Krušovice

Krušovice
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Středočeský kraj
District :	Rakovník
Area :	635.7796 ha
Geographic location :	50 ° 10 ' N , 13 ° 47' E Coordinates: 50 ° 10 '18 " N , 13 ° 46' 34" E
Height:	379 m nm
Residents :	620 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code :	270 53
License plate :	S.
structure
Status:	local community
Districts:	1
administration
Mayor :	Eva Hulová (as of 2013)
Address:	Rabasova 47 ; 270 53 Krušovice
Municipality number:	541974
Website :	www.obec-krusovice.cz
Location of Krušovice in the Rakovník district

Krušovice (German Kruschowitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located nine kilometers northeast of Rakovník and belongs to the Okres Rakovník .

geography

Krušovice is located 379 m above sea level. M. The community area is 636 ha.

The European route 48 between Lubenec and Nové Strašecí runs through the village in the valley of Krušovický potok . In the southeast lies the 537 m high local mountain Louštín (Lauernstein), the highest mountain of the Džbán (Krugwald) in the north of the Brdywald .

history

Krušovice Castle (1890)

The place Krušovice probably originated around the year 1000. It was first mentioned in a document under Přemysl Ottokar II in the second half of the 13th century during a feudal grant.

The village is best known for the Krušovice Royal Brewery , which was first mentioned in 1581 in connection with an offer that its owner Jiří Bírka von Násile made to Emperor Rudolf II .

The other owners were the Waldsteiners , during whose times the baroque castle was built. In 1733 Krušovice went to the Fürstenberg Princely House by marriage .

Attractions

Castle chapel in the courtyard of the Royal Brewery, built by Johann Josef von Waldstein
Hus school with sgraffiti facades, built in 1915 according to plans by Ladislav Skřivánek