Fortified Settlement of Chlumeček
Location:
The fortified settlement of Chlumeček is located 1.5 km to the
north-west of Křemže.
Origin of the Name:
The diminutive of the word "chlum" that means a hill in the old
Czech language.
Description of the Place:
Today the fortified settlement no longer exists. It was situated on
the place of today's dwelling house from the 18th century and its
annexed farm yard. The cellars underneath the dwelling house are
the only remains of that fortified settlement.
Architectural and Historical Development:
The first evidence of this fortified settlement comes from 1440. At
the end of the 16th century it was rebuilt. A brewery with a
malt-house and out-buildings pertained to the large settlement made
of stones. During the 18th century the farm yard and the dwelling
house were built on the location of the settlement.
History of the
Place's Residents:
The fortified settlement is mentioned for the first time in 1440
and originally it was owned by the Chieftains from Křemže. In 1447
it was taken by Ulrich II. von
Rosenberg who sold it in 1451 to the Chieftains from Chlum. In
1547 the Častolárs from Dlouhá Ves received the fortified
settlement of Chlumeček. They built a new fortified settlement and
sold it together with the village to Karel Maxmilián Kořenský z
Terešova in 1665. Jan Augustin Miličovský z Brauenberku bought it
from him in 1673 and sold it very cheaply to the Cistercian
monastery in Zlatá Koruna in 1678. There the monastery produced
beer and spirits very successfully. When the monastery was
abolished in 1787 the Schwarzenbergs received the fortified
settlement of Chlumeček and annexed it to their Český Krumlov
estates.
Present use:
Today a farm yard situated on the location of the former fortified
settlement, it is used for agriculture purposes.
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