Troubsko

Troubsko
Municipality
General view of Troubsko
Flag Coat of arms
Troubsko Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°10′10″N 16°30′39″E / 49.16944°N 16.51083°E / 49.16944; 16.51083Coordinates: 49°10′10″N 16°30′39″E / 49.16944°N 16.51083°E / 49.16944; 16.51083
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Brno-Country
First mentioned	1237
Area
• Total	6.01 km2 (2.32 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population  (2020-01-01[1])
• Total	2,328
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	664 41
Website	www.troubsko.cz

Troubsko (German: Strutz) is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,300 inhabitants.

Troubsko lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Brno and 182 km (113 mi) south-east of Prague. The town is most probably named after wooden pipes that supplied water to citizens.^[2]

History[]

Popular legend claims that during the 11th century noble prince Jaromír of the Přemyslid dynasty was to be assassinated by the rival Vrsovci family in Velíz near Beroun. At the last moment, Jaromír's guide, Hovora, blew his trumpet (Czech: troubil) so that companions from Prague were alerted and saved the prince. For sounding the call to rescue him, Jaromír granted Hovora a settlement which he called Troubsko.^[3]

The first written reference about this village comes from year 1237 when, in the charter of a King Wenceslaus I, Robert from Troubsko is cited as a witness in the king's deed. This lower nobleman apparently wasn't the owner of the whole village as later references testify that Troubsko was made up of fragmented holdings divided among several owners, a popular practice at the time. In the years 1317 to 1389 there existed a feudal estate of the Olomouc bishopric. In 1349 Luder, formerly of the Dominican Order in Brno, bought with his niece Catherine four acres in Troubsko from a Burgher named Anselm> The pair then and donated the holdings to the Herbursk monastery. This part of the village was administratively separated from the remaining larger part for a long period of time and, after the transfer of assets of Herbursk monastery to a Jesuit college from 1578 to 1581, it became a part of the estate of Řečkovice. The aforementioned greater part of the village was thereafter divided into unequal shares, changed owners frequently, and during the 14th and 15th century was held by members of various noble families – from Křižínkov, from Rohozov, from Svojanov and especially numerous members of the old gentry family from Heršpice.

Troubsko in 2012

Matyáš Munk from Ivančice bought the whole village and from 1573 he is cited as the only owner, until 1609. In these years he also began the construction of the castle in place of former fortress. To the other owners of the estate belonged personalities like Karel Elder of Zierotin, Albrecht von Wallenstein or Jiří Rupert Hausperský.

Troubsko reached the largest economic and cultural development in 1735 to 1806, when Tomáš Jan Sekora from Sekenberg owned the village. He devoted himself to the economy, expanded the number of artisans and supported fishing and forestry. After his untimely death, his wife Anna Marie and his daughter Marie Cecilie continued in his work. The majority of sites built during this period are preserved until the present day.

In 1826 the manor was given to Leopold Hodak. At this time, a school and the railroad were constructed and the village was finally promoted as township in 1876. The public activity of the population began to develop in unprecedented extent as, in this period, an alliance with Poděbrady, fire brigade, TJ Sokol and Eagle were established. Ethnographical Exhibition was held from which is passed the preservation of the old customs and traditions.

The last owners of Troubsko's manor in interwar period were Hugo Ptáčník, Josefa Gabriela Ptáčníková and Bedřich Hochberg.

References[]

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