Smolov (Bělá nad Radbuzou)

Smolov
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Plzeňský kraj
District :	Domažlice
Municipality :	Bělá nad Radbuzou
Area :	1500.8945 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 35 '  N , 12 ° 40'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 34 '57 "  N , 12 ° 39' 54"  E
Height:	480  m nm
Residents :	90 (2001)
Postal code :	345 25
License plate :	P

Smolov (Schmolau)

Smolov (German Schmolau ) is a part of the municipality of Bělá nad Radbuzou in Okres Domažlice in West Bohemia in the Czech Republic .

Geographical location

Smolov (Schmolau) is about three and a half kilometers west of Bělá nad Radbuzou (German: Weißensulz) slightly above the valley of the Radbuza . Here the Huťsky potok (German: Karlbach) flows into the Radbuza.

history

Schmolau was first mentioned in 1628 and in 1789 belonged to the Fideikommissherrschaft Heiligenkreuz . In 1839 Schmolau had 39 houses with 312 residents, a school, a brick kiln and a tar smelter. The village also included the Bärentanz in the forest, the hunter's house belonging to the Hostauer lordship, the stately Neuhof dairy, the Hammelhof sheep farm, the Neuhofer mill with a board saw on the Radbuza and the following mirror loops on the Radbuza between Plattenberg (Czech: Zvon) and Schafberg (Czech: Mufloni vrch):

• Schwarzweiher mirror loop
• Geisloher or Geyerloher loop
• Gailschlagschleife

as well as two hammer loops with an attic house and residential building for the workers.

In 1913 the community of Schmolau had a three-class elementary school built in 1890 with 174 children, two inns, a butcher, a blacksmith, a shoemaker, a wagner, three carpenters, a shop, a consumer and the three mills Pallermühle, Rosenmühle and the art mill at the front Schwarzweiher . The place Schmolau had 42 houses and 311 inhabitants that year. The census of December 1, 1930 reports the following result for Schmolau:

• Schmolau in total: 99 houses, 697 German residents, 5 foreigners

Belonging to Schmolau:

• Bear dance: 2 houses, 10 German residents
• Neuhof: 16 houses, 162 German residents, 1 foreigner
• Karlbach: 14 houses, 151 German residents, 3 foreigners
• Rosendorf: 15 houses, 89 German residents
• Schmolau: 52 houses, 285 German residents, 1 foreigner.

In 1937 the community Schmolau had 1,491 hectares, of which 1,063.88 hectares were forest, 198.07 hectares of fields, 155.41 hectares of meadows, 37.73 hectares of pastures and 5.89 hectares of gardens.

After the Munich Agreement , Schmolau was added to the German Empire and belonged to the Bischofteinitz district until 1945 .

Local division

The Smolov cadastral district includes the localities Karlova Huť, Nový Dvůr and Smolov.

Culture and sights

The Way of St. James Prague - Tillyschanz comes from Nový Dvůr, about one kilometer to the east . After Smolov, it continues in a westerly direction to Karlova Huten, 2.5 km away . It is marked with I24 and is called Svatojakubská cesta in Czech.

literature

• Liebl, Franz u. a. (Ed.): Our home district Bischofteinitz with the German settlements in the district of Taus. Furth in the forest 1967.

Web links

Commons : Smolov  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/katastralni-uzemi/751162/Smolov
2. ↑ ^{a b} Josef Bernklau with the assistance of Franz Draxler: Schmolau. In: Franz Liebl, Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz (Hrsg.): Our Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz. Brönner & Daentler, Eichstätt 1967, pp. 355-356.
3. ↑ Census results from December 1, 1930. In: Franz Liebl, Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz (Ed.): Our Heimatkreis Bischofteinitz. Brönner & Daentler, Eichstätt 1967, p. 882
4. ↑ http://www.jakobus-info.de/ultreia/tschechien.htm
5. ↑ Český les jih Turistická mapa. VKU akciová spoločnost´, Harmanec 2004
6. ↑ http://jakobswege-nach-burgund.de/Prag-Eslarn/