Stekník
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Ústecký kraj | ||||
| District : | Louny | ||||
| Municipality : | Zálužice | ||||
| Area : | 265 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 19 ' N , 13 ° 37' E | ||||
| Height: | 205 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 17 (2011) | ||||
| Postal code : | 438 01 | ||||
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| Street: | Trnovany - Hradiště nad Ohří | ||||
| Railway connection: | Railway line Prague – Chomutov | ||||
Stekník (German Steknitz , formerly Stecknitz ) is a district of the municipality Zálužice (German Saluschitz ) in the Czech Republic. It is located about six kilometers east of Žatec (German Saaz ) and belongs to the Okres Louny in northern Bohemia. The place name is derived from the old name of the place Vzteklinec (Czech: vzteklý = angry). The village was declared a village monument zone in 1995 and is dominated by its Rococo castle.
geography
The village is located on the right bank of the Eger, north of the road from Žatec (Saaz) to Louny (Laun) on the road from Trnovany (Trnowan) to Hradiště (Hraidisch). It was laid out as a so-called Rundling , ie the houses are arranged around the central village square, to which there is only one access from outside. Its location on an elevated plateau above the Eger offers protection from flooding. Neighboring places are Strkovice (Sterkowitz) east, Zálužice (Saluschitz) west and Drahomyšl (Drahomischl) southeast of the place. Most of the hops are grown on the good soils in the area. In 2011 only 17 permanent residents lived in the village.
history
The first written mention of the place comes from the year 1389 when the place belonged to the Drahomischl estate. From 1409 both goods were owned by the Hynczik Pflugk von Rabstein auf Worlik (Hynčík Pluhové z Rabštejna). After that it belonged to the Litschkau rule until 1594 . From 1594 Stecknitz was owned by Adam Kaplirz von Sulewicz (Kaplíř ze Sulevic). The lordship was then confiscated in 1623 because the Kaplirz von Sulewitz family was involved in the uprising and wanted to keep the Protestant faith, and sold to Johann von Aldringen , imperial councilor and field marshal . From 1636 the estate belonged to Udalrich von Bissingen and in 1658 it was owned by Lochnar von Palitsch. In 1681 the Stecknitz estate was sold to Johann Georg Kulhanek from Saaz.
After the Munich Agreement , the place was added to the German Reich and belonged to the Saaz district until 1945 .
Attractions
The village of Stecknitz is under monument protection, it was declared a village monument zone in 1995 (Czech: Vesnická památková zóna ). The numerous archways that serve as entrances to the various farms (e.g. at No. 9, 10, 12, 15 and 19) are worth seeing in the village. At the eastern exit of the village is a baroque granary (bulk floor) from the 2nd half of the 18th century, which is also a listed building. On this building and on the archway of the former domain no. 10 there are two well-preserved double coats of arms of Count Kulhanek von Klaudenstein and Count von Hohenems from 1766. The baroque statues of the Immaculate Virgin Mary , St. Florian (both from 1766), St. Francis (1767) and St. John of Nepomuk (1778). These four sculptures, which are now set up in the palace area, originally stood on the way from the village to the baroque warehouse.
In 1766 a healing spring was discovered below the village, over which a chapel was built, which is now derelict. From a distance the village is dominated by the Rococo castle.
Stecknitz Castle
The history of Stecknitz Castle is closely connected with the Bohemian noble family of the Kulhanek von Klaudenstein . After 1681, Johann Georg Kulhanek had the knight Kaplirz von Sulewitz build a single-winged baroque palace in place of the old ruined fortress. His grandson Johann Franz Graf Kulhanek von Klaudenstein, married to Maria Franziska Countess von Hohenems (* 1739, † 1795 in Prague), arranged for the palace to be rebuilt around 1765. The old castle was redesigned in the Rococo style and extended by another wing at right angles to the old building. This part contains the so-called “ Sala terrena ” (garden room) and the Chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary (oratory) from 1769. The chapel has a rectangular floor plan with bevelled corners, a rectangular presbytery and a fully preserved interior with the “Mariaä” high altar Visitation ”and six wall paintings with depictions of saints by Ignaz Raab , as well as an organ. The rooms of the castle were decorated with frescoes and illusionistic wall paintings from 1767 to 1769. Today the castle is one of the most important Rococo buildings in Bohemia. Terrace gardens were laid out based on the Italian model, which are accessed via a central staircase and are decorated with numerous sculptures.
In 1796 it was sold to Anton Josef Korb, Knight of Weidenheim , whose descendants kept the castle until 1892 when it was passed on to JUDr. Leopold von Hennet was inherited. He sold the estate in 1907 to Friedrich Gimbel (from the company Hielle & Dittrich in Prague), who bought it for his son-in-law Gerold Déteindre († around 1938), Swiss consul in the Czech Republic . (When the consul was in the castle, the Swiss flag would fly there.) Until December 1949, the estate and castle were owned by the Déteindre family. The domain administrator of the property was Otto Liebert until 1945.
The castle was nationalized as part of an exchange agreement between Czechoslovakia and Switzerland . Initially the chateau was used by the Saaz Hop Institute ( Chmelařský institut Žatec), later it was a depot for paintings from the Prague National Gallery . The State Castle (Czech: SZ Stekník - Státní zámek Stekník ) has been protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic since 1958, is now managed by the State Monument Office ( Národní památkový ústav - NPÚ ) and is open to the public.
Population numbers
| 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1930 | 1950 | 1961 | 1970 | 1980 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | |
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| Residents | 255 | 260 | 241 | 257 | 233 | 207 | 218 | 241 | 120 | 85 | 55 | 31 | 25th | 17th |
| Houses | 34 | 34 | 34 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 48 | 36 | - | 28 | 25th | 29 | 26th | 27 |
Archway at the former domain no.10
Kulhanek and Hohenems double coat of arms
Stecknitz Castle
Archway at the castle
Listed warehouse
Dilapidated chapel at the former healing spring
literature
- Karl Tutte: The political district of Saaz, Saaz 1904, 918 pp.
- Vinzenz Uhl: Castles and palaces of the Ore Mountains and Egertal. Kaaden, 1935.
Web links
- Official website of Stekník Castle (accessed October 2, 2016)
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the village and castle Stekník ( Memento from October 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (Czech) (accessed October 2, 2016)
- ↑ Pavel Toman: Village and Castle Stekník ( Memento from October 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (Czech) (accessed October 2, 2016)
- ↑ Stekník Castle - Hrady.cz (Czech) (accessed October 2, 2016)
- ↑ Ladislav Hoskovec: Stekník Castle and Park (Czech) (accessed October 2, 2016)
- ↑ Stekník Castle - History (Czech) (accessed October 2, 2016)
- ^ Český statistický úřad. Statistický lexikon obcí České republiky 2013. Praha: Český statistický úřad, 2013. 900 p. (Statistical yearbook 2013)