Velichov
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Karlovarský kraj | ||||
| District : | Karlovy Vary | ||||
| Area : | 235.1714 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 17 ' N , 13 ° 1' E | ||||
| Height: | 384 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 549 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 363 01 | ||||
| License plate : | K | ||||
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| Railway connection: | Vojkovice nad Ohří – Kyselka | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Markéta Moravcová (as of 2010) | ||||
| Address: | Velichov 13 363 01 Ostrov |
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| Municipality number: | 555703 | ||||
| Website : | www.velichov.cz | ||||
| Location of Velichov in the Karlovy Vary district | |||||
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Velichov (German Welchau ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic .
geography
location
Velichov is four kilometers southeast of the town of Ostrov nad Ohří at the mouth of the Petrovský creek in the Eger in the former Okres Karlovy Vary , Karlovarský kraj . To the east of the village are the Duppau Mountains .
Community structure
No districts are designated for the municipality of Velichov. Basic settlement units are Velichov and Velichov-za řekou.
Neighboring places
| Ostrov (Schlackenwerth) | Vojkovice (Wickwitz) | |
| Kyselka (Gießhübl-Sauerbrunn) |
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Hradiště military training area |
| Hradiště military training area |
history
From 1142 to 1336, Welchau was the westernmost property of the Doxan monastery in the Egertal. It then became a fiefdom belonging to Hauenstein Castle . The castle was built by Count Schlick in the 16th century and cremated by Bavarian soldiers in 1621 during the Thirty Years' War along with the village. In 1667 the owner of the kk general field sergeant and commander in Hungary was baron Olivier von Wallis and from 1711 to 1714 Johann Christoph Kager baron von Stampach.
Because of over-indebtedness, the property was offered for sale in court in 1747 and bought by the imperial councilor Johann Franz von Hessler . He built a new castle with a brewery. After Hessler's death in 1770 the property passed to his daughter Anna Regina von Hessler, who Welchau sold to Karl Ritter von Gamsenberg in 1792. In 1798 it was again offered for sale to the Counts of Zettwitz. After the abolition of patrimonial rule in 1848/49, Welchau became part of the judicial district of Karlsbad.
In 1895 the local railway Wickwitz – Gießhübl-Sauerbrunn started operations. After the Munich Agreement , the place was added to the German Empire and belonged to the Karlsbad district until 1945 . Before the Second World War, 655 inhabitants lived in 121 houses in the village, mostly German Bohemia , who had to leave Welchau after the war. After the war there was an influx of Czechs from Central Bohemia and Moravia, repatriates , Slovaks and Roma .
Attractions
- Church of the Assumption of Mary
- Castle, reconstruction from 1870 by Josef Freiherr von Löschner
- Burgstall Thebisberg
Sons and daughters of the church
- Friedrich Dionys Weber (1766–1842), Bohemian composer and music teacher
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/obec/555703/Velichov
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/zsj-obec/555703/Obec-Velichov
- ↑ Elbogner Kreis: 15 . Ehrlich, 1847 ( google.de [accessed March 9, 2020]).
- ↑ Egerradweg 4. Accessed on February 22, 2017 .
- ^ Franz Franieck: Album of King Otto's source at Gießhübl in Bohemia. Souvenir and guide with multiple views and a promenade tarpaulin. Gebr. Franiek, Karlsbad 1857, ( digitized ).