Pozo de Guadalajara

Pozo de Guadalajara municipality
Pozo de Guadalajara - town center with town hall (ayuntamiento) and court column (rollo)
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile-La Mancha
Province :	Guadalajara
Comarca :	La Alcarria
Coordinates	40 ° 30 ′  N , 3 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 30 ′  N , 3 ° 11 ′  W
Height :	910  msnm
Area :	11.43 km²
Residents :	1,303 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	114 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	19161
Municipality number  ( INE ):	19225
administration
Website :	Pozo de Guadalajara

Pozo de Guadalajara is a central Spanish town and municipality ( municipio ) with only 1,303 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Guadalajara in the autonomous region of Castile-La Mancha .

Location and climate

Pozo de Guadalajara, about 910  m high, is located in the north of the southern part of the Iberian plateau (meseta) . The provincial capital Guadalajara is just under 20 km (driving distance) north; the city of Madrid is a good 54 km to the west. The lovely small town of Pastrana is located approx. 34 km southeast. The climate in winter is temperate, while in summer it is warm to hot; the rather low amounts of precipitation (approx. 415 mm / year) fall - with the exception of the almost rainless summer months - distributed over the whole year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2019
Residents	227	206	274	381	1,303

Due to its proximity to the greater Madrid area, the population of the municipality has grown significantly since the middle of the 20th century despite the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting unemployment in the countryside.

economy

For centuries the most important role in the economic life of the municipality was played by agriculture (agriculture, cattle breeding as well as wine and olive cultivation), which in earlier centuries mainly served the self-sufficiency . Durable products such as cheese, sausage, animal hides and wool were bought or exchanged by traveling traders.

history

Celtic , Roman and Visigoth traces are missing. Some building remains come from the Moorish times . Possibly the place emerged only gradually in the phase of repopulation ( repoblación ) after the reconquista ( reconquista ) of Toledo in 1085; In any case, the oldest documented news dates from the 20s of the 15th century. In 1430 King John II of Castile handed over the place and its surroundings to Iñigo López de Mendoza , the Marques de Santillana , from the House of Mendoza ; since 1469 Pozo (like Atanzón , Pioz and others) belonged to the property of Álvar Gómez , a courtier (gentilhombre) and secretary (secretario) to the Catholic Kings . In the 16th century the place received city ​​rights (villazgo) .

Attractions

San Mateo Church

• With the exception of the corner stones , the church of San Mateo , built largely from unhewn rubble stones , has Romanesque - Mudejar origins. Noteworthy are its south porch (galería porticada), made mostly of ashlar , as well as the triumphal arch, almost entirely made of brick , and the very similarly designed apse . The latter is curved, whereas the nave (nature) of a Artesonado - roof spans is.
• A court column (rollo or picota) with a capital formed by four lion heads stands on a stepped base in the main square of the town as a symbol of urban independence.
• There is a small domed building on the outskirts. It is the only remnant of a well (pozo) with a bucket wheel from the Moorish times .

Web links

Commons : Pozo de Guadalajara  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Pozo de Guadalajara, tourism site - photos + information (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ↑ Pozo de Guadalajara / Guadalajara - climate tables
3. ↑ Pozo de Guadalajara - population development
4. ↑ Pozo de Guadalajara - History
5. ↑ Pozo de Guadalajara - Church
6. ↑ Pozo de Guadalajara - Court Column