Leskovice

This article describes the church. For the district see Radomyšl . For the Austrian violinist, see Luz Leskowitz .

Leskovice
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Kraj Vysočina
District :	Pelhřimov
Area :	350 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 26 '  N , 15 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 25 '47 "  N , 15 ° 4' 51"  E
Height:	615  m nm
Residents :	103 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code :	394 14
License plate :	J
traffic
Street:	Pelhřimov - Chýnov
Railway connection:	Horní Cerekev – Tábor
structure
Status:	local community
Districts:	1
administration
Mayor :	Milan Bílek (as of 2018)
Address:	Leskovice 51 394 14 Leskovice
Municipality number:	548235
Website :	www.obecleskovice.cz

Leskovice (German Leskowitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located eleven kilometers west of Pelhřimov and belongs to the Okres Pelhřimov .

geography

Leskovice is located on a ridge in the south-west of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands . The Bořetický stream has its source in Leskovice. The Peklo (649 m) rises to the southwest and the Zlatenka (645 m) to the west. State road 19 between Pelhřimov and Chýnov and the railway line from Tábor to Pelhřimov run through the village .

Neighboring towns are Zahrádka and Litohošť in the north, Pejškov in the Northeast, Čížkov and Stanovice the east, Němkovičky, Nová Cerekev and Hatě the southeast, Čekal and Moraveč in the south, Žlíbek, Na Peklově, Dobra Voda u Pacova and Peklůvko in the southwest, Zlátenka and Nesvačily in the west and Proseč and Pošná in the northwest.

history

The village was first mentioned in writing in 1379 in a tax register.

After the abolition of patrimonial Leskovice / Leskowitz formed from 1850 a district of the municipality Litohošť in the district authority Pelhřimov. In 1921 the village of Leskovice was established, which at that time consisted of 43 houses and had 256 inhabitants. In May 1945, Leskowitz was destroyed by the Waffen-SS and rebuilt with uniform houses after the war. In 1947 the village was assigned to the Okres Pacov. Since its abolition in 1961, Leskovice has belonged again to the Okres Pelhřimov .

Leskowitz massacre

In the last days of the Second World War there was an end- stage crime in Leskowitz . When the Wehrmacht withdrew , the German troops in Leskowitz were shot at by the Mistr Jan Hus partisan unit. On May 5 and 6, 1945, the Waffen SS occupied Leskowitz and murdered 25 residents. Most of the village was burned down. Because of the advancing Red Army it was no longer possible to completely destroy the place.

After the war ended, the victims of the massacre were buried in a mass grave in the Moraveč cemetery. In 2005, investigations into the former SS-Hauptsturmführer Walter Hauck (1918-2006) began in Prague for the massacre .

Community structure

No districts are shown for the municipality of Leskovice.

Attractions

• Chapel on the village square, built at the end of the 18th century
• Memorial to the victims of the massacre of May 1945 on the village square, created in 1961 by J. Lukešová.
• Memorial to the victims of the First World War

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/548235/Leskovice
2. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
3. ↑ Lothar Martin: Prager Justice investigates the massacre of Czech civilians committed in 1945.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. At: Radio Praha , from November 3, 2005.  
4. ↑ Chris Jarrett: Breakthrough in the investigation of WWII massacre in Velke Mezirici. At: Radio Praha , from March 13, 2006.

Web links

• Leskovice on zanikleobce.cz