Semtěš
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Středočeský kraj | ||||
| District : | Kutná Hora | ||||
| Area : | 501.1213 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 58 ' N , 15 ° 31' E | ||||
| Height: | 369 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 265 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 286 01 | ||||
| License plate : | S. | ||||
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| Street: | Přelouč - Bílé Podolí | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Jaroslav Klíma (as of 2017) | ||||
| Address: | Semtěš 17 286 01 Semtěš |
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| Municipality number: | 530859 | ||||
| Website : | www.semtes.cz | ||||
Semtěš (German Semtiesch ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located eleven kilometers northeast of Čáslav and belongs to the Okres Kutná Hora .
geography
Semtěš is located on the southwest slope on the slope of the Iron Mountains ( Železné hory ) belonging Chvaletická hornatina ( Chwaletitzer hill country ) to the Čáslavská kotlina ( Czaslauer basin ). The Semtěšský creek flows through Semtěš and flows into the Bumbalecký creek south of the village.
Neighboring towns are Vápenka, Morašice , Krasnice , Litošice and Seník in the north, Hradiště, Sovoluská Lhota, Sovolusky and Urbanice in the north-east, Husinec and Rašovy in the east, Turkovice , Bumbalka, Nový Dvůr and Podhořany u Ronova in the south-east, Lovočice and Starkočice in the south-east, Dolní Bučice and Zbyslav in the southwest, Bílé Podolí and Pazderna in the west and Obícka and Koukalka in the northwest.
history
The first written mention of Semtěš was in 1355 as the seat of Rubín von Skalice and Semtěš. The following owners were Weigel, Aleš, Petr and Jetřich von Semtěš. During this time the mighty fortresses were probably built in the village; According to the construction of the tower, it was created at the transition from the 14th to the 15th century and possibly served to protect the salt road. During the Bohemian-Hungarian War in 1468, the army of the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus was surrounded by Bohemian troops near Semtěš and forced to conclude a peace agreement. At the end of the 15th century, Lords Žehušický von Nestajov acquired the Semtěš manor and joined it to the Žehušice rule . The first written report about the fortress comes from 1542 when it was owned by Václav Žehušický from Nestajov. Emperor Ferdinand I withdrew the fief from Václav Žehušický because of his participation in the uprising of 1546 and sold the rule to Karl von Zierotin . In 1558 Karl von Zierotin sold the Žehušice rule to Zdeněk Meziříčský from Lounice, and the Semtěš fortress was last mentioned. At that time it had not served as a mansion for a long time and was left to decay. Over time, houses were built on the grounds of the fortress, using the stones from the ruins as building material.
In 1661 Michael Oswald von Thun and Hohenstein acquired the Žehušice rule from the heirs of Burian Ladislaw von Waldstein . In 1671 he made the rule Žehušice a majorate and bequeathed it to his brother Maximilian. A forge was set up in the ruined tower of the fortress in the 18th century. After the tolerance patent of 1781, a Helvetian tolerance community was formed in Semtěš . Semtěš became the seat of a Helvetic parish, which was subordinate to the Evangelical Superintendent of HB Bohemia . In 1783 the tolerance prayer house was consecrated. The schoolhouse was completed the following year.
In 1840 Semtiesch or Semtěš consisted of 88 houses in which 555 people lived. There was a Helvetian prayer house with a pastorei and a school under the patronage of the community. The tower of the former knight's castle served the smithy as a forge. At the height to the north, at the considerable remaining hole of an exhausted limestone quarry, were the 6 houses of Wapnice ( Vápenka ). Only a few remains of the Hradek Castle in the forest were visible. The Catholic parish was Zbislau .
After the abolition of patrimonial Semtěš formed from 1849 with the district Bumbalka a municipality in the judicial district of Časlau . Between 1860 and 1863, a large church was built in place of the Swiss prayer house. From 1868 Semtěš belonged to the Časlau district .
In the course of the territorial reform of 1960 the Okres Čáslav was repealed; Semtěš was assigned to the Okres Kutná Hora. In 1961 the community was dissolved; Semtěš came as a district to Bílé Podolí, Bumbalka to Turkovice. Since November 24, 1990, Semtěš has again formed its own municipality.
In 2014 an extensive system of underground passages was discovered under the village.
Community structure
No districts are identified for the municipality of Semtěš. The settlements Hradiště, Husinec, Obícka and Vápenka ( Wapenka ) belong to Semtěš .
The municipality forms the cadastral district Semtěš u Bílého Podolí .
Attractions
- The Semtěš Fortress, it was probably built between the 14th and 15th centuries and served as a noble residence until the end of the 15th century. The oldest written evidence dates from 1542. The facility, which had been in ruins since the second half of the 16th century, was finally demolished and built over, with the exception of the tower. In the 18th century the tower was repaired and a forge was installed. A new entrance to the ground floor of the tower was broken and the original one was walled up. The forge was in the tower until 1950. The 22 m high Gothic residential tower "Bašta" was renovated in 1997/98 and converted into a lookout tower. The living area was probably on the 2nd floor. It is the only remaining part of the complex and is protected as a cultural monument.
- Semtěš Castle Stables ( Hradek ), also called Vlčí hrádek ; northeast of the village on a spur above the source of the Semtěšský potok. The castle is seen as the predecessor of the festivals.
- Evangelical Church, the pseudo-Gothic building was built in 1860–1863 in place of the prayer house. With 500 seats it is one of the largest Protestant churches in the country.
- Evangelical rectory
- Pelíšek Hall ( Pelíškova síň ), the school building built in 1784 was converted into a winter prayer house in 1935. It is named after the meritorious pastor Jan Pelíšek.
- Memorial stone for the fallen of both world wars
Personalities
Lived and worked in the place
- František Dobiáš (1901–1985), Protestant pastor in Semtěš and senior of the Chrudim Seniorate of the Evangelical Church of the Bohemian Brethren . He was arrested in 1942 for issuing forged baptism certificates for the Silver A operation group and was held in the Theresienstadt, Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps until the end of the Second World War.
- Jan Pelíšek (1850–1916), Protestant pastor in Semtěš, poet, playwright and translator
Sons and daughters of the church
- Josef Pelíšek (1889–1969), poet and translator
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/530859/Semtes
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
- ^ Johann Gottfried Sommer : The Kingdom of Bohemia; Represented statistically and topographically. Volume 11: Caslauer Kreis. Ehrlich, Prague 1843, pp. 320-321 .
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi/604101/Semtes-u-Bileho-Podoli