Velenov
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Jihomoravský kraj | ||||
| District : | Blansko | ||||
| Area : | 751 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 29 ' N , 16 ° 44' E | ||||
| Height: | 560 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 256 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 680 01 | ||||
| License plate : | B. | ||||
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| Street: | Valchov - Velenov | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Jan Havelka (as of 2018) | ||||
| Address: | Velenov 74 680 01 Boskovice |
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| Municipality number: | 530824 | ||||
| Website : | www.velenov.cz | ||||
Velenov (German Wellenau , formerly Wellenow ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located five kilometers east of Boskovice and belongs to the Okres Blansko .
geography
Velenov is located in the Drahan Mountains on a knoll above the valleys of the Velenovský potok and Orlový potok. The Přibitá (682 m) rises to the west. The place is - surrounded by forests - in a large clearing. The Boskovice dam is to the northwest. To the southeast lies the medieval desert Jabloňsko.
Neighboring towns are Okrouhlá in the north, Benešov and Pavlov in the Northeast, Suchý in the east, Žďárná the southeast, Ludíkov and Valchov in the south, Ledková Huť and Újezd u Boskovic in the southwest, Pod Borim, Boskovice , Hrádkov and Šmelcovna the west and Vratíkov, Vážany and Melkov in the northwest.
history
The first written mention of the place took place on July 6, 1378 in a document from Ulrich von Boskowitz auf Černá Hora , who gave 50 pounds of Moravian groschen from Velenov to the Minorite Monastery of St. John in Brno annually for his salvation . In 1547 Velenov became part of the Boskovice estate . In 1791 a village school was established in Velenov. Until the middle of the 19th century, Velenov always remained submissive to Boskovice.
After the abolition of patrimonial Velenov formed from 1850 a municipality in the district administration Boskovice. The new school building was inaugurated in 1876. In 1906 the community received a public water supply, which took place via wooden pipes. The volunteer fire brigade was founded in 1922; she built a syringe house between 1929 and 1933. In 1928 the municipality became a member of the Středomoravského lesního družstva ( Central Moravian Forest Cooperative ) , which was founded in the same year . At the beginning of 1961 Velenov was assigned to the Okres Blansko . In 1976 classes in Velenov ended and the children were retrained to Boskovice. In the same year it was incorporated into Valchov and in 1986 together with this to Boskovice. In 1993 the Velenov municipality was established again. In 1995 Velenov renewed his membership in the Středomoravského lesního družstva; In 2008 the community sold its two cooperative shares and left. In 2006 the municipality acquired half of the Suchý rybník bathing lake near Suchý .
Community structure
No districts are shown for the municipality of Velenov.
Attractions
- Timbered wooden cross from 1842
- House No. 10, timber frame construction
- Vratíkov nature reserve with the Čtyřka cave, west of the village by the dam
- Boskovice reservoir for drinking water
