Pojedy
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Středočeský kraj | ||||
| District : | Nymburk | ||||
| Municipality : | Žitovlice | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 17 ' N , 15 ° 8' E | ||||
| Height: | 200 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 38 (March 1, 2001) | ||||
| Postal code : | 289 34 | ||||
| License plate : | S. | ||||
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| Street: | Rožďalovice - Křinec | ||||
Pojedy (German Pojed ) is a district of the municipality Žitovlice in the Czech Republic. It is located 13 kilometers northeast of Nymburk and belongs to the Okres Nymburk .
geography
Pojedy is located in the basin of the Pojedský creek on the Bohemian Table. To the west rises the Holoviska (247 m), in the southwest of the Chotuc (253 m) and in the south of the Kuncberk (214 m).
Neighboring towns are Doubravany in the north, Žitovlice and Zámostí in the northeast, Podlužany in the east, Nové Zámky , Sádka and Mutínsko in the southeast, Křinec in the south, Bošín and Sovenice in the southwest, Mcely in the west and Seletice in the northwest.
history
The first written mention of Pojedy was in 1323.
The residents lived from agriculture. Since the 19th century some of them worked in the Rožďalovice sugar factory. After the abolition of patrimonial Pojed formed from 1850 a district of the municipality Žitovlice and from 1898 a separate municipality in the Jičín district . In 1961 it was incorporated into Žitovlice, at the same time the village came to Okres Nymburk . Pojedy is now a resort. The village square has been a village conservation area since 1995. In 1991 the place had 52 inhabitants. In 2001 the village consisted of 43 houses in which 38 people lived.
Attractions
- square village square with wooden chalets and a village smithy in the middle from the end of the 18th century
- Skanzen Pojedy, the rural property from the first half of the 19th century, was rebuilt in 1902 after a fire.
- Village bell and stone crucifix
- Castle ruin Kuncberg ( Kunstberg ), on the hill of the same name. The castle was built after 1450 by Jan Křinecký von Ronov as a national fortification. Parts of the ruins were demolished in 1659 to build the castle, and in 1891 large parts of the remaining walls were torn down
- Chotuc nature reserve
- Church of St. Trinity on the Chotuc; the first church on the Chotuc was built on the site of a pagan place of worship. The current building dates from 1357 and was redesigned in the baroque style in the 19th century