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5. Culturally Historical Wandering around Slaný

Slaný – Studeněves – Řisuty – Drnek – Mšec – Slaný

We will begin this trip at the Slaný Information Centre in the Masarykovo náměstí Square (the former Piaristic College house, No. 159). We will set off along the Husova Street, on to the Wilsonova and Lacinova Street, past the multipurpose sports hall, in the direction of Studeněves.

STUDENĚVES
Medieval settlement of this village was proved by archaeological findings in 1893. During the construction of a new kiln in the Clam-Martinic brick plant, the workers found remains of the Quarternary culture approximately 4 meters deep – a figuline, shattered larger vessels, and animal and human bones. The first written remarks about the village date back to 1372. Discovering coal in the surroundings of Studeněves in the second half of the 18th century was very beneficial for the village. Over the time, several mines were open here. The Louisa shaft was the most important. The mining stopped on the 2nd April 1904. According to written documents from 1887, there was a small grange and a sugar mill of Jindřich Jaroslav, the Count of Clam-Martinic, who also owned the carboniferous mines. In 1904, there was a sugar mill and a steam mill here. The original fortress was located in the area of the granary, and the future farm buildings of today´s farm.
There used to be a narrow-gauge railway leading from Slaný past Studeněves and Přelíc to Šternberk and Smečno. Modest remains of the trail can still be seen here.

ŘISUTY
Pre-historic settlement of the present village of Řisuty is proved by findings in a locality named "Na Kopcích", where tombs were discovered with bent skeletons of the Únětice type. The first written remarks about the village date back to 1316. The Church of St. James the Greater was originally Medieval, Gothic, and it was rebuilt into the present appearance in the 18th century. In front of the church, there is a Baroque wooden belfry on a stone base wall. The premises of estate No. 14 are interesting, as it presents an example of a Slaný type Baroque estate. "The Legend of Alena from Řisuty" ties to Řisuty, as well as "The Legend of the Řisuty Castle".
We will set off in the direction of Drnek, past Malíkovice.

DRNEK
Prior to the establishment of the village of Drnek, there was a construction of the greatest farmstead in the Smečno dominion – the Martinice Manor. Count Adolf Bernard of Martinice had two new settlements established near the manor in 1726, named Nová Studnice and Drnek. In 1759, the first blacksmith´s forge was open in the village. From 1841, the settlement was assigned to Malíkovice, together with Nová Studnice nearby. Drnek became an independent village in 1924.

About the hunting pavilion near Drnek
In 1902, count Jindřich of Clam-Martinic had a hunting pavilion built near Drnek, probably in the area of the lower part of the Svídná village, extinct today, where he used to rest with the suit after the hunting and to stuff their stomacs with provisions brought or hunted down. Near Drnek, there used to be a village of Svídná, extinct today.

The extinct village of Svídná
In the Summary of historical and artistic sights in the Slaný political district, Ferdinand Velc mentions " an extinct settlement located 1.5 km west of Malkovice, spreading on a hill in a forrest, which is being called Svídna".The Svídná village is documented in writing in 1373. It is not known when and how the village became extinct. There used to be years long silence about Svídná or Svídna, as the village was called over different times, and it was only reminded by legends speaking about the origin of the Church in Malíkovice. People used to know the woods, as well as the spring below, named "Castle Wine". In the 1960s, archaeologist PhDr. Zdeněk Smetanka became interested in the extinct village. It was his initiative that the village was localized and its gradual uncovering began. After the excavations were documented, the remains of the uncovered buildings were again covered by earth, and all the area was returned to the original state.

Martinice Estate The Martinice Estate was built in 1711 by the Smečno count Jiří Adam Bořita of Martinice.

The extinct village and fortress of Humniště
The Martinice Estate was built approximately in the area of the former village of Humniště. August Sedláček, in his book named Towers, Castles, and Fortresses of the Czech Kingdom writes: "The estate (Martinice) spreads on a point, which is enclosed from three sides by deep forest valleys. At the end of that point, there used to be a fortress, surrounded by a wide moat all round. It was a pele, enclosed by a barrier strengthened by two citadels in the corners. On the east side, there was a tower dwelling of rectangular base. That was the look years ago; however, today everything is upside down in the fortress, because stone was mined here, without a doubt..." Between the point with the fortress, also called Staré hrady, and the present estate, there used to be the village of Humniště. From the Martinice Estate, it is not far to get to the road between Mšec and Slaný, to the bus stop Ostrov, at the gamekeeper´s house, and we will continue in the direction of Mšec.

MŠEC
The Czech name for the village of Mšec is known due to the preserved written report on the first known local sovereign Dcheř of Mšec (1316-1318). The vicarage in Mšec was first mentioned in the materials from 1352, when probably also the St. Catherine Church used to be here. The castle was built at the turn of the 16th and the 17th century in place of the original medieval fortress. It was modified several times during the 17th and the 18th century. The baroque Church of St. Catherine was built in 1780 in place of the original church (from 1352). Also the vicarage was built in 1780. House No. 51 "U Kněžáků" is one of the interesting sights, with two alcoves with statues of St. John of Nepomuk and St. Joseph. The alcove chapel in front of the church today is without the St. Václav´s statue.

The overall length of the track is 32 km. It is suitable for tourists, also on bicycles. The path includes roads of the 2nd and 3rd class.
Slaný – Studeněves 3,5 km
Studeněves – Řisuty 3 km
Řisuty – Drnek 4,5 km
Drnek – Mšec 6,5 km
Mšec – Slaný 14,5 km

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