Kundratice

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Kundratice
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Kundratice (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Kraj Vysočina
District : Žďár nad Sázavou
Area : 420 ha
Geographic location : 49 ° 24 '  N , 16 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 23 '55 "  N , 16 ° 8' 6"  E
Height: 503  m nm
Residents : 180 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code : 594 51
License plate : J
traffic
Street: Křižanov - Dolní Libochová
structure
Status: local community
Districts: 1
administration
Mayor : Petr Pávek (as of 2018)
Address: Kundratice 50
594 51 Křižanov
Municipality number: 595977
Website : www.kundratice.estranky.cz

Kundratice (German Kundratitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located ten kilometers northeast of Velké Meziříčí and belongs to the Okres Žďár nad Sázavou .

geography

Kundratice is located in the Křižanovská vrchovina ( Krischanauer Uplands ) belonging to the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands . The village lies on the upper reaches of the Libochovka brook , also known as Libochůvka , and is surrounded by numerous ponds. The Spalený Kopec (595 m) rises to the northwest and the Vinohrádek (560 m) to the southwest.

Neighboring towns are Horní Hlíny and Dolní Hlíny in the north, Horní Libochová in the northeast, Bojanov in the east, Kadolec in the south, Křižanov in the southwest, Dobrá Voda and Jívoví in the west and Jakubovský Dvůr in the northwest,

history

The first written mention of Cunraczicz took place in 1358, when Vznata von Křižanov gave the village to his wife as a dowry. In the place name is the name Kunrad (German Konrad ) in the sense of village of Konrad. Around 1690 an iron hammer and blast furnace were built at the lower mill, which operated until the 18th century. After the abolition of patrimonial Kundratice formed from 1850 a district of the minority Křížánov in the district of Velké Meziříčí . The Kundratice municipality has existed since 1880. In the village there were three water mills, two board saws, a forge and a brick factory. Mother-of-pearl was manufactured in the first half of the 20th century. At the beginning of 1961 the Okres Velké Meziříčí was dissolved and the municipality was assigned to the Okres Žďár nad Sázavou .

Local division

No districts are shown for the Kundratice municipality.

Attractions

  • Chapel with bell tower, built in the 19th century. Next to it is a wooden cross.
  • Jakubovský Dvůr, the detached courtyard on a chain of ponds and the mill built on a dam can be traced back to 1447
  • Atonement cross at the Spitalteich, split in half, from the 16th or 17th century

Sons and daughters of the church

  • Josef Křenek (1889–1949), an important representative of the Bohemian Brethren movement
  • František Hanuš Žundálek (1871–1942), Catholic publicist

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/595977/Kundratice
  2. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
  3. ↑ L. Hošák, R. Šrámek, Místní jména na Moravě a ve Slezsku I, Academia, Praha 1970, II, Academia, Praha 1980th

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