Veselka (Kněževes)
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Jihomoravský kraj | ||||
| District : | Blansko | ||||
| Municipality : | Kněževes | ||||
| Area : | 207 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 35 ' N , 16 ° 27' E | ||||
| Height: | 630 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 24 (March 1, 2001) | ||||
| Postal code : | 679 74 | ||||
| License plate : | B. | ||||
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| Street: | Sulíkov - Trpín | ||||
Veselka (German Wessel , formerly Wessella ) is a district of the municipality Kněževes in the Czech Republic . It is located three kilometers northeast of Olešnice and belongs to the Okres Blansko . Because of the preserved historical structure, Veselka was declared a rural monument protection area.
geography
Veselka is located in the Upper Swratka Mountains , part of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands , on a plateau that slopes steeply towards the east to the Křetínka Valley . The village has an irregular round shape . To the south rises the Zelenkův kopec (666 m) and in the northwest of the Na Oboře (634 m). The historic border between Moravia and Bohemia ran one kilometer to the north .
Neighboring towns are Hutě and Bohuňov in the north, Horní Poříčí in the Northeast, Prostřední Poříčí in the east, Dolní Poříčí, Křetín and Ústup the southeast, Rozsíčka and Crhov in the south, Olešnice and Lamberk in the southwest, Velké Tresné the west and Kněževes and Jobova Lhota in the northwest .
history
The first written mention of the village belonging to the Křetín rule took place in 1367. The village was located on the old Strenitzer Steig between Moravia and Bohemia. Owners were u. a. the lords of Vojenice. Since 1521 there is evidence of a manorial Vorwerkshof in Veselka, which over time was united with the Křetín large estates. The place was u. a. referred to as Veselí and later as Veselá . Ferdinand II moved in 1618 the Vojenický property because of participation in the Moravian uprising and handed over the rule of Křetín to Friedrich Kaltenhof of Malejov. After his death, Simon Kratzer von Schönsberg bought the goods at auction in 1623. At that time the village consisted of five houses. 1629 sold Kratzer the rule with the associated villages Vřesice , Vranová , Křetín, Veselka, Dolní Poříčí, Horní Poříčí , Prostřední Poříčí , Bohuňov , Studlov and Bradlné to Otto Melander von Schwarzenthal . Subsequently, there were frequent changes of ownership. In 1656 Marie Elisabeth Eggert von Grünberg bought the property, followed by Johann Walderode von Eckhausen. The Counts of Walderode, from 1816 Desfours -Walderode. In 1790 there were 96 people living in the village. The oldest local seal shows a plow with the inscription Obec Vesela na Morave . In 1834 Veselka had 161 inhabitants. After the construction of the railway, the imperial road, which led from Ústup to Trpín in Bohemia , lost its importance in 1848.
After the abolition of patrimonial Veselá formed from 1850 a municipality in the district administration Boskovice . In 1890 the village had 150 inhabitants, in 1900 there were 151. The school was inaugurated in 1912, before lessons took place in Olešnice. Since 1925 the municipality has been called Veselka . In 1938 there were 138 people living in the community. After the Second World War, the population fell rapidly, in 1947 only 72 people lived in the village. By 1960 the number of inhabitants had dropped to 63. At the beginning of 1961 Veselka was incorporated into Kněževes and at the same time assigned to Okres Blansko . In 1980 the village had 47 inhabitants. In 1990, 32 people lived in the eight houses in Veselka, which were permanently used for residential purposes. In 2001 the village consisted of 23 houses in which 24 people lived.
Attractions
- Chapel on the village square, built in 1872
- Folk style homesteads
- Memorial to the Italian legionnaire Václav Tintěra, executed in Conegliano in 1918 , erected in 1921
- The observation tower on Zelenkův Kopec, the 7 m high roofed wooden structure with platforms was built in 2006. It is of the same construction as the tower built in 2004 on Kopaniny near Olešnice.