Loužná

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.

Loužná
Village
Coordinates: 49°23′49″N 13°34′5″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionPlzeň
DistrictKlatovy
Area
  Total3.59 km2 (1.39 sq mi)
Elevation
553 m (1,814 ft)
Population
 (2011)
  Total46
  Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Postal code
341 01
Websitehttp://www.obecmysliv.cz/

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 69 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]
Anna Smolíková-Dupsiva (1844-1913)
c. 1880 Urs - Vaclav (1867–1944)
SS Hermann Bremen
SS Hermann
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
SS Hermann
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]

Prof. Josef Jiří Král (1870-1951) c. 1901
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]
Barbara Šulcová-Schlesinger-Hosek (1861-1936)
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]

Matthew Urs (1878-1927) in 1911
Mary Ursová-Kouba (1890-1969)
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)

James Šulc (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-)
Anna Pavelcová-Myslik (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)
Joseph Krejčí (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]
Frank Charles Pavelec (1893-1958)
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]
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-)

Population

Currently there are around 50 permanent residents.

Date Population
1850 259
1900 278
1950 166
1991 73
2011 46

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.

References

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