Loužná

Loužná
Village
Coordinates: 49°23′49″N 13°34′5″E / 49.39694°N 13.56806°E / 49.39694; 13.56806Coordinates: 49°23′49″N 13°34′5″E / 49.39694°N 13.56806°E / 49.39694; 13.56806
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Plzeň
District	Klatovy
Area
• Total	3.59 km2 (1.39 sq mi)
Elevation	553 m (1,814 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	46
• Density	13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Postal code	341 01
Website	http://www.obecmysliv.cz/

Loužná is a small village, part of and located about 2.5 km south of Myslív in the Klatovy district. There are 43 addresses registered.  In 2011, 46 people lived here permanently. It is also a cadastral territory with an area of 3.59 km².

History[]

The first written mention of the village dates back to 1558^[1] when the village named Loužná is listed in the property of Adam of Sternberg. The village was a part of the Zelenohorské and then a plan estate, owned by the Šternberks and later Martinice. No information is known about the establishment of the village, but it is likely to be related to the operation of the Cistercian monastery under Zelena Hora.

The name Loužná means a floodplain village (ie a village lying near a puddle, "lúžě"). Old Czech dictionaries do not accurately reflect the word "lúžě", but it seems that the word also referred to a slightly larger water surface than the word puddle, pool. In the past, the name of the village was recorded in the form: Lauzna, Laucžna or Lauschna.

The village has two parts: Stankovy (no. 28 to the north) and Loužná (no. 11 to the south). On the map of the first military survey from the 1860s the village is captured without the later part of Stankovy. At that time, the individual houses were situated practically only around a relatively large village square, on which a large cross was drawn, which preceded the local chapel, and a small pond. Part of Stankovy began to be built in the first half of the 19th century.

At present, Loužná is an integrated municipality of Myslív, including the Myslív parish.

Chapel of the Virgin Mary Queen[]

The chapel on the village square in Loužná was built in 1920. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary Queen and the pilgrimage is celebrated here on the first Sunday after 24 August. It's rectangular in shape, the roof is covered with tiles. In the 1970s a major repair of the interior of the chapel was made and was plastered from the outside. In 2009 - 2010 the chapel acquired a new roof and a copper bell tower. In front of the chapel stands a monument to the fallen soldiers of the I. and II. World War II, which was in 2011 replaced by a new granite monument and a new plaque.

Genealogy and Immigration to America[]

So far, about 71 people born in Loužná have been identified as immigrating to America, sorted and profiled on FamilySearch. The earliest was probably Vaclav Sabek, who immigrated to Baltimore in 1870. He was soon followed by Anna Smolikova, who immigrated with her new husband Frantisek Duspiva in 1870 to St. Louis, Missouri, finally settling in Fayette County, Illinois. Several members of the Koncal, Urs, and Stipek families died tragically. The immigrants are listed as follows (women are paired with their maiden names):

Embarkation	Arrival	Immigrants	Photos
SS Baltimore Bremen	2 July 1870 Baltimore	Sabek - Vaclav (1848-1916)
Bark Pallas Bremen	6 July 1870 Baltimore	Smolik - Anna (1844–1913) [with her husband Frantisek Duspiva][2]
	c. 1880	Urs - Vaclav (1867–1944)
SS Hermann Bremen	7 May 1880 Baltimore	Urs - Josefa (1876–1909)[3] [3-year-old sister of Vaclav]
SS Ohio Bremen	16 July 1880 Baltimore	Kadane - Josef (1877-1898),[4] Jaroslav (1879-1916)
SS Leipzig Bremen	30 July 1880 Baltimore	Zelenka - Frantisek
SS Rhein Bremen	27 June 1882 New York	Havlik - Frantisek (1860–), Jan (1863-1937)[5]
30 October 1884 SS Hermann Bremen	15 November 1884 Baltimore	Kral - Josef (1847-1896) [with his wife from Nehodiv, Josefa Hulcova, 5 children, Josefa Radova of Stipoklasy, and an unknown Marie Hranickova. He eventually returned to Louzna in 1896 and died there the same year.],[6] Marie (1872–1951), Frantisek (1874-), Vojtech (1876-1949), Frantiska (1878-1952), Josefa (1884-)
SS America Bremen	24 June 1886 Baltimore	Zoubek - Frantisek (1869-)
	c. 1886 Baltimore	Urs - Josef (1869-1910) [brother of Vaclav and Josefa]
SS Donau Bremen	10 November 1887 Baltimore	Böhm - František (1878-1925), Marie (1885-1969)
SS Westernland Antwerp	9 October 1888 New York	Böhm - Bozena (1883-), Marie (1885-1962) Mixan - Anna (1872-1906), Vaclav (1877-1931)
SS Suevia Hamburg & Havre	26 August 1889 New York	Kral - Josef (1870-1951) Josef was the oldest son of Josef. He became a newspaper publisher and editor and was a commercial economist for the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. He ran a campaign as a Socialist for Congress from Chicago.[7]
SS Moravia Hamburg	23 June 1890 New York	Urs - Frantisek (1872–1912)[8] [brother of Vaclav, Josef, and Josefa]
SS Salier Bremen	23 December 1890 Baltimore	Sulc - Barbora (1861–1936) [wife of Frantisek Slesinger, immigrated with 2 sons from Vejprnice and Tlucna][9]
SS Dresden (built 1888) Bremen	10 June 1891 Baltimore	Koncal - Marie (1875-1920)[10] [came with her maternal uncle Josef Urs and his family] Urs - Josef (1841-1923) [with wife Terezie Viskova from Nehodiv, father of the previous Urs immigrants],[11] Anna (1873-1957),[12] Matej (1878–1927), Tomas (1881-), Jan (1885-1917), Marie (1890-1969) Vlach - Frantisek (1878–1912)[13]
SS Columbia Hamburg & Southampton	25 April 1892 New York	Sabek - Marie (1837–1896) [widow of Josef Sulc, immigrated with her son, previously lived in Tlucna][14] Sulc - Vaclav (1874–1948)
	c. 1892	Vlach - Vaclav (1880–1921)
30 August 1894 HH Meier Bremen	12 September 1894 Baltimore	Zelenka - Frantisek (1862-) [might not actually be from Louzna, no further records][15]
13 September 1894 SS Weser Bremen	27 September 1894 Baltimore	Vlach - Frantiska (1882-1935)[16]
	c. 1895	Koncal - Terezie (1879-1961)
	c. 1895	Sibo - Josefa (1870–1953) [might not actually be born in Louzna, apparently some Louzna Jilovice. She or her husband had an aunt Josefa Kral in Chicago]
5 April 1898 SS Lahn Bremen	15 April 1898 New York	Koncal - Anna (1878–1906)[17]
	c. 1901	Koncal - Frantisek (1885-1939), Josefa (1887-1964) Kral - Frantisek (1885–1956) Frantisek Kral's parents were 1st cousins.
7 May 1901 SS Lahn Bremen	16 May 1901 New York	Pavelec - Anna (1885-)
1 November 1902 SS Neckar Bremen SS Neckar in use as USS Antigone	16 November 1902 Baltimore	Vlach - Antonie (1887–1971),[18] Marie (1890–1969)
19 March 1903 SS Main Bremen	6 April 1903 Baltimore	Vlach - Sylvestr (1884-1958)[19]
	c. 1903	Stipek - Frantisek (1885–1955)
	c. 1904	Stipek - Jan (1883–1961)
24 April 1906 SS Kronprinz Wilhelm Bremen	2 May 1906 New York	Stipek - Rozalie (1886-1960)[20]
30 August 1906 SS Rhein Bremen SS Rhein (converted to the USS Susquehanna)	11 September 1906 Baltimore	Vlach - Josefa (1888-) [with mother Karolina Hranickova from Kvasnovice and 3 siblings],[21] Matej (1892–1982), Barbora (1894–1959), Josef (1899–1978)
12 March 1907 SS Kronprinz Wilhelm Bremen	20 March 1907 Ellis Island	Krejci - Josef (1890–1984)
	c. 1907	Sus - Vaclav (1889–1970)
24 August 1907 SS President Lincoln Hamburg	4 September 1907 New York	Pavelec - Josefa (1890–1920)[22]
1 June 1909 SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie Bremen	8 June 1909 New York	Kral - Josefa (1897-1984) [escorted by her father Frantisek who was already an American citizen][23]
	before 1910 New York	Moutvic - Frantisek (1885-)
8 February 1910 SS George Washington Germany	18 February 1910 New York	Kral - Marie (1900-1936) [escorted by her citizen father Frantisek Kral, mother Ludmila Hlavacova from Nehodiv, and 4 of her siblings],[24] Ludmila (1902-), Frantisek (1904-), Anna (1906-1919), Karolina (1908-1997) Zalusky - Josef (1901-)[25]
11 February 1911 SS George Washington Germany	20 February 1911 New York	Pavelec - Frantisek (1893–1958)[26]
25 November 1911 SS Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm Bremen	4 December 1911 Ellis Island	Koncal - Vaclav (1891–1964)
4 November 1913 SS Kaiser Wilhelm II Bremen	11 November 1913 Ellis Island	Kral - Vaclav (1893–1955)
21 October 1913 SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie Bremen	28 October 1913 New York	Stipek - Frantisek (1845–1921)[27]
27 October 1920 SS Zeeland Antwerp	7 November 1920 Ellis Island	Holy/Polcar - Hermina (1902-)
7 December 1920 SS La Touraine Le Havre	17 December 1920 New York	Pavelec - Rosalie (1902-1985)[28]
2 February 1921 SS Vauban Liverpool	14 February 1921 Ellis Island	Kral - Marie (1897-1961)[29] Sister of Frantisek and Vaclav.
	?	Kral - Antonie (1883-)
	before 1967	Holy - Terezie (1898-)

Population[]

Currently there are around 50 permanent residents.

Nature Reserve In Morávka[]

Behind the village in the direction of Strážovice is a former pasture with a number of protected and endangered plant species: arnica, gentian gentian, early gentian, marsh orchid, two-leaved saxifrage and forkling. It is a nature reserve "V Morávkách".

Luhanův mlýn[]

Luhanův mlýn with a pond is not far from the village. Since 1870 the mill belonged to František and Anna Melichar. Around 1900 the miller Petr Mareš was sitting on the mill and this surname remained connected with the mill until the 1970s. It grinded even during the war. After 1948 the mill served as a feed store. Now it is listed as a holiday house. In the middle of the last century, the pond at the mill was filled, it was named Luhanův.

L. Stehlík and Loužná[]

It is known from the stories of witnesses that Ladislav Stehlík often visited the "U Čistotů" building No. 45 here today.

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