was ravaged by French, Swedish and Brandenburg troops. The village of Zahořany was burned down during this period. After the end of the war, the estate began to flourish, which lasted until the 18th century. The parish Kowařow went out in 1626 and was slammed as a branch of the parish Mirowitz . In 1670 a parish was set up again in Kowařow, which also included the branch churches in Kostelec and Předbořice. After the male line of Eggenberg had died out in 1717, the Schwarzenberg family inherited their possessions. From 1770 school lessons were held in a wooden chaluppe . The plague epidemic from 1771 to 1772 killed 2,180 people in the area, followed by famine. In 1826 the school was expanded and two-class classes began.

In 1837 Kowařow consisted of 33 houses with 323 inhabitants, including two Israelite families. In the village, the parish church of All Saints, the parish and school were under stately patronage, there was also a farm, an inn and a sheep farm. Kowařow was vicarage for Radwanow ( Radvanov ) Friedrichsdorf ( Zlučín ) Předbořitz ( Předbořice ) Renkow ( Řenkov ) Kotegřin ( Kotýřina ) Dobroschow ( Dobrošov ) Wepitz ( Vepice ) Pechowa Lhota ( Pechova Lhota ) Hostin ( Hostín ) , Zalužj ( Záluží ), Březy ( Březí ), Wesetz ( Vesec ), Slawoniow ( Slavoňov ), Klisynetz ( Klisinec ), Zahradka ( Zahrádka ) and Radegschin ( Radešín ). Until the middle of the 19th century, Kowařow remained subordinate to the Fideikommissherrschaft Worlik including the allodial goods Zalužan, Zbenitz and Bukowan.

After the abolition of patrimonial Kovářov / Kowařow formed from 1850 a municipality in the district administration Písek and the judicial district Milevsko. In 1869, 506 people lived in the 57 houses of Kovářov. After a third grade was taught in the school in 1877, the old building turned out to be completely too small. In 1880 the village had grown to 59 houses in which 521 people lived. The new two-story stone school building was inaugurated in 1883. In 1886 the road from Milevsko to Zahořany was built. From 1919 the municipality belonged to the Okres Milevsko. In 1921 Kovářov consisted of 72 houses and had 430 inhabitants. In 1930 456 people lived in the 80 houses in the village. In the same year, the school in Kovářov was expanded into a five-class civic school with an extension with a director's apartment.

The villages of Radava and Žďákov u Chrástu in the Vltava Valley were dissolved in 1957 when the Orlík Dam was built and later flooded. In the course of the abolition of the Okres Milevsko, Kovářov was reassigned to the Okres Písek at the end of 1960 . 1964 Březí (with Hostín and Záluží), Radvánov, Vepice and Vládyčín (with Dobrá Voda and Řenkov) were incorporated. In 1970, 470 people lived in Kovářov's 105 houses. In 1980 Kovářov consisted of 133 houses and had 581 inhabitants. In 1984 the school received a new extension with a gymnasium, dining room and boiler house, the old primary school building became the seat of the municipal administration. On January 1, 1985 Zahořany (with Chrást, Jalovčí, Lašovice, Lašovky, Onen Svět, Předbořice, Radava, Žebrákov and Ždákov u Chrástu) was incorporated. Kotýřina, Slavoňov and Vesec were umgemeindet on March 22, 1990 from Kostelec nad Vltavou to Kovářov. In the 1991 census, the village of Kovářov had 666 inhabitants. Since 1996 the folklore festival Jihočeský folkorní festival Kovářov has been held in Kovářov every year at the end of May and beginning of June . In 2001, 181 houses and 681 people were counted in the Kovářov district. In 2004 Kovářov won the national village of the year competition .

Partner municipality

Seftigen , Switzerland, since 1992

Community structure

The municipality of Kovářov consists of the districts Březí ( Bries ), Chrást ( Chrast ), Dobrá Voda ( Gutwasser ), Hostín ( Hostin ), Kotýřina ( Koterschin ), Kovářov ( Kowarschow ), Lašovice ( Laschowitz ), Onen Svět ( Onen Swiet ) Předbonen ( Pschedborschitz ), Radvánov ( Radwanow ), Řenkov ( Renkau ), Vepice ( Wepitz ), Vesec ( Wesetz ), Vladyčín ( Wladetschin ), Zahořany ( Sahorschan ), Záluží ( Salusch ) and Žebrákov ( Schebrakow ) as well as the settlements in Holešice. Holeschitz ), Jalovčí, Kroupov ( Kraupow ), Lašovky ( Laschowky ), Na Třepené, Pelechy I, Pelechy II, Plícov, Radava, Slavoňov ( Slawoniow ), Tuška and Zlučín ( Friedrichsdorf ).

The former districts of Radava ( Radawa ) and Žďákov u Chrástu ( Schdakow near Chrast ) were flooded after 1957.

Attractions

Parish Church of All Saints in Kovářov, the early Gothic building was built at the end of the 13th century. The 27 meter high baroque church tower dates from 1712. The church is surrounded by the cemetery of St. Trinity.
The old rectory in Kovářov, the baroque building was built between 1739 and 1740 in place of the Nový Kovářov fortress. In 1967 the rectory was given up by the church and then served as the home of the community library until 2007.
Statue of St. John of Nepomuk on the village square in Kovářov, it was made in 1722 by Ferdinand Maximilian Brokoff at the expense of pastor Jan Šimon Diviš. In 1898 it was included in the register of historical and artistic monuments of the Kingdom of Bohemia from prehistoric times to the beginning of the 19th century .
Angel figure at the exit from Kovářov to Vesec, the 1.50 meter high figure was created for the grave of the Zítek family and was originally the dominant feature of the cemetery. After the grave was repaired, the angel was removed and transferred to a private field on the outskirts. In 2006 the figure was restored.
Calvary at the old rectory in Kovářov, it was created in 1732 at the expense of pastor Jan Šimon Diviš. The life-size figures of the Virgin Mary and St. John of Nepomuk also come from Brokoff's workshop. The group of statues is the only Calvary in the Milevsko region and was included in the list of historical and artistic monuments of the Kingdom of Bohemia from prehistoric times to the beginning of the 19th century in 1898 .
Moravec Chapel on the outskirts of Kovářov to Vepice, built in 1938 by the Hlavín family on the occasion of the ordination of their son and to commemorate the return of their father and husband from the First World War
Monument to the fallen of the First World War from Kovářov, Dobrošov, Klisinec, Vepice, Pechova Lhota, Březí, Zaluží, Radvánov, Vesec and Kotýřina, created in 1921 by Jaroslav Barda from Hrazánky
Jewish cemetery north of Kovářov on the Kovářovská hůrka
Parish Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Lašovice, built between 1260 and 1270,
Branch church of St. Philipp and Jakob in Předbořice, built at the end of the 13th century
Wayside shrine near Zahořany to commemorate the outbreak of the plague from 1771 to 1772
Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Jalovčí, built in 1935
Lookout tower on Koňský vrch ( Roßberg , 587 m) near Zahořany
Langova rozhledna lookout tower on Hrbý (627 m) in Onen Svět, built in 2001
numerous wayside crosses