Prádlo
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Plzeňský kraj | ||||
| District : | Plzeň-jih | ||||
| Area : | 830 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 30 ' N , 13 ° 32' E | ||||
| Height: | 452 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 258 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 335 01 | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 2 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Václav Rojík (as of 2007) | ||||
| Address: | Prádlo 21 335 01 Nepomuk 1 |
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| Municipality number: | 558231 | ||||
| Website : | www.obecni-urad.net/pradlo | ||||
Prádlo (German Pradl ) is a municipality with 215 inhabitants in the Czech Republic . It is located four kilometers northeast of the city of Nepomuk on the Úslava and belongs to the Okres Plzeň-jih . The cadastral area is 830 ha. The place is known for its spirits production.
geography
The village is located 452 m above sea level. M. at the foot of the Na Skalici mountain (561 m) on the right bank of the Úslava. In the east, Prádlo is affected by the European route 49 / state road 20 from Pilsen to Nepomuk .
Neighboring towns are Měcholupy in the north, Dubeč and Klášter in the east, Nepomuk in the southeast, and Novotníky, Kokořov and Žinkovy in the west.
history
Prádlo was first mentioned in a document in 1552. However, the place is much older. On the basis of finds from the Middle Ages, several gold washes were found on the Úslava .
The village probably belonged to the possessions of the Pomuk monastery and after its destruction in 1420 came together with most of the villages in the area to the rule Grünberg .
Zdeněk VI. von Sternberg , who had taken over the rule in 1556, sold the village to Jiřík Kokořovec z Kokořov on Šťáhlavy in 1561 . The Kokořovec z Kokořov had a fortress built in Prádlo. Because of his participation in the class uprising , the landlord Jan Adam Kokořovec had to pledge his property in 1622.
The berní rula shows that Prádlo has five cottagers and five gardeners. The Kokořovecs remained landlords until the second half of the 17th century and before 1675 Václav Vojtěch von Sternberg bought back the Prádlo manor with the associated eight villages at Grünberg Castle.
After the removal of patrimonial Prádlo became an independent municipality in 1850. In 1857 Prádlo became the parish after a branch church had existed since 1786. In 1920 Prádlo had 449 inhabitants. In the same year, the renowned spirits manufacturer Stock acquired the distillery on the Guthof. In 1944 a shot down B-24 J Liberator of the 15th USAAF crashed at the Dubeč forest house , killing the pilot.
The former mill was converted in 1990 into a production facility for herbal liqueurs for the Jenčík a dcery company. Together with the companies Stock as Plzeň-Božkov and L´OR Special Drinks, sro , three spirits producers are based in Prádlo today.
Community structure
The municipality Prádlo the district Novotníky (include Nowotnik ) and the monolayer Chvostule, Dubeč, Vovčín, Za Vodou and Zájezek.
Attractions
- The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was built as a Gothic structure in the 13th century under the patronage of the Pomuk Monastery and damaged during the Hussite Wars. Later it received a baroque redesign and a tower extension. In 1882 another renovation took place in which the nave was lengthened and the tower was raised.
- Former manorial court with a disused distillery built from the old fortress
- The Dubeč homestead, built in the Baroque and Classicist style from 1790, is located two kilometers northeast of Prádlo. The estate, including the neglected lands belonging to it, is to be expanded to become the region's agro-tourism center.
- Memorial to a US pilot, at the 1944 crash site, northwest of Dubeč
- Chapel in Novotníky, built in the 19th century
Web links
- Website of the municipality (Czech)
- Website about the municipality (Czech)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)