Kunštát u Orlického Záhoří

Kunštát
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Královéhradecký kraj
District :	Rychnov nad Kněžnou
Municipality :	Orlické Záhoří
Area :	972 ha
Geographic location :	50 ° 17 ' N , 16 ° 29' E Coordinates: 50 ° 16 '32 " N , 16 ° 28' 36" E
Height:	670 m nm
Residents :	158 (2011)
Postal code :	517 64
License plate :	H
traffic
Street:	Bartošovice v Orlických horách - Deštné v Orlických horách

Place view

Kunštát (German: Kronstadt ) is a basic settlement unit in the municipality of Orlické Záhoří in Okres Rychnov nad Kněžnou in the Czech Republic . It lies on the right bank of the Upper Wild Eagle , which forms the state border with Poland here. State road 311 runs through the village, which begins at Bartošovice v Orlických horách and runs along the bank of the Wild Eagle in a north-westerly direction to Deštné v Orlických horách .

geography

Kunštát lies between the main ridge of the Eagle Mountains and the Habelschwerdter Mountains in a wide basin on the right bank of the Wilder Adler ( Erlitztal ). Neighboring towns are Černá Voda in the southeast, Jadrná in the west and Zelenka and Bedřichovka in the northwest. Across the border are the towns of Lasówka and Piaskowice in the northwest and Mostowice in the southeast. Voivodship road 389 is reached via the Mostowice border crossing, which begins between Lewin Kłodzki and Duszniki-Zdrój on the E 67 and ends in Międzylesie .

history

Kronstadt was established as the first settlement in the upper Erlitztal ( Wilde Adler ) from 1572 and was first mentioned in 1586. It belonged to the Königgrätzer Kreis and was parish after Heavenly Rybnai . The settlement took place with German forest workers. In 1612 a wooden church was built. Around 1700 Kronstadt became the parish for the surrounding villages and the villages of Langenbrück , Friedrichsgrund , Kaiserswalde and Königswalde in the county of Glatz . At the beginning of the 18th century, Ignaz Preissler set up a workshop for glass and porcelain painting on the estate of Count Franz Josef Kolowrat von Liebstein.

Since 1750 the market town of Kronstadt belonged to the Senftenberg district administration . 1754–1763 the church "John the Baptist" was built from stone. After the county of Glatz fell to Prussia in 1763 , the villages of Langenbrück, Friedrichsgrund, Kaiserswalde and Königswalde were separated from the parish church in Kronstadt in 1780 and assigned to the newly built parish church of Langenbrück.

In 1779 Emperor Joseph II visited Kronstadt, to whom a memorial was erected. A chip box factory and, from the beginning of the 20th century, the development into a summer resort and winter sports resort were of economic importance. For the year 1913 876 inhabitants are recorded, of which 871 were German. Before 1918, Kronstadt had a four-class elementary school, which the children from Kerndorf also attended. After the establishment of Czechoslovakia , the school continued to run in three classes and presumably a school class was formed for the Czech minority. In 1939 there were 695 inhabitants in 155 houses in Kronstadt.

As a result of the Munich Agreement , Kronstadt was annexed to the German Reich in 1938 and belonged to the Grulich district until 1945 . After the Second World War, the German residents were expelled . Kunštát and the surrounding villages remained largely evacuated, leaving numerous houses and farms to decay. In 1960 Kunštát became the center of the newly formed municipality Orlické Záhoří .

Attractions

Church of "John the Baptist"
Monument to Emperor Joseph II, renovated in 1996
Kronstadt pilgrimage chapel “Maria Heimsuchung” on the Adlergebirskamm

Sons and daughters of the place

Ignaz Preissler (1676–1741) glass and porcelain painter

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi/712191/Kunstat-u-Orlickeho-Zahori
↑ http://www.risy.cz/cs/vyhledavace/obce/detail?zuj=576603&zsj=112194#zsj
↑ In the first half of the 17th century, the then newly established Friedrichswalder glassworks was also referred to as the “Kunstädter Glashütte”, although it was not located in the Kunstädter area. See: Václav Šplichal, Jaroslav Šůla: Bedřichovsko-kaiserwaldský sklářský okruh. In: Kladský sborník . 5, 2003, ISSN 1212-1223 , pp. 127-142, here p. 128.
↑ Joseph Kögler : The chronicles of the county Glatz. Volume 4: The chronicles of the villages, parishes and lordships of the Habelschwerdt district (= historical sources of the County of Glatz. Series A: Local history. NF Vol. 4). Revised and edited by Dieter Pohl . Pohl, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-927830-18-6 , pp. 146–150.

[1] ttp://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi/712191/Kunstat-u-Orlickeho-Zahori

[2] ttp://www.risy.cz/cs/vyhledavace/obce/detail?zuj=576603&zsj=112194#zsj

[3] In the first half of the 17th century, the then newly established Friedrichswalder glassworks was also referred to as the “Kunstädter Glashütte”, although it was not located in the Kunstädter area. See: Václav Šplichal, Jaroslav Šůla: Bedřichovsko-kaiserwaldský sklářský okruh. In: Kladský sborník . 5, 2003, ISSN 1212-1223 , pp. 127-142, here p. 128.

[4] Joseph Kögler : The chronicles of the county Glatz. Volume 4: The chronicles of the villages, parishes and lordships of the Habelschwerdt district (= historical sources of the County of Glatz. Series A: Local history. NF Vol. 4). Revised and edited by Dieter Pohl . Pohl, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-927830-18-6 , pp. 146–150.