Podlažice

Podlažice
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Pardubický kraj
District :	Chrudim
Municipality :	Chrast
Area :	323 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 54 '  N , 15 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '42 "  N , 15 ° 57' 20"  E
Residents :	332 (March 1, 2001)
Postal code :	538 51

St. Margareta Church

Podlažice is a district of the town Chrast in the Okres Chrudim of Pardubický kraj in eastern Bohemia . The village is two kilometers southeast of Chrast on the left bank of the Žejbro .

history

Podlažice was first mentioned in 1159 as the seat of the Benedictine monastery Podlažice . The Codex Gigas , a spiritual Latin manuscript with a baptismal liturgy and Bible texts , was created here in the 13th century .

In 1421 the Podlažice monastery was destroyed by the Hussites .

An inventory from 1406 is now in the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Hradec Králové , and a bronze crucifix from the 13th century is in the Chrast Museum.

Today you can still see the remains of the monastery brewery.

Attractions

• The baroque church of St. Margaret of Antioch was built from 1696 to 1721 on the former monastery grounds, possibly in place of a previous building.

Personalities

• Antonín Machek (1775–1844) portrait painter of the Biedermeier period

literature

• E. Poche (Ed.) Umělecké památky Čech , part 3. Praha: Academia 1980
• Ottův slovník naučný , keyword Podlažice . Vol. 19, p. 1014

Web links

Commons : Podlažice  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: January 1st, 1999
2. ↑ E. Poche, Umělecké památky Čech 3, p 113