Krakovec
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Středočeský kraj | ||||
| District : | Rakovník | ||||
| Area : | 802.9091 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 1 ' N , 13 ° 38' E | ||||
| Height: | 395 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 77 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 270 35 | ||||
| License plate : | S. | ||||
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| Street: | Lubná - Šípy | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 2 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Petr Jelínek (as of 2013) | ||||
| Address: | Krakovec 46 270 35 Petrovice u Rakovníka |
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| Municipality number: | 565369 | ||||
| Website : | www.krakovec.cz | ||||
| Location of Krakovec in the Rakovník district | |||||
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Krakovec , until 1920 Červený Zámek ( German Rothschloß , also Red Castle ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic , which is twelve kilometers southwest of Rakovník in the Rakonitzer hill country and belongs to the Okres Rakovník .
geography
The village is located at the confluence of the Krakovský potok in the Šípský potok. The center of Krakovec is formed by the castle hill with the ruins of the Krakovec castle .
Neighboring towns are Krakov and Nový Dvůr in the northeast, Zhoř and Rousínov in the east, Jenkovický Mlýn in the south, Mílíčov in the southwest, Šípy in the west and Všesulov in the northwest.
history
Legend has it that Krakovec, together with Krakov, was the seat of the legendary forefather Krok . In his historiography of the Rakonice Land, Václav Kočka takes the view that the name of the villages is derived from the Polish city of Krakow and can be traced back to Břetislav I's raid into Poland in 1039, during which the Duke brought prisoners from Krakow and Gniezno settled in the sparsely populated Rakonitz mountainous region. Both the nearby towns of Hedeč and Hedecko and the Polský rybník ( Polenteich ) fit in well with this variant.
The first written mention of the village comes from 1370. At that time the village belonged to the local aristocratic family von Krakov. One of the subsequent owners of the Krakov estate with the villages of Rousínov, Skupá and Všesulov was Jíra von Roztoky, a favorite of Wenceslas the Lazy , who had Krakovec Castle built. In 1414 Jan Hus lived in the castle before his last trip to Constance .
In 1620 Johann Zeller von Rosenthal bought the property and Alena Marie Vchynsky von Wchynitz and Tettau , who united him with Petrovice , bought it from him . In 1672 Emanuel Hildprand von und zu Ottenhausen bought the Rothschloss estate and had a renaissance castle built in Zhoř. After Karl Joseph Hildprand von und zu Ottenhausen acquired Slabce in 1754 , he moved his residence to the castle there. The abandoned Zhoř Castle initially served as a manorial official residence. After the end of patrimonial Krakovec became an independent municipality in 1848. In 1876, the ruined Zhoř Castle was partially demolished and converted into a sugar factory; afterwards it served as a schnapps distillery and storage facility.
In 1915, the Club of Czech Tourists bought the ruins of Krakovec Castle from the last owner, Max von Croÿ -Dülmen. In 1920 the name of the municipality and the castle Rothschloß in Krakovec was changed.
Local division
The community Krakovec consists of the districts Krakovec ( Rothschloß ) and Zhoř ( Hořkau , 1939–45 Bräun ) as well as the locality Nový Dvůr and the single layer Jenkovický Mlýn.
