Staré Jesenčany

Staré Jesenčany
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Pardubický kraj
District :	Pardubice
Area :	371 ha
Geographic location :	50 ° 0 ′  N , 15 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 0 ′ 2 "  N , 15 ° 45 ′ 15"  E
Height:	229  m nm
Residents :	431 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Postal code :	530 02
License plate :	E.
traffic
Street:	Pardubice - Chrudim
Railway connection:	Havlíčkův Brod – Pardubice
Next international airport :	Pardubice airport
structure
Status:	local community
Districts:	1
administration
Mayor :	Jiří Koutský (as of 2018)
Address:	Staré Jesenčany 57 530 02 Pardubice
Municipality number:	575712
Website :	www.starejesencany.cz

Bell tower

Village square

Staré Jesenčany (German Alt Jesnitschan , formerly Groß Jesnitschan ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located five kilometers south of the city center of Pardubice on the city limits and belongs to the Okres Pardubice .

geography

Staré Jesenčany is located on the left side of the Jesenčanský potok on the Heřmanoměstecká tabule ( Hermannstädtler Tafel ). The Havlíčkův Brod – Pardubice railway line runs on the eastern edge of the village, and the state road I / 37 between Pardubice and Chrudim is one kilometer east . Pardubice Airport is located in the northern part of the district .

Neighboring towns are Svítkov and Nové Jesenčany in the north, Jesničánky and Pardubičky in the northeast, Dražkovice in the east, Mikulovice and Blato in the southeast, Dřenice in the south, Rozhovice and Čepí in the southwest, Třebosice and Starý Mateřov in the west and Staré Čívice and Popkovice in the north-west.

history

Archaeological finds show that the area has been settled since the Neolithic Age , and the remains of a pile dwelling settlement were discovered during the construction of the melioration pond at Jesenčanský potok in 1914 . Other finds include a bronze crucifix from the mid-12th century.

The first written mention of Jesničany took place in 1384 in the course of a dispute between William of Pardubice and King Wenceslaus IV over the division of the Pardubice rule. After the lengthy dispute was resolved , the Lords of Pardubice lost the town of Pardubice and several villages, including Jesničany . In 1491 Wilhelm von Pernstein acquired the rule of Pardubitz. Jaroslav von Pernstein sold the estate to King Ferdinand I in 1560. In the Pardubice land register from 1580, 13 farms and a privileged tavern are listed for Jesničany . King Rudolf II had the rule reorganized in 1588 through a system of 24 Rychta ( Scholtiseien ); the Rychtář in Jesničany was also responsible for the lower jurisdiction for Dražkovice. Between 1780 and 1783 was in the wake Raabisation north of Jesničany the Dominikalsiedlung on the grounds of the former pond Jesnitschaner New Jesnitschan created. The new settlers were refugees from Silesia and the County of Glatz who had emigrated to Bohemia before the Prussian yoke. The settlement grew even further to the east, the houses erected on Chrudimer Strasse on Pardubitzer Flur were called Klein-Jesnitschan . In the following years the old village was called Groß-Jesnitschan , later called Old-Jesnitschan .

In 1835, the in consisted Chrudim District village located wholesale Jesnitschan or Welky Gezničan of 29 houses in which 248 people, including a Protestant family lived. The Dominikalsiedlung Neu-Jesnitschan was consolidated to Groß -Jesnitschan . The parish was the seat of Třebo . Until the middle of the 19th century, Groß-Jesnitschan remained subordinate to the Imperial and Royal Chamber of Commerce Pardubice.

After the abolition of patrimonial formed Stare Jesničany / Alt-Jesnitschan and Nové Jesničany / New Jesnitschan 1849 the community Jesničany / Jesnitschan in the judicial district Pardubice . From 1868 the community belonged to the Pardubitz district . Between 1868 and 1871 the Deutschbrod – Pardubitz railway line was laid out, but it passed the village without stopping. In 1883 the village square was paved. In 1887 a railway stop was opened in Staré Jesničany , which was also expanded for cargo handling from 1915. In 1920 the separation of the community Jesničany into two communities Staré Jesničany and Nové Jesničany was approved. At the suggestion of Jan Markalous, a high school professor of the Czech language from Chrudimer, who saw the place name Jesničany / Jesnitschan as a Germanism, the linguistic commission in Prague ordered the change of the two parish names to Staré Jesenčany and Nové Jesenčany in 1922 . During the First Republic , the Pardubice military airfield was built south of Popkovice . After the February coup of 1948, the expansion of the military airfield to the corridors of Staré Jesenčany south of the Pardubice racecourse began. In 1952, the Havlíčkův Brod – Pardubice railway had to be relocated in this area . In 1949 Staré Jesenčany was assigned to the Okres Pardubice-okolí. This was lifted in the course of the territorial reform of 1960, since then the village has belonged again to the Okres Pardubice.

Community structure

No districts are shown for the municipality of Staré Jesenčany.

Attractions

• Brick bell tower, it was built in 1890 above the newly built weighbridge, and replaced a dilapidated wooden bell tower. In 2013 it was declared a cultural monument.
• Polished granite cross, consecrated in 1935. It replaced an old wooden cross.
• Memorial stone for the fallen of the First and Second World Wars

Web links

• Location description

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/575712/Stare-Jesencany
2. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
3. ^ Johann Gottfried Sommer : The Kingdom of Bohemia; Represented statistically and topographically. Volume 5: Chrudimer Kreis. Prague 1837, p. 54