Vysoký Újezd
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Středočeský kraj | ||||
| District : | Benešov | ||||
| Area : | 406 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 49 ′ N , 14 ° 28 ′ E | ||||
| Height: | 403 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 196 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 257 44 | ||||
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| Street: | Kamenný Přívoz - Stranný | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 2 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Richard Janda (as of 2006) | ||||
| Address: | Vysoký Újezd 25 257 44 Netvořice |
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| Municipality number: | 513482 | ||||
| Website : | www.vysokyujezd.com | ||||
Vysoký Újezd (German Hoch Augezd ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located 15 kilometers west of Benešov and belongs to the Okres Benešov .
geography
Vysoký Újezd is located on the right side of the Vltava valley at the foot of the Holy hill (516 m) above the valley of the Třeblová brook in the north of the Středočeská pahorkatina . To the west rises the Střeblov (418 m) and in the south of the Kordův vrch (437 m).
Neighboring towns are Teletín, Chlístov and Větrov in the north, Netvořice in the east, Lhota in the south-east, Dalešice and Blaženice in the south, Nedvězí in the south-west, Pexův Luh and Rabyně in the west and Nové Třebenice in the north-west.
history
A historical path leads through the village, which was called the "Alter Keltensteig" and later the "Flößersteig". It leads from Vysoký Újezd via Jablonka to Chlum and was probably built here in the 3rd century BC. BC resident Boiern created.
A Romanesque rotunda was built on the path in the first half of the 12th century. At the time when the area was colonized, the village should also have been founded. There was a festival of the Újezdský family of Újezd knights. In the valley of the Třeblová brook below, another fortress was built, which belonged to the knights of Nedvězský and formed the starting point for the village of Nedvězí. Legend has it that an underground passage led from the church to the Nedvězí fortress.
At the beginning of the 14th century, the rotunda was replaced by the current church. The first written mention of the place comes from the year 1352. During the Thirty Years War the whole area was deserted by the plague.
After the abolition of patrimonial Oujezd formed with the district Větrov from 1848 a municipality in the Benešov district. In the second half of the 19th century the place name was changed to Vysoký Oujezd and since 1921 the village has been called Vysoký Újezd . During the Second World War, in 1942, Vysoký Újezd was one of the first villages that had to be evacuated for the establishment of the Beneschau SS military training area . In May 1945 the village was settled again, but only a part of the inhabitants returned. On July 1, 1974, the community was reclassified in the Okres Praha-západ . At the beginning of 1980 Vysoký Újezd lost its independence and became a district of Krňany . Since November 24, 1990, Vysoký Újezd has again formed a municipality. In 1996 it was reclassified to Okres Benešov .
Community structure
The municipality Vysoký Újezd consists of the districts Větrov ( Wietrow ) and Vysoký Újezd ( Hoch Augezd ) and the settlements Lhota and Pexův Luh ( Pexuw Luh ).
Attractions
- Church of the Birth of Our Lady, the Gothic building erected between 1301 and 1340 in place of a Romanesque rotunda was later redesigned in Baroque style
- Old rectory, rebuilt in 1912, today it is used for recreational purposes
- Natural monument Teletínský lom quarry, north of the village
Individual evidence
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
