Poleň


The Poleň village is situated in the southwestern part of Czech Republic in the middle of Europe.
On the date 2008-12-31 there were 295 inhabitants. There are seven parts of the Municipality of Poleň: villages Poleň, Mlýnec, Poleňka, :cs:Pušperk|Pušperk and Zdeslav and the settlements Čekanice and Liška.

Geography

This place lies in 458 metres above sea level in the valley of the Poleňka Stream. From the eastern and southern side bordered with the Bítovy mountains with the peaks Doubrava, Malý Bítov and Velký Bítov.
The nearest neighbours of Poleň are Pušperk, Poleňka and Slatina on North, Drslavice on East, Mlýnec and Zdeslav on Southwest and Černíkov on West.

History

The first written reference about the village comes from 1245.. In the sheet which illustrates the disposal of Újezd Přeštický to Monastery of Kladruby by Queen Kunhuta, Blažej ze Švihova, the son of Budivoj of Švihov as an approver has been mentioned. Afterwards when the Pušperk Castle had been built close to Poleň, the village was sharing the destiny of this castle for centuries.
YearPoleňPoleňkaMlýnecZdeslav
194840051123102
1970254577492
1980168425981

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