Eduard Beneš, the second president of Czechoslovakia, was born in Kožlany in 1884. Kožlany’s pottery tradition is a local craft tradition that has survived to this day.
History and culture
Kostel sv. Vavřince is considered the oldest building in Kožlany and is a three-nave church with a western tower and a polygonal presbytery. The protected ensemble of Kostel sv. Vavřince comprises the church, a mortuary, the surrounding wall with two gates and a wicket, a cast-iron cross, and the grounds of the site.
The abandoned Angerbach Castle had a two-part layout protected by a rampart and a moat; a wooden bridge over the moat led into its rear section. Angerbach dates back to around the middle of the 13th century.
The Jewish cemetery in the vicinity of Kožlany was established by the end of the 17th century at the latest; the oldest documented burial dates to 1698. It contains 175 gravestones and served as a burial place for Jews from surrounding villages from the early 18th century until the 1930s. The cemetery is freely accessible. During its restoration, the surrounding wall, entrance gate, and Beit Tahara mortuary with its tahara table were repaired.
Nature and trails
The Naučná stezka Kožlany educational trail is 6 km long and is marked in both directions with the usual symbol for educational trails – a white square with a green diagonal.
Hliny is a flooded former site for extracting ceramic clay that forms part of the route of the Kožlany educational trail. Plant and animal communities adapted to wet habitats thrive at the Hliny site.
Mobility
The project involves constructing a new shared, accessible route for pedestrians and cyclists between Kralovice and Kožlany, intended to provide a safe connection along the busy Class II road.
Further places
More local pages: Trnová, Lipno, Chříč, Nadryby, Černíkovice, Potvorov, Křelovice
