Měřín
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Kraj Vysočina | ||||
| District : | Žďár nad Sázavou | ||||
| Area : | 1787 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 24 ' N , 15 ° 53' E | ||||
| Height: | 487 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 1,994 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 594 42 | ||||
| License plate : | J | ||||
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| Street: | D1 : Prague - Brno | ||||
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| Status: | Městys | ||||
| Districts: | 2 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Jiří Servít (as of 2018) | ||||
| Address: | Náměstí 106 594 42 Měřín |
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| Municipality number: | 596116 | ||||
| Website : | www.merin.cz | ||||
Měřín (German Wollein ) is a Městys in the Czech Republic . It is located ten kilometers northwest of Velké Meziříčí and belongs to the Okres Žďár nad Sázavou .
geography
Měřín is located at the confluence of the Zblatí brook in the Balinka ( Ballin brook ) in a wide valley in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands . The D1 motorway runs past the northern edge of the village, where you will find exit 134 Měřín .
Neighboring towns are Černá , Milíkov and Dědkov in the north, Blízkov in the north-east, Kochánov in the east, Stránecká Zhoř and Pustina in the south-east, Otín , Geršov and Pouště in the south, Benešov, Chlumek and Kamenička in the south-west, Řehořov and Meziříčko in the north-west and Jersíčko in the north .
history
The settlement of the Měřín Depression began during the Great Moravian Empire . Allegedly, the founding of today's town goes back to a dispute between Ottokar I Přemysl and his brother Vladislav Heinrich . After a peace agreement on the royal hill, the settlement Mirín (derived from peace) is said to have been founded.
The place was first mentioned in a document in 1298, when Wenzel II together with Bishop Theoderich von Neuhaus established the provost of St. Benedict donated and submitted to the Třebíč Monastery . The provost's founding estates included 21 surrounding villages. Woolin had jurisdiction since the 14th century. The town hall, which included a torture cellar and bailiff , was also built during this time .
During the Moravian fratricidal war between Prokop and Jobst of Moravia , Wollein was destroyed at the end of the 14th century. In return, Prokop granted the market rights to Wollein between 1402 and 1404. After the reconstruction, the Hussites devastated the village and the provost's office. The hospital has been documented since 1446. Dominik II was the last provost in office around 1466. During the Bohemian-Hungarian War the provost's office was closed and in 1468 it had already expired.
The provost's lands were secured in 1479 by Jan von Lomnice and Meziříčí as pledge. From 1485, Wollein had the right to brew. In 1491, Wollein was given to Wilhelm II von Pernstein as a pledge . Ferdinand I gave the Pernstein family hereditary rule of woolin including the twelve villages belonging to it. Just one year later, Vratislav von Pernstein sold Wollein to Jan the Elder. Ä. Stránecký from Stránec. This left Wollin and part of the associated villages in 1559 to Johann and Raphael Chraustenský von Malowar in German Rudoletz . In 1560 the reformer Wenzel Ledecký burned the books of the provost's office in Wollein . In 1568, due to the work of the Magister alemanus, a Protestant school was established. This existed until 1620.
In 1580 the silver mining started at wool. After the Battle of White Mountain in 1620, Peter Raphael Chraustenský's property was confiscated. In the same year the brewing rights were given up. In 1621 Rambold XIII bought . from Collalto the goods. In 1662 a Catholic school was established in Wollein. The Counts Collalto made Czerna their seat and united Deutsch Rudoletz and Pirnitz to a family fideikommiss. In 1768 the hospital burned down and was not rebuilt. Up until the beginning of the 18th century, the Gallows Hill ( Šibenice ) was a place of blood court in Wollin. There were two pillories at the town hall and the church. On July 29, 1767, almost the entire place burned down. Further large fires started in 1800, 1882 and 1886. In 1874 the Měřín Volunteer Fire Brigade was founded . On the premises of the Propsteihof a cloth mill was built , later a mechanical spinning mill.
After the replacement of patrimonial Měřín / Wollein formed from 1850 with the district Pustina a market town in the district administration Velké Meziříčí. In 1870 Antonín Kožený founded a tannery, which was followed by others. In 1873 the schnapps distillery was established, which was later also converted into a tannery. There was also a brick factory, three mills, two sawmills and a cement factory. In 1880 Měřín 1889 had Czech residents throughout. At the end of the 19th century, Pustina gained its independence. 1930 lived in the place 1419 people. The status of Městys was not renewed after the Communists came to power in 1948. In 1950 Měřín had 1,339 inhabitants. In 1961 the community was assigned to the Okres Žďár nad Sázavou and at the same time incorporated into Pustina. In 1967 students dug out a stone jar with 500 gram silver coins from the time of the Thirty Years' War in a barn . On May 21, 1985, the Balinka flooded 50 houses. In 1991 there were 1732 people in Měřín.
Community structure
The Městys Měřín consists of the districts Měřín ( Wollein ) and Pustina, which also form cadastral districts.
Attractions
- Church of John the Baptist, the originally Romanesque building has been redesigned several times. The portal from around 1240 has been preserved, which was later covered and was rediscovered after the fires of 1768 and 1810. The main nave is 10 m high and 5 m wide.
- Rectory, built in 1741
- Maria Schnee chapel with bell tower, from 1690
- Bell tower at the western exit of the town
Sons and daughters of the place
- František Čech (1929–1995), geochemist and mineralogist
- Mikuláš von Měřín, graduated from Charles University in 1391 with a bachelor's degree in fine arts
- Samuel Sabbatecius Měřínský , rector of the Protestant school on Lesser Town Prague until 1620
