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Režný Újezd forms one of the eleven local parts of Velemín in the Litoměřice District, part of the Usti Region of the Czech Republic. It lies on the northeastern slope of the hill Boreč (446 m), just about 4 km west from Lovosice town and less than 3 miles southeast of Velemín. There is 8 permanently occupied houses registered with 13 inhabitants (2001).
Contents
- Map of ReC5BEnC3BD C39Ajezd 410 02 VelemC3ADn Czechia
- Name
- History
- Attractions and tourism
- Literature
- References
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Name
The name Režný comes of an older word for rye. Újezd is a medieval word for a land to be colonized.
History
The earliest written mention of the village with simple name Újezd dates back to 1224 and comes of a document of property of Monastery of saint George in Prague. There is a mention of an old fortress dating back to 1366 with some Nicholas from Újezd living in it.
According to parish records there was mostly Czech population before the Thirty Years' War and then it greatly diminished during the invasion of enemy troops into Bohemia. The nobility then called for a new wealthy German speaking inhabitants within germanization in the 17th century.
The oldest standing residential house in Režný Újezd is former gentlemen's farm (No. 2), standing directly over the village green and the water tank. It has an old stables attached to the house and it has a wooden balcony on the residential part of the house. According to the parish records the family living in this house is firstly mentioned in 1695 but the house itself was probably built earlier, unfortunately there are no records to prove it. During this period the village in parish records is Reschny Aujest.
In July 1945 the German population was expelled from the Czech lands. Eyewitnesses reported that the people were herded into the local chapel. The abandoned houses were taken by new settlers coming from the Czechoslovakia and Volhynia. In 1949 the cooperative farms took place in Režný Újezd with pig farm cow farm, which ceased after 1989 after the fall of communist regime. Since 1990 the village Režný Újezd comes under the municipality of Velemín.
Attractions and tourism
On the crossroad in the middle of the village there is a modern chapel from 1924, which got a new facade in November 2014.
A local nature trail to Boreč hill (green path) starts in Režný Újezd just below the chapel on the road. The trail has 9 stops with information boards. Hill Boreč is famous for its vents with micro-exhalations, unique flora and fauna.
The Mulberry garden has been established in 2014 in Režný Újezd by local gardeners and it can be found above the village center next to the big yellow Gentleman's Farm house. The garden is based on English cottage garden style and has 10 different young mulberry species, and other not very common fruit trees, such as Dogwood - Cornelian cherry, Almond trees and Figs.
There is another nature walking trail (yellow path) going through Režný Újezd starting in Malé Žernoseky, going through the top of Lovoš hill and leading to Košťálov castle.
On the southwestern edge of the village on the way to the top of Boreč hill there are slight terrain waves in the local gardens. These are remains of a former gothic fortress. The most of the remais disappeared in the 1990s and the place is no longer accessible to the public.
Literature
A. Profous, Místní jména v Čechách IV. Praha 1957, page 435. R. Anděl a kol., Hrady, zámky a tvrze v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku III. Praha 1984, pages 399-400. E. Poche a kol., Umělecké památky Čech 3. Praha 1980, page 225.