Jihlava and Surroundings

Jihlava and surroundings

The system of tourist and bicycle routes

in Jihlava and surroundings

Content

Bílý Kámen 9 Jiřín 36 Cejle 10 Kostelec 36 Cerekvička – Rosice 11 Luka nad Jihlavou 38 Čížov 12 Malý Beranov 41 Dvorce 13 Měšín 42 Hlávkov 15 Mirošov 43 Hubenov 16 Plandry 44 Hybrálec 17 Příseka 46 Ježená 19 Puklice 48 Jihlava and its parts 21 Rančířov 49 Masaryk Square 23 Rantířov 50 ZOO 24 Smrčná 52 The forest park 24 Střítež 53 The municipal railway Štoky 55 station 25 Velký Beranov 57 Water Paradise 25 Větrný Jeníkov 59 Antonínův Důl 26 Vílanec 61 Helenín 26 Vyskytná nad Jihlavou 62 Henčov 26 Ždírec 64 Heroltice 27 Horní Kosov 27 The overview map 66 Hosov 28 The map of Jihlava 68 Hruškové Dvory 28 Kosov 29 Pančava 29 Pávov 30 Pístov 30 Popice 31 Staré Hory 32 Vysoká 32 Zborná 33 U Lyžaře 35

Dear tourists, the city of Jihlava and its 26 partner villages joined to create a 270 km-long tourist information system. The project was implemented between 2009 and 2011 with ﬁ nancial support from the Operational Programme NUTS 2 South-East. Unique road signs such as numbered guideposts (guard stones), notices and information signs guide both hikers and bikers around the various sites and places of interest within the region. This system also uses existing tourist and bike trails.

As a part of the project Stříbrné pomezí (Silver border) is this tourist guide, where is inserted the tourist map overview, promotional CD and 5 cards with selected recommended circuits. For more information, visit the Web site www.stribrnepomezi.eu or contact partner community sites.

5 How to walk through this system for tourists?

Stříbrné pomezí (Silver border) oﬀ ers three types of routes, for cyclists, pedestrians and routes combined, which are designed for both groups. Tourists selects the route on the map (on the notice boards, advertising material or website), which want to happen. Important are numbers on bollards, which will pass over or through. The ﬁ eld will be oriented by marking the tourist system, do it. Basis for marking bollards are numbered with arrows which orient for further bollards on the route. At some intersections are located instead of bollards clear directional signage. Between intersections with bollards or directional signs to guide tourists, help additional signs in the form of round symbols placed on lampposts, trees, etc. To facilitate familiarization with the system use the recommended route which can be found in promotional materials or www.stribrnepomezi.eu.

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Bílý Kámen

The foundation of Bílý Kámen will forever remain under a shroud of secrecy. It must have happened sometime around the mid-13th century, when Jihlava’s surroundings became heav- ily populated by prospectors seeking silver. Their attention was also focused on the areas in vicinity of old roads and in one of such places, virtually along an old path from Humpolec to Ostrava, miners uncovered a vast silver discovery. The ore was found in white quartz and the name of the settlement came forward – Biley Kamen (White Stone), or Albo Lapido, Weis- sensteyn. Those were the names that appeared in the ﬁ rst mentions of the village in written sources. The oldest one dates back to 1359.

Sights and places of interest

A Kaufmanns Brunn (Merchant’s Spring) used to provide refreshment to wanderers and traveling merchants on the Humpolec road.

The Chapel of St Peter and Paul was built towards the end of the 18th century in late Ba- roque style. It houses an original altar and a typical Baroque painting with an illusionary altar.

There is also a cross stone with an engraved cross and a stone cross with a double arrow in the village; both objects can be classiﬁ ed as conciliatory crosses (stone).

A silver memory: reminders of medieval silver mining remained preserved in the village surroundings. The most beautiful location referred to as the Bílý Kámen excavation is found on the woody hill of Kamenný vrch, about 500 m north of the crossroads past the eastern village border. The load, stretching from the north-west to south-east used to be followed by 225 meters of shafts from which 27 pits of 10 meters in diameter and up to 5 meters deep have preserved. Shafts used to be dug only as deep as daylight allowed. Slag heaps along the shafts formed a continuous belt. The entire mining structure of Bílý Kamen has preserved untouched. It certainly deserves to be proclaimed a technical monument and appropriately conserved.

9 48 Cejle

In 1278 was founded a village Cejle. The name comes from the German word Zeile, which means a lane or a street. The fact that Cejle was German is further documented by ﬁ eld tracts’ names within the cadastre that date back to the times of Maria Theresa. Cejle also covered Vestenhof, present-day Kostelecký Dvůr. There used to be a mill which allowed the village prospered. The area is formed by a granite massif of Čeřínek Hill. There are a lot of bogs and wet meadows.

Sights and places of interest

The village is located on the southern slope of a granite massif of the Archean Bohemian- Moravian Highlands; its highest peak is Čeřínek. Its eastern border is formed by a stream that starts in Štuzajf and ﬂ ows into Jedlovský potok near Klepák. The border contin- ues along the stream down to the mouth of the Jihlavka River. The village is 550 to 580 meters above sea level. In 1913, a road connected the village and the Cejle – Kostelec railway station was built. In 1930, there were 545 inhabitants; 274 men and 271 women. Thirteen of them could not read or write. Most people worked in farming and forestry. Others engaged in diﬀ erent crafts and trades. There was a blacksmith, a baker, a shoemaker, a miller, a butcher, a tailor, a wheelwright, a joiner, a carpenter, a bricklayer, a locksmith, a stonemason and others. There is a memorial of those who fell in the First and Second World Wars; across the street is a little chapel with a belfry and another memorial of those fallen in the First World War near the crossroads towards Kostelec. In the corner of a garden that used to belong to a former elementary school is a cross stone with a relief; under the arms are two wheels. Today, the cross stone serves as the pedestal of a cast-iron cross.

10 The area is formed by a granite massif of Čeřínek Hill. This massif permeates only very small amount of water. Hence, the water stays on the surface and forms peat bogs and water- logged meadows that are suitable for more cryophilic plant species. The southern and south-eastern foothills of Čeřínek form the border between the Humpolec and Brtník Highlands, parts of the Křemešnice and Křižanov Highlands. The Čeřínek massif hides a lot of water sources and it is a major source area. The average yield is less than 1 liter per second.

63 Cerekvička – Rosice

Cerekvička | The name of this high location where the wayside cross lies at 596 meters above sea level means “new foundation” (= Neu – Stift), i.e. a new village. As early as in written documents dating from the 14th century, the settlement was referred to in Latin as “Nova Villa” (New Village). Other names include Cerekvice, incorrectly also Malá Cerekev and Cerekvička. The name is derived from a wooden church that used to stand in Cerekvička along the Haberská stezka path. The ﬁ rst mention of Cerekvice dates back to 1350. The village was once owned by the Lords of Pelhřimov and later by the Špisser, the Máček and the Šmilauer families.The village had a signiﬁ cant number of German settlers, especially because of the mining industry. Until 1945 when they were transferred, the Germans constituted a major population group; this is evident from the mostly German names and archive records.

Rosice | The village’s name is derived from the proper name Roch. The German form used to be Roschitz. In the 15th century, the village was sold by Prokop Pelhřimovský to a burgher from Jihlava, Jakub Bauerhansel, and in 1487 it was bought by the town of Jihlava.

Sights and places of interest

The Chapel of the Virgin Mary in Rosice – registration number 4778, located in plot No. 682/1 in the village square of Rosice. The chapel is from the 19th century; the door head reads 1840.

11 The Wayside Cross in Rosice – registration number 4779, located along the road to Čížov, about 200 m north-west of the village. The wayside cross is from the 18th century; the pedestal reads 1767.

In addition to the above, both cadastres have a large number of minor sacral sites such as memorial crosses and wayside crosses, most of them dating back to the 19th and early 20th centuries. Remnants (pedestal) of what used to a wayside cross, similar to the one mention in 2 is worth noticing. The Fragment is slightly less elaborate than the wayside cross mentioned above and is located left of the path from Cerekvička to Vílanec, at the village border; its carving says 1789.

46 Čížov

This municipality located on the right bank of the Jihlávka River, about 4.5 km south of the Jihlava center, is ﬁ rst mentioned in written records dating back to 1358 in relation to silver mining in the Jihlava district.

Sights and places of interest

There are numerous precious folk architecture structures. Two old granges from the 16th century (at buildings Nos. 12 and 13) are worth seeing.

Conciliatory cross

12 Fishing Čížov boasts several ponds and in one of them, Horní Okrouhlík, ﬁ shing is allowed for those who possess a ﬁ shing license.

Dvorce

The village was ﬁ rst mentioned in 1360 when it was registered as part of the Želiv Pre- monstrate Monastery’s property. The land’s ownership changed hands several times during the Hussite wars when property was taken from religious institutions. On 6 May 1420, the Hussites plundered the monastery and damaged all its buildings, including the church. The monks left the monastery. In 1458, King George of Poděbrady (Jiří z Poděbrad) issued a decree returning the monastery to the monks. However, under his rule, property relationships changed substantially. Abbot Martin openly sided with Catholic nobles who were in opposition to the “Hussite” king. When he assumed oﬃ ce in 1464, Pope Pius II declared anathema over Bohemia. This gave rise to a noble union in 1465, led by Zdeněk of Šternberk.

Sights and places of interest

The Chapel in the Square The wayside cross

Hlávkov

The village used to be called Tloukov. Historic records mention it for the ﬁ rst time in the mid- 13th century. An old claim reminds us of the former silver mining activities that occurred here.

Sights and places of interest

The Chapel of St Adalbert – It dates back to the end of the 18th century. It is a cube structure topped with a helmet roof.

The Chapel of St John Nepomucene – a classicist chapel.

The Baroque wayside cross

15 50 51 Hubenov

The village of Hubenov was most likely founded during German colonization. According to ar- chival records, the old village was called Hladov (derived from the Czech word for “hungry”) in 1366 (in Latin documents it was Steindorf) and the original inhabitants engaged in pasturage. Later the pasture farmsteads of Hladov (Old Hubenov) and Hubenov (New Hubenov) became property of the Želiv Monastery. During the Hussite wars, the monastery’s property passed to the Trčkas of Lípa. Krištof Jaroslav Trčka of Lípa then sold Hladov and the Hubenov farmstead to Albrecht of Ratibořice who sold it to the town of Jihlava in 1599. Jihlava held the village until 1848.

Sights and places of interest

There is an interesting stone plaque in front of house No. 6 with a German sign and a low relief showing an axe and crosses.

Another remarkable object is a plaque with a Maltese cross from the 17th century, located in forest not far from the village. Both plaques are associated with legends whose stories contradict each other.

16 23 Hybrálec

The settlement was fi rst mentioned in written records in 1315, the village was then called Eberhardsdorf. As the name suggests, its founder was one of the most infl uential Bohemian magnifi cos and a gray eminence for Wenceslas II and Přemysl Otakar II, Eberhard. The village kept its German character for 700 years to follow. The reasons behind the formation of the village (and the fortress) were purely practical: it protected an important road from Jihlava to Humpolec along the water course that fl owed among rich silver mines. Naturally, the village was also home for many local miners. Only later would it change into an agricultural settlement. After the new regional arrangement was established in 1949, Hybrálec became part of the Jihlava Region and during a later reform in 1960, it became part of the district of Jihlava. In 1976, Hybrálec was connected with Jihlava and on 1 July 1990, it again became independent.

Sights and places of interest

The Chapel of St Wenceslas – it was built in 1829 according to the plans of Master Bricklay- er Martin Schindler of Štoky and was funded with both public money and private funds from the estate of wheelwright Ondřej Letscher. On 28 September 1829, the chapel was ceremoni- ously consecrated by the Jihlava parish priest from St Jacob Church, Martin Ignác Weber. The original bell was cast in 1834 by Prague bell founder Karel Bellmann. The bell has remained in the chapel belfry to this day. Over time and due to adverse weather conditions and a lack of preservation, the chapel required extensive repairs in the early 1990s.The last mass was oﬃ ciated in the chapel during the St Wenceslas pilgrimage in 1994, when renovations began. The chapel was consecrated again on 1 October 2006.

17 18 52 Ježená

The fi rst mention of the settlement dates back to 1226. The village plan proves that it was founded some time towards the end of the 12th century as a forest village with a square on both sides of Jezina stream. The village’s Czech origin is found in its name. From its fi rst mention until the 15th century, it was also referred to as Jezina, Jesina and Gesina. The name is interpreted as bristly or ruffl ed up (in Czech, “naježené”). This originally Czech village was settled by German colonists in the 13th century, during the silver rush. The remnants of silver shafts from the 1240s can still be seen in the forest at the Ježená cadastre border with Rounek. The German language “island” in the Jihlava region also dates back to those times and includes Ježená, Jiřín, Rounek, and Německá Vyskytná. The village used to have 3 mills –“Frühauf’s” (Hlaváček’s) Mill in building Nos. 1, 4 and 11, documented since the 16th century. Building No. 11 used to house a potash factory, called Husárna. It ceased operations in 1880. Between 1855 and 1878, there used to be a distillery in building No. 11 and starting from 1880, there was a starch plant that burnt down in 1922. In 1900, a sub-branch of the Hubenov School was opened in a portion of building No. 9 in Ježená. In 1905, the school became independent and school building No. 13 was built. That, however, was a German school because there were 241 inhabitants comprising 200 Germans and 41 Czechs. After the First World War, the school and the municipal authority were re- served for the Germans. As a result, the fi rst Czech school with a Czech teacher was opened in a private farmstead, building No. 20, in 1919. In 1921, the fi rst Czech library was opened and the librarian was Václav Novák. Administratively, Ježená and Hubenov used to be one municipality until they were sepa- rated 1912.

Sights and places of interest

In 1775, the Chapel of St Jacob was built. The original bell from 1782 was conﬁ scated during the First World War and today’s bell is from 1922.

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 13 14 15 Jihlava 16 17 19 20

Town of Jihlava is located in the middle of the Czech and Moravian Highlands on the border between Bohemia and Moravia. Today the cadastral area of Jihlava is 8,824 hectares, with a population of more than 50,000. In the middle ages, Jihlava was a particularly important mining town, surrounded by rich deposits of silver. These deposits represented one of principal sources for the royal treasury – thus Jih- lava became the oldest royal mining town in the Czech lands, and its prominence extended far beyond the borders of our country. However, later on the town also became famous for its handicrafts, and its cloth manufacturing products in particular became increasingly popular throughout the European continent starting in the 15th century. Today‘s Jihlava takes pride above all in a number of early Gothic and Renaissance monuments; the large number and well-preserved condition of them makes Jihlava one of the most important towns in Central Europe. In 1982 Jihlava was declared an Urban Historical Reserve, which with its 213 preserved historical buildings and dozens of other movable monuments, combined with its varied past, oﬀ ers visitors a truly unforgettable experience.

21 22 Masaryk Square

With its area of 36,653 m2 it is one of the largest historic squares in the Czech Republic (the third largest in the former Czechoslovakia). It is the starting point of 12 streets. The historic city center’s regular plan with a large square in the middle was given by King Přemysl Otakar II’s construction rules from 1270. Most houses in the square used to have ar- cades that were torn down during redevelopment in the mid-14th century. On the ground ﬂ oor, each building had a large hall where the owner had his business (a store or a trade). Several days a week, the hall was used as a pub as most buildings in the square used to have brewing rights. After a big ﬁ re in May 1523 that nearly damaged the entire town, the buildings were rebuilt in the Renaissance style. During the 17th and 18th centuries, they were rebuilt in the Baroque style and plain classicist facades were added. Until 1974, there was a group of buildings located where today’s department store stands (called Krecl). They dated back to the end of the 13th century and were most likely used as warehouses.

23 ZOO 10

The zoological garden is located in the Jihlávka River valley in the Heulos forest park, just 10 minutes’ walk from the city center. Its area of 6.5 ha features more than 400 animals from 100 diﬀ erent species. The zoo was founded in 1957 and was of the ﬁ rst zoo without cages in the Czech Repub- lic. It is mostly famous for its unique history of breeding rare animal species. The zoo has an African village, Matongo, which contains one of the largest expositions of African huts in Central Europe. The Jihlava Zoo is a member of the Union of Czech and Slovak Zoological Gardens and international organizations and participates in European endangered species programs.

The forest park 2 10

A large forest park called Březinovy sady (formerly known as Little and Big Heulos) is a re- laxation zone between the inner city walls and a large housing estate. The park houses a zoological garden. The forest park was founded after trees were planted on the steep slope below the city wall in 1824. It was ﬁ nanced from the fundraising activities organized by Jihlava burgesses. There used to be numerous paths with summer houses and roundels built at the cross-roads in the late 19th century. Later, another portion of the park containing mixed trees was added on the opposite hill and in the early 20th century, exotic conifers were planted here. Over the past few decades, the park has fallen into disrepair and it is currently being redeveloped.

24 The municipal railway station

The municipal railway station is located on the former state Bohemia-Moravia Transversal Railway that was opened between Jihlava and Veselí nad Lužnicí in 1886–1887. The railway station was opened during a ceremony with the departure of its fi rst train on 3 November 1887. Passengers had to change trains then and take a diff erent train to get to the Jihlava Main Railway Station using the private North-West Railway. The municipal railway station was built in the undeveloped town’s outskirts, but much closer than the main railway station. As a result, it became a freight depot and was equipped with a network of warehouses, coal reserves and diesel, gas and asphalt fi lling stations.

complex with open-air and covered parts Water Paradise

The swimming complex is a system of covered pools and a circular open-air pool. A covered recreation pool of 400 square metres has a number of features – a 108 metre- long toboggan, a white water course, Jacuzzi beds, wall massage jets, underwater aerators, cascades, gargoyles, a water screen, a covered children’s paddling pool, a Jacuzzi, a steam bath, a sauna, a massage room, and a solarium. The capacity of covered swimming pool is 240 persons. It is operated all year ‘round. The exterior part of the complex comprises a system of summer pools which are operated in the summer season only. The exterior recreation pool covers 1,313 square metres, and the exterior complex comprises a long toboggan, a 25 metre-long double slide, a white water course, Jacuzzi beds, massage jets, gargoyles, a big mushroom shower, a water screen, underwater lighting, and two playgrounds for beach volleyball and a multipurpose playground with artiﬁ cial surface for tennis, kicked netball, and volleyball.

25 57 Antonínův Důl

This is a village located on Pstružný (Trout) Stream. In 1845, glassworks were developed here.

12 Helenín

Helenín is a suburb in the northeastern part of Jihlava that started as a workers colony around the Löw cloth factory in 1863. There are numerous reminders of former mining activities, including an underground spring, Zlaté studánky, in the municipal cadastre. There is a rare thermophilic plant habitat on rocks across the river. A railway bridge located downstream was blown up by a partisan unit from the Yermak-Petrovsky brigade, on 10 April 1945. This was the most successful railway destruction in today’s Czech Republic.

34 Henčov

This village was founded in the early 13th century in an area on a suitable southern hillock, protected by forest on all sides, which was cleared and burned.

26 33 Heroltice

At one time, this village belonged to the famous noble family of Lichtenburgs. In 1313, the name Hylboltisdort is ﬁ rst mentioned. Later, over the centuries, the village’s name changed until it stayed as we know it today. In the 14th century, Heroltice was part of the Střítež property. During the Hussite wars, it was damaged. In 1426, there were three farmsteads and only two of them would still exist sixty years later There is a voluntary ﬁ re brigade in the village.

11 Horní Kosov

Today, Horní Kosov is a municipal district, structurally connected with Jihlava. In the north, you can see the Motorpal factory halls, an enterprise that developed from the former Kern cloth factory (during the Second World War, there was a BMW branch) and was originally called PAL. It continued the hundred year tradition of industrial production, preceded by an ore mill, the oldest paper mill in western Moravia and the aforementioned cloth factory. Since the beginning of Jihlava’s existence in the 13th century, Horní Kosov was one of the cornerstones of its land fund. Silver used to be mined in the area. Later, Horní Kosov was an agricultural settlement with 6 farmsteads in the 15th century. Brickworks were built in the mid 15th century and a distillery was constructed in the early 20th century. There is a well preserved wayside cross and a Gothic chapel in Lipová Street.

27 Hosov

The ﬁ rst written mention of the village dates back to 1359. There used to a spring in the village and Emperor Zikmund is said to have stopped and drunk cold water as he was ﬂ eeing Prague after the lost battle of Vyšehrad. Since then, the spring was been called “Imperial”. Unfortunately, it no longer exists. Only one cross stone from the original three remain in the village.

Hruškové Dvory 9

The village of Hruškové Dvory is supposed to have been founded in the mid-13th century when the area was settled by German speaking settlers. One of the ﬁ rst and largest silver claims during the Jihlava mining period was made not far from Hruškové Dvory. To help facilitate silver mining, a cascade of four little ponds was created in the nearby valley. These are still found in today’s gardening colony. During the Swedish occupation, Hruškové Dvory was burned down. People who did not run away from the Swedes were captured and forced to work on Jihlava’s fortiﬁ cation system.

Sights and places of interest

The column with a statue of St John Nepomucene – it bears the year 1741.

The feudal mill – It used to include a large residential building and two mill structures. One part of the mill used to grind ﬂ our, the other one was used for washing clothes.

28 24 Kosov

The village was founded during the second half of the 12th century and it belonged under the tithe duty of the Church of St John Baptist in Stará (Old) Jihlava.

Sights and places of interest

The cross stone – It is located at the crossroads, along the road to Malý Beranov. Its front bears the year 1707 and the name GILGE.

The large stone ﬁ eld cross comes from 1877.

Pančava 25

The name Pančava (Pantschawa in German) is derived from the German expression for wine loading, or diluting it with water. Pančava is a small village south of Jihlava where the Jihlávka River was once crossed by a stone bridge bearing a statute of St John Nepomucene from 1727. There used to be a large farmyard with a beautiful Baroque façade and a gate. In the mid-20th century, it was damaged and eventually torn down. Today, there is a restaurant called Pančava located in an oft-rebuilt inn and mill. Pančava also experienced some silver mining. Most shafts and heaps no longer exist. Gradually, they were ﬁ lled with stones or planted with trees. There used to be a stone cross featuring a hanger and an illegible sign including numbers on top of the hill before Pančava. Today, Pančava is a suburb of Jihlava.

29 Sights and places of interest

The Jubilee Forest – A hillside was planted with trees in 1928 to mark the 10th anniversary of independent Czechoslovakia. The deciduous trees that were planted among conifers used to form the shape of two years, 1918–1928, when seen from a bird’s eye view.

Kolíbl Hill | Hornické rybníčky (Mining Ponds)

43 Pávov

Pávov is a nearby recreational resort with outdoor swimming in Pávov Pond. The surrounding forests feature a number of hiking and cross-country trails. These will take you all the way to the upper parts of Vysoký kámen, a natural monument with mixed beech forest and rich grasslands, including many rare plant and animal species, located to the west.

21 Pístov

This little village, a suburb of Jihlava, used to house barracks of the 82nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade in Jihlava. The former barracks now belong to the City Authority of Jihlava. There is a renovated chapel in the village and a number of little crosses and wayside crosses in the surroundings.

30 42 Popice

The foundation of the village of Popice dates back to the ﬁ rst half of the 13th century. Soon after, silver ore was found in the area and the village welcomed the ﬁ rst wave of German speaking miners. The name is derived from “Pop”, a title of a lower priest that used to come to the village. The cadastral map of Popice from 1780 shows a clear round plan that documents this was a forest-type rural settlement with a town square and radial private plots.

Sights and places of interest

The Chapel of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary – There used to be wooden cross in 1780. In the late 18th century, a Baroque chapel was built. The chapel houses a 40 kg bell.

The cross stone – It is located not far from building No. 15. A piece of granite bears a relief of a Cross Pattée and a sword with its tip pointing towards the grand on the front side.

31 7 Staré Hory

This allegedly was the location of an old silver legend in which silver chips were found in a pot- ter’s house who provided accommodation to a trader travelling from Vienna to Prague. This was supposed to mark the beginning of the future fame of the royal mining town of Jihlava. 1540 The fi rst paper mill was established in Staré Hory (J. Frey) 1591 The fi rst printing shop was built (K. Stolzhagen) 1951 The municipality became part of Jihlava. In the late 1230s, silver ore was found in the area around today’s Jihlava. The discovery literally attracted thousands of people to the region. Practically all of Jihlava’s surroundings were explored and used for silver mining. The most important ore dyke, the Staré Hory dyke, was almost 8 km long. First, surface beds were exploited and at the end of the 13th century, deep mining began. A major obstacle was local underground water (the mines were fl ooded 1376 times) that together with other natural obstacles (1328 earthquake events) caused gradual closing of the mines. After 1300, mining in the area was also aff ected by competitive mines in Kutná Hora and later by the Hussite wars.

26 Vysoká

The village of Vysoká is ﬁ rst mentioned in written records in 1362. It is deemed to have been founded in the ﬁ rst half of the 13th century and its foundation is related to the silver rush. In 1930, 124 Germans and 27 Czechs lived in the village. The Chapel of St Joseph used to stand in the square. In the early 19th century, a belfry was added. Today, nothing of the chapel remains.

Sights and places of interest

The oldest buildings in the village are farmhouses Nos. 1 and 2. The ﬁ re house

32 37 Zborná

It is ﬁ rst mentioned in written records in 1233. The name Zborná was artiﬁ cially created and given to the village in 1923. People used to say that because of frequent legal disputes Sporná (i.e. Disputable in Czech) would have been a more appropriate name. Attractions in the surroundings mainly include reminders from mining activities. There used to a raceway for a waterproof machine located in one of the shafts on the Rudný foothills (today, you can still see a massive damn on the left side of the road when you enter the village). This local claim was one of the oldest in the Jihlava region.

Places of interest

Rudný Hill (613 m) You can see the remains of a view tower that burned down during the Second World War.

31 32 U Lyžaře

This is a trailhead on the hillocks between Jihlava and Zborná. The name of the location is derived from an inn that is found there, U Lyžaře (The Skier). It is a crossroads between the yellow and blue trails and one of the sites of the Mining Trail, which explores silver mining in the Jihlava region. There is a ski resort and in winter, you can either downhill or cross-country ski on the numerous trails in the region. The inn was built in 1870. It has been renovated and the refurbishment discovered stone columns and a beam ceiling in the main room.

35 53 Jiřín

This little village has a population of 137. A large summer music festival, the Jiřín Summer is held here every year.

Sights and places of interest

Karas’ Chapel 3 conciliatory crosses

47 Kostelec

The municipality was founded as early as the fi rst half of the 13th century on a former route to Humpolec. First it was referred to as Wolframs (supposedly after its founder Wolfram of Branišovice or Wolfram of Schenkenberg); the Czech name fi rst appears in 1360. The original name was most likely derived from Latin: Costelecz – a fortifi ed church; it was followed by the German name, perhaps after the owner, and fi nally Kostelec. This proves that the Czech name is older than Wolframs. A rampart from an irregularly-shaped perimeter wall is preserved and covered in vegeta- tion and there are remnants of a building in the south-east in the best protected end of the promontory. There used to be a second fortifi cation on the site of todays Kalášek’s Pond. The foundations were not discovered until railway construction began.

36 Sights and places of interest

The Church of St Kunhuta – originally it most likely was fortifi ed and surrounded by a rampant that runs along the wall of a later cemetery. Only the core of the church (a rectangular nave) built in the fi rst half of 13th in a Romanesque-Gothic style was preserved. The presbytery was torn down and replaced with a new, late Gothic one in the mid-15 century. In 1805, the church was expanded to the west and a late Baroque square entrance structure with a shaped front was added according to a design by Johann Zeissl. In 1824, a wooden tower was added. The original entrance portal with columns on both sides and a tympanum fi nished with a slightly pointed, profi le arch was preserved in the nave wall. The presbytery has a fi nned vault and a sanctuary; a slightly ogival arch connects the space with the adjacent sacristy. It was rebuilt approximately in the second half of the 17th century. Today’s tower on the roof ridge comes from 1898 and houses a bell from 1546.

The cemetery contains a stone pillar cross, housed in a chapel from 1752.

The Chapel of the Virgin Mary, a simple rectangular structure in the rural Baroque style from the late 18th century was renovated between 1994 and 1997.

2 memorable small-leaved lime trees are about 150 years old and 26 meters tall, with a trunk circumference of 300 cm.

The water of Třeštský Stream south of Kostelec is retained by two large ponds – Silniční and Luční, (Road and Meadow Ponds), both of which have an area of 12 ha. You can try water skiing on Silniční Pond.

37 60 Luka nad Jihlavou

Based on its name, the village was originally affi liated with water. There is one written record where Luka is referred to with its Latin translation, i.e. Pratum, and we also have come across the Latin name Naluce. These names were used until the Comenius’ times who fi rst used the German name “Weisse” in his 1633 map. The existence of the village is defi nitely documented as early as 1378, when Parish Priest Petr de Luca was mentioned. However, the Romanesque windows of the parish church tower in the Church of St Bartholomew prove Luka is much older. Since then, Luka has had many owners and in 1768 it was sold by the Kounic family to Freiherr (Baron) Josef Widmann for 154 000 Rhine Guldens. From that point on, Luka belonged to the Counts von Widmann Sedlnický. On 24 May 1755, Empress Maria Theresa issued a deed granting Luka the status of a town. The village’s biggest boom started when the railway was built in 1870.

Sights and places of interest

The Church of St Bartholomew – this late Baroque structure was built between 1755 and 1763 under Count Dominik of Kounice on the site of an originally Romanesque church plundered by Swedes. The bottom portion is still original and it is the oldest site in the village (around 1200). The oldest objects in the church are three bells that Vilém of Perntejn had cast in the 16th century. A Roman Catholic parish is connected to the church. The stone cross near the church – it was erected in 1848 to commemorate the end of corveé. The Castle – this Baroque monument was built between 1739 and 1747 by Count Maxmilián Oldřich of Kounice on the site of a castle that was damaged by Swedes during the Thirty Years’ War. A two-storey building with side cant bays is decorated with modest lesenas.

38 The Castle Park – this 19-hectare park was founded by Baron Widmann Sedlnický in 1834 as an English park.

The chapel in the Castle Park – a chapel was consecrated to the Virgin Mary and Four- teen Holy Helpers. It was built by Countess Anna Gellhornová in 1734 as an acknowledgment for surviving a robbery attempt on her journey in Lower Austria.

The Granary – this free standing two-story building was built between 1720 and 1730.

The wayside cross it is a precious monument on the left side of the road to Vysoké Studnice, about 100 m from the village.

The Statue of St John Nepo- mucene

18 Malý Beranov

The name Malý Beranov originated in the fi rst half of the 19th century when the Beranov cadastre was divided. The Jihlava River gorge was not a sought-after location. This changed after the discovery of silver in Staré Hory. The path through the valley along the river became a shortcut to the new town of Jihlava. A road was built and two fords were founded in today´s Malý Be- ranov on the left rocky bank. These could be used to shorten the journey from Třebíč to Jihlava and all the way to the Brtnice (southern) Gate. The fi rst ford in Beranov on the road from Luka was near Kamenný Mill. The ford was also used to bypass a large boulder that jutted out to the river (a detached mass). When the water level was high, it was necessary to bypass this location by using a path that used to connect Velký Beranov and the Manor in Petrovice (later Puklice). Malý Beranov used to expand along the path. The second ford was located where todays square sits. The road continued up to the rock above St George Shaft and then to Dlouhá stěna and the Brtnice Gate. Later, a bridge was built at this location (1554–56) and the settlement near it was called Beranauer Brück. In 1870, Adolf Löw purchased the plant in Malý Beranov and merged it with the textile plant in Krahuleč. Under Karel Löw’s management, the plant satisfi ed 32 % of the Austro- Hungarian army’s cloth demand. During its fastest boom in the late 19th century, more than 2,000 people worked in Helenín and Malý Beranov and the surrounding areas; 1,200 worked in Malý Beranov. A railway spur to the Malý Beranov plant and a horse-drawn railway (Pferdbahn) that connected both plants were built in 1879. Beranov did not have a passenger train station until 1926.

Sights and places of interest The bridge – this old Baroque bridge, renovated and ﬁ nished in the 1920s was proclaimed a listed building. The church – a modern church built in 1939. Beranov Rocks (Beranovské skály) – they rise above the ground downstream the river and are extremely popular with rock climbers.

41 44 Měšín

The oldest written mention of the village, founded most likely by German miners, dates back to 1368. At this time, it belonged to the Lichtenburgs. The local name of Měšín, originally Misching in German, is of unknown origin. Throughout the centuries, the name was mangled in diﬀ erent ways, but the German names “Mischingen, Misching and Myssna” prevail in documents. Finally, the Czech name Měšín appeared in 1892. In the past, Měšín belonged under the vicarage of Ždírec. Beginning in 1772, the village had its own school.

Sights and places of interest

There is a chapel dating back to the second half of the 18th century in the square under an old chestnut tree. The chapel is consecrated to St Cyril and Methodius. It has undergone renova- tion.

At the end of the village, along the road to Polná, is a little chapel. It has been shown on maps of Měšín since 1835, but the structure is most likely older.

42 49 Mirošov

The oldest mention dates back to 1361. Initially, it was part of the Archbishop’s dominion in Červená Řečice, and later by the Bishop’s manor in Pelhřimov. In the early 17th century, Jan Kergl had a fortress built on the side of the village square that was rebuilt into a Baroque castle before the end of the 17th century. During the 18th and 19th centuries, it was changed into a vast three-wing building with a tall four-storey tower, which was later remodeled in the Pseudo-Gothic style, and an adjacent farmstead. The last owners from the Rychlý and Steinbach families built a winter garden and greenhouses. Vilém Rychlý started an antique museum in the castle. Only the castle garden remained.

Sights and places of interest

The Church of St Joseph – It is located in the middle of the village square and was built around 1740, probably according to Kilián Ignác Dienzenhofer’s design. The structure is octagonal on the outside and oval on the inside and has a structural entrance feature. It has an altar alcove deep as the wall thickness and a tetragonal belfry above the portal. A valuable object is the altar from the same period as the church and Rococo sculpture decorations. In front of the church is a St John Nepomucene statue from the 1720s.

Two old cross stones are preserved in the village. One of them, found in the corner of the unmaintained castle garden, bears a broad stone with a Cross Pattée relief and a sign that reads Mattej Mev, 1644, and contours of pistol on the left side. The other stone is a rounded broad stone with an almost invisible relief featuring a cross, a spear, a hanger and an axe. It is found in the village square behind the church where it was placed by Vilém Rychlý in the late 19th century.

There is a memorial alley outside the village along the road to Jihlava. It is formed by oak trees, white birches, large-leaf lime trees, chestnut trees and aspens. The trees are 100–130 years old and their perimeters range from 200 to 350 cm.

43 22 30 Plandry

The ﬁ rst written mention of the village comes from the 15th century and was found in documents at the Želiv Monastery. The core of the settlement used to be a medieval farmstead called “Lipový dvůr” (Lime Tree Farmyard). The farmyard was founded near the highest located pond within a cascade of reservoirs that used to retain water to power water extraction machines in Staré Hory that were used to mine silver. Silver was also mined in Plandry’s surroundings in two shafts as early as the 14th century. The municipality of Plandry started to develop as late as the 18th century. In 1730, the farmyard was bought by a Jihlava burgher and a cloth trader, Josef Ignác Zebo of Breitenau. He had a castle built in the eastern side of the farmyard and it was completed in 1743. It was later replaced by a new farmyard from the 19th century. After the Second World War, the castle passed to the Jihlava collective farm. Unfortunately, the state enterprise did not take good care of it and the castle became dilapidated. The new owners who purchased the castle after 1990 decided to tear it down in 1998 instead of repairing it. Rich collections of paintings, china, glassware, weapons and furniture were in 1945 transferred to a museum in Jihlava and the Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou Castle. A brewery with an annual output of as many as 3,000 hectoliters of beer was built in the village in the early 19th century. The brewery was in operation until the beginning of the 20th century.

Sights and places of interest

The statue of St John Nepomucene – It dates back to 1734 and is located in the former castle park, called “Engliš” (today, a listed monument).

The memorial lime tree in the former castle park has a perimeter of about 5 m.

44 The Baroque granary from the 18th century – It is located along the road and it is a listed building.

St John Nepomucene Chapel (today, a listed monument). In interior – The arched dome is decorated with a fresco featuring the Apotheosis of St John Nepomucene which dates back to 1739.

The sculptural group in the Chapel of St John Nepomucene – The tombstone of Alois of Schirding (protected by the state). The tombstone was made by famous Czech sculptor Václav Práchner.

The road to the chapel is lined with a memorable alley that is formed by 40 small and large leaf lime trees that are 170 years old and 15–23 m tall; their perimeters are up to 5 m.

A former mining raceway – This is a unique technical structure from the 14th century, connecting Rantířov and Staré Hory. Water in the raceway used to power wheels of water extraction mining machines.

The mining castle – It used to serve as a warehouse for metals before they were transported to Jihlava.

45 61 Příseka

The village was founded at the same time the area was internally colonized. Originally, the territory belonged to a nobleman and it was donated by King Wenceslas I to the Tišnov monastery in 1234. Based on its orientation, Příseka is a “road-type” settlement on Haberská path and as it name indicates, it used to protect the border forest path (“přeseka” means something that is “cut into two” in Czech). The tragic events of the Thirty Years’ War did not aff ect the area. Until 1980, Příseka was an independent municipality. After that it was unifi ed with Brtnice, which is only fi ve kilom- eters away. Brtnice, which lies on the Brtnice River, has a castle, important Baroque bridges and several historic sites that are part of the Brtnice Trail.

Sights and places of interest

The Church of St Barbara and its cemetery It dates back to the 2nd half of the 13th to the early 14th century. The original oldest part of the church is Gothic. Five Gothic windows were made in the presbytery, but only three remained. In the late 15th and early 16th centuries, Gothic tracery was added to the windows.

46 In 1852, a massive level belfry was added to the western façade. The Rococo altar and interior decorations date back to the time before the belfry was erected. The belfry houses two bells, cast in 1510 and 1602. The larger one weighs two quintals and was made by the former holder of Příseka, Jiří Křinecký of Ronov, at his expense. Until the 16th century, there used to be a vicarage at the church that administered some other villages of the dominion.

A castle – Renaissance look, including a western tower and a fortress portal that dates back to the 1570s, has been preserved. It is most likely the oldest part of Příseka.

Cross stone – No. 0536, height 121 cm, width 56 cm; it bears a relief of a cross with a carved sword and a spear spike. It is placed right of the entrance in a cemetery wall.

A stone wayside cross – on the right side of the road direction to Jihlava.

There are two memorial trees within the village: A pear tree – The trunk’s perimeter is 260 cm and it is supposed to be the oldest and largest fruit tree in the district of Jihlava. It still blooms and has pears every year. The lime tree below Katova mountain – The large-leaf lime tree has a perimeter of 310 cm. It is the dominating feature of the countryside and taking into account its age, it is still in good health.

47 45 Puklice

The fi rst written record of Puklice dates back to 1318, but according to historians, the village was founded sixty to seventy years earlier. The name Puklice fi rst appears on a deed by which Bohemian King John of Luxembourg confi rms the exchange of Puklice and Petrovice to Petr Jan of Řečice. Based on today’s inter- pretation, the name comes from Pukla people, which expressed their proprietary relationships. The oldest documented name is mentioned in a book from 1360 – Pesco de Puklicz. In 1369, Bailiff Judex de Puklicz is mentioned. This indirectly proves the existence of self- government, which meant Puklice was a larger village then. Puklice experienced a major decline during the Hussite wars and later in the late 15th century where charcoal burners passed through the area and everything was damaged. An- other unfavorable period for the village was after the Battle of Bílá Hora and the Swedish occupation of Jihlava between 1645 and 1647. After the end of the Thirty Years’ War, a new type of management was needed. There was a strong Jewish community staring from the 15th century. The local Jewish cemetery is considered one of the oldest in Moravia. The oldest tombstone reads 1426.

Sights and places of interest

Puklice Church – This is a rectangular structure with a rectangular sacristy and a tetragonal tower. There are fi ve windows on each side. Note the round Jesus Christ relief above the door. In the upper portion of the tower is a narrower fl oor where a clock is placed. The tower bears a four-sided roof with a dome and a cross. The Jewish cemetery – Local tombstones have German and Hebrew inscriptions. A little chapel on the road to Studénky – There is brick paving inside, the walls are made from stones and bricks. The fi rst mention dates back to 1728. There is a statue of St John Nepomucene in the square. A memorial to the victims of the First and Second World Wars.

48 40 Rančířov

The village was founded as early as the 13th century by a noble family who fi rst populated the territory and had a deer antler in their crest. According to Josef Dobiáš, the fi rst mention of Rančířov dates back to 1303 when it was referred to as Ranczyrow. The fact is that Rančířov was founded before German colonization started and originally it was a purely Slavic settlement on the right bank of the Jihlávka River, near Haberská Path, once a busy route to Austria and Hungary. In 1493, it passed to Jihlava and eventually, the town also obtained patronage over the local parish church in 1530. There used to be hop fi elds near the church. This is also obvious from the local name of Bey Hopfen Gartten (At the Hops Gardens), which was used as late as 1781. The greatest boom started in the 18th century. Construction development was concen- trated mainly around the pond in the village square, near the imperial road connecting Jihlava and Vienna, where Starý Rančířov used to lie. Nový Rančířov was founded closer to the church. The entire area was part of the Jihlava mining district. Mining most likely started as early as the second half of the 13th century, north of the village on the hills on the right bank of the Jihlávka. The local ore was relatively rich in silver, however, the price started to decline as cheap silver was imported from America. Obsolete mining equipment and underground water gradually caused the phasing out of mining and it completely ceased in 1755.

Sights and places of interest

The Church of St Peter and Paul has been gradually renovated. Another site is the vicarage building, recently restored and rebuilt into the Vivaldi Hotel. There is a statue of St John Nepomucene along the state road. According to some sources, the statue dates back to the 14th century, but it has never been conﬁ rmed. Josef Moravec’s Castle – The original idea was to build cattle barns, but eventually, a castle was built. It incorporates restored wooden ceilings from houses that were renovated in the old Jihlava development and were used in the castle instead of being dumped.

49 28 Rantířov

The reason for settling this location was the ford on the Jihlava River and silver mining in the area since the Staré Hory ore lode stretched as far as here. The Jihlava land registry mentions the village fi rst in 1359 under the German name Fussdorf. The Czech name fi rst appears a century later and is derived, just like Rančířov, from the personal name of knight Ranožír (1225– 38). Ranožír was one of the ancestors of the famous Moravian Pražmas of Bílkov u Dačic. The village originally engaged in agriculture and mining, but its character changed quickly. In 1807, the village passed to Jihlava hereditary postmaster Jiří Prokop of Lilienwald. The Prokops held Rantířov until the end of patrimonial administration in 1848. There was farmstead and a residential wing of a castle, a brewery, a distillery and a starch plant. The farmstead was then owned by Adolf Prokop, R. Uhlíř and Baron Off ermann. In 1867, the interior of the manor caught fi re. It was then bought by Mining Counsel František Muler. Later owners were Franz Hejhal in 1906 and the town of Jihlava that leased it to Otto Goldmann in 1910 and to Marie Porgesová in 1918. Since the beginning, the municipality of Rantířov was divided into two parts – Rantířov and upper Rantířov Damling (Damle, colloquially also Táml). The oldest record of population dates back to 1842 when the village was said to have had 34 houses and 364 inhabitants. Today there are 150 houses and 480 inhabitants.

Sights and places of interest

The Baroque Farmyard – it is preserved from the 18th century and consists of a residential building (a two-story castle with a three-storey prismal shaped tower). In the 2nd half of the 19th century, it was rebuilt in the Neo-Renaissance style.

Pekelský Mill

50 St. John the Baptist church from the 1726.

A cross.

There is a 102 cm tall conciliatory stone with a relief of a Latin cross and an arrow.

Another place of interest is found in today’s “U Tomáše” pub. There used to be a bailiﬀ ’s house that was se- verely damaged in 1646 by Swedish troops deployed in Jihlava. As the date on the memorial stone reads, the ground was repaired in 1685. The Swedes also damaged a massive rockﬁ ll dam on the Jihlava River, located about 200 m downstream from the Pekelský Mill. The dam used to make the water level as much as 2 meters higher and formed a relatively large reservoir.

51 55 Smrčná

The oldest mention of Srmčná dates back to 1233. The silver mining industry ﬂ ourished in area surrounding Smrčná. The largest deposits were on Suchý kopec. In 1415, mining entre- preneurs Flengauf and Vürndkl were mentioned. During that time, silver was mainly mined in the Smrčenský Stream Valley, on Suchý kopec and in the west towards Větrný Jeníkov (in the Temník Forest). Six iron mills were located on Suchý kopec. Further evidence of silver mining is near Zlatý Stream opposite Suchý kopec. In the past, the village used to be Czech. It was Germanized after the Battle of Bílá Hora. In the early 18th century, glass works started to appear in the area. The one in Vilémov existed until 1752 when it moved to Hutě (a former glass-making settlement south of Puchýrna). There was a glass-cutting shop in Smrčná from the 19th century that was bought by Vicar Schindler from Jablonec nad Nisou in 1885.

Sights and places of interest

The Church of St Nicolas was fi rst mentioned as early as the 14th century as a parish church. The vicarage ceased to exist during the Hussite wars and was renewed in 1891. On 20 May 1916, the church burned down and both bells from the 16th century were destroyed. Together with the church, four farmsteads completely burned down. The church was recon- structed in 1932. Bolechův Mill from the late 18th century with its beautifully vaulted Baroque ground fl oor. Smrčná also had a visually interesting seal from 1735, a spruce tree with the letter “f” and a wheel and fl owers on the side placed in a circle lined with the German name of the village. This fact is known because Smrčná has one of the oldest continuously kept chronicles in the Jihlava district since 1836.

52 The Czech name and the symbols in the seal are associated with a legend about the village’s foundation. It is said to have been founded by charcoal burners who settled under large spruce trees. The watershed of the North and Black Seas is located in the village’s cadastre. Other sites and places of interest include two conciliatory crosses along an old road to Jihlava. The ﬁ rst one dates back to 1484 and is one of the oldest of its kind in the Jihlava region.

58 Střítež

Střítež is a village on the former Haberská Path, located in the picturesque surroundings of Pivovarský (Brewery) and Obecní (Municipal) Ponds, less than 1 km north of D1 and about 5.5 km south-east of Štoky. The oldest written mention of the village dates back to 1347.

Sights and places of interest

There is a pseudo-Gothic Chapel of the Virgin Mary from around 1850. It is a rectangular structure with an adjacent polygonal enclosure and a spire on the roof’s ridge. In front of the chapel there is a stone rood from 1817.

On the hillock above Municipal Pond near the forest is the Cemetery Church (Chapel) of St Florian from the 2nd half of the 18th century. It is an octagonal structure covered with an octagonal dome that has a lantern and a belfry.

There is an abandoned Jewish cemetery with several dozen tombstones from 1800–1850 in a ﬁ eld outside the village. Note the cross along the road to the railway station.

56 Štoky

A written record from 1347 mentions Štoky as a village and around 1372, a church is also mentioned. Beginning from 1436, the village was held by the Trčkas of Lípa for 160 years. Under their rule, Štoky was granted the right to house organized diﬀ erent markets. It was then promoted to a town and it was granted the right to collect customs duties and a road-tolls. From 1572 on, the town used a seal bearing the Lords Trčkas’ emblem. It was devastated during the Thirty Years’ War and a 1625 record mentions that only the church and one farmyard remained. In 1760, the administration of the vast Hohenzollern dominion was based in the castle. Around 1800, Classicist house No. 61 was built in the square; building No. 116 was built as a cloth factory (later it housed the district court and prison), and an inn for carriers was opened in house No. 1. On 4 and 5 December 1805, a battle between French and Bavarian troops who did not make to Austerlitz (2 December 1805) took place near Štoky. 1600 soldiers were killed in the battle.

Sights and places of interest A Baroque statue of St John Nepomucene from the 1st half of the 18th century reads 1803 on the pedestal. A stone statue called “Roland’s Column” dates back to approximately 1500. The body is original; the head was remade later from cement (the original one was damaged in 1929). First it was placed in Německá Vyskytná and later alternately in Stonařov and Štoky (it always belonged to the village that succeeded in “stealing” it). A stone cross that reads 1854. This is most likely a “Franciscan” cross. A painting of St Anthony on metal was attached to it and girls used to come to pray and ask for a husband (allegedly it used to help). There is a tombstone in the church wall with the year 1828 engraved into it. The presbytery and the main altar with an eternal light You can see a bricked chapel on the border of a forest before the village when you come from Dobronín. It has a metal gate (from approximately 1890). It was restored by the Munici- pal Authority of Štoky in 1993. The Church of St Jacob Greater, originally a Gothic church, has been documented since 1372. It was rebuilt in the late Gothic style in 1602. A stone relief on a cross with the year 1604 sculpted into it along the road past Štoky towards Zvonějov. It was later moved to this location. The old cemetery: a stone fountain with a sculpture featuring the castle’s custo- dian’s children (who allegedly died after eating a large amount of poppy seeds).

55 56 39 Velký Beranov

The village’s was founded before 1221. During the ﬁ rst half of the 13th century, the village belonged to the upper Jihlava mining district. There used to be an independent fortress in the village, a brewery that produced 168 beer barrels in 1671 and a feudal distillery that ceased operations in 1880. A textile factory was built next to a feudal mill that produced cooking oil in 1830 and in 1855, it was expanded to include a cloth mill. There was a feudal paper mill in Bradlo in 1570, but it ceased to exist during the Thirty Years’ War. The section of the village that ran along the Jihlava River was called “U mostu” (At the Bridge) and it had a special function: it was responsible for guarding the bridge during wars. In 1800, the municipality split into Malý (Small) and Velký (Large) Beranov. The village continued to develop until 1914 when the First World War started. The greatest boom started in 1960 when the entire village started building infrastructure.

Sights and places of interest

The Chapel of St Anna in the square

A monument to the victims of the First World War

A plaque commemorating the ﬁ rst primary school in the village

A plaque commemorating the founder of the voluntary ﬁ re brigade, Karel Vozáb

A chapel in the village of Bradlo

54 Větrný Jeníkov

The fi rst written mention of Jeníkov comes from a 1226 deed in which Pope Honorius III confi rms the possession of Jeníkov and other villages to the Želiv Monastery. Thanks to its conven- ient location (on the Humpolec, sometimes also referred to as the Želiv, route) and the vicinity of the fast developing mining town of Jihlava, Jeníkov grew in importance and size. In the 14th century, it was promoted to a townlet and granted the right to use its own coat of arms. In 1572, the new name Větrný Jeníkov was fi rst mentioned. The entire 17th century was a dark period for the Jeníkov domain, largely due to the ravages and result of the Thirty Years’ War. Frequent army regroupments and related plunder caused increasing poverty among the local people. In 1719, the domain was purchased by Giovanno Minetti (from an Italian merchant family) who had a new church built and the local fortress was rebuilt into a Baroque castle. The statue of St John Nepomucene also comes from that period. In order to improve the local traders’ estate, he obtained the right to establish guilds in his domain in 1721.

Sights and places of interest The castle has three single story wings fi nished with attic roofs, and a yard that is followed by a park. The castle is still fenced in on its western side by an iron rod fence. The castle is owned by township village Větrný Jeníkov and it houses the Municipal Authority of township village. The Jewish Cemetery is located behind Trojan Pond, not far from the Lower Mill. It was founded most likely in the mid-17th century. Today, there are ruins of a charnel house and more than 200 headstones behind a damaged wall. The oldest headstone dates back to 1652. The Statue of St John Nepomucene with the Minneti family’s coat of arms engraved in the pedestal. The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary – a Baroque church from 1735, repaired in 1792 and restored after a fi re in 1851–52. The church has a rectangular nave and a rectangular presbytery with a sacristy on both sides and an oratory on the fi rst fl oor. There is a prismatic tower in front of the western façade. There is a stone baptistery in the shape of a chalice from the 15th and 16th centuries in the hallway and two children’s headstones from 1595. 59

64 65 Vílanec

The oldest mention of mining in the village dates back to 1327, when Wilenz used to be a parish village. On 7 June 1327, the Jihlava town judge Nikolaus Gandaldy called a council of Jihlava citizens over 60 years old and they unanimously decided that the patronage right to the Wilenez parish church belonged to Lady Gertruda, Konrad Schober’s widow, as part of his estate.

Sights and places of interest

The Church of St Jacob the Greater is the dominating feature of the village. It is located on a hill in the middle of a cemetery, surrounded by a stone wall. Its core dates back to about the mid-13th century (1240–1260). In the mid-15th century, it was most likely rebuilt in the late Gothic style and in the 18th century in the Baroque style. It is a single nave structure with a tower in the west and a polygonal presbytery with a new adjacent sacristy in the south and an original sacristy in the north, which today serves as a chapel. The presbytery without external buttresses has a cross vault and a pentagonal radial closure. There is a rectangular Gothic portal in the northern chapel. The nave’s ceiling is ﬂ at. Most objects inside the church are Baroque and the tower houses bells dating back 1505 and 1545.

The late Gothic statue of Vílánec Madonna from about 1465 comes from the church and today resides in the Vysočina Museum in Jihlava.

The church lies next to a vicarage that has been remodeled into ﬂ ats; one of the buildings has late Gothic masonry in its yard with a gabled portal dating back to 1574.

61 Vyskytná nad Jihlavou

The village lies on a slope above the left bank of the Jihlava River, 6.5 km north-west of the town of Jihlava. As early as 1226, it was mentioned in a deed issued by Pope Honorius III. Then it belonged the Želiv Monastery. Later, other smaller villages were founded in its vicinity, such as Jiřín and Hlávkov and the settlement of Rounek. That ended the area’s 13th century colonization. Beginning in the second half of the 13th century, intensive silver mining began. This originally Slavic village was gradually dominated by German population, namely miners. Between the 15th century and 1945, the village was referred to as Německá Vyskytná (Deut- sch Giesshübel).

Sights and places of interest

The history of the Baroque Church of St Adalbert in the square and the vicarage dates back to the 13th century. In the past, the church used to be fortiﬁ ed. The forti-ﬁ cation wall surrounded a cemetery and charnel house that are still being used. This originally was a Slavic settlement that was later predominantly populated by the Germans and was called “German” (Deutsch Giesshübel) from the 15th century to 1945.

The stone wayside cross opposite the shopping mall bears a relief featuring a gun and an inscription of the year 1667.

There is a school with a long-term tradition in the village.

There used to a German ﬁ eld aerodrome (Luftwaﬀ e) north of the village.

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At the southern border of the cadastre, above former Siegel’s Mill, you can see a unique mining raceway more than 7 km in length that used to supply water to power mining equipment in Staré Hory u Jihlavy. It was built in 1315 and you can take a beautiful walk through its dry bed. There are several other places that remind us of the famous silver mining that occurred in the Jihlava Region during the second half of the 13th century.

The tower clock – The tower clock dates back to 1938 and is manually winded every week. This requires turning a handle 3 x 168 times!!! If you want to exercise or make up for your sins, the clock provides you with the perfect opportunity.

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This originally Slavic settlement was most likely founded as early as the 12th century. During the 13th century it was colonized by German colonizers and was to become a German village for a long time. Its original name, Žďárek, is probably related to the Czech term for clear- cutting a forest through burning.

Sights and places of interest

The dominating feature is the Church of St Wenceslas, rebuilt after a massive ﬁ re (1890) between 1893 and 1898 in the pseudo-Gothic style. The vicarage was founded in 1410.

The statues of St John Nepomucene and St Anthony come from 1743–1753 and were most likely made by sculptor Viktor Václav Morávek. Today, they are listed cultural monuments.

There is a memorial pine tree in a location known as “America”.

Building No. 40 is interesting from the architectonic point of view.

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Published by the Statutory City of Jihlava in 2011. Printing: 1500 copies. Maps: © Czech Oﬃ ce for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre. Translation: Mgr. Lucie Butcher. Graphic layout by Eva Bystrianská. Printed by Jiří Pýcha. 68 69 70

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