Újezd u Plánice
In the Middle Ages, the history of Újezd is connected with the fate of Plánice. As an existing town in France, it was dedicated to the Cistercian monastery in Nepomuk in 1144. The Cistercians were a reformed branch of the Benedictine order, founded in 1098 in Citeaux in. The monastery in Nepomuk was one of the first founded by this order in Bohemia. There is no evidence of whether it came to the region with this monastery, or whether its inhabitants later embraced the Hussite faith. However, it is certain that precious metals were discovered in the area, which led to the immigration of miners, especially German ones. There are no more reports about the mining sites or whether there were also smelters. In 1420, during Žižka's campaign on Rábí, the monastery was demolished and burned. later it was no longer renewed.
Planici was then received for a short time by the Kostková from Postupice. In 1420, King Zikmund registered the entire property of the former monastery in Nepomuk to the brothers Bohuslav and Hynk Krušin from Švamberk, who were there until 1464. After the death of Bohuslav, Plánice belonged for a time to the Táborská side, which ceded it to the Klatovské village. But as early as 1434, Bohuslava Hynek's brother was here. He died in 1454 and Plánica was inherited by his son. He handed over the estate to the Švamberks in 1464. Zdeněk of Švamberk, as a later opponent of Jiří of Poděbrady, took revenge on Plánice for her alliance with him. After his death, his son Jaroslav, who died in 1492, took over the estate of Zelenohorská. After his death, Plánice was to become the property of King Vladislav and the royal town. However, he dedicated it to Jaroslav's son - Ladislav. After his death, the estate passed to his brother Albrecht. This one was against the election of King Ferdinand and spoke out against him even after the election. For this, the estate was taken from him and Zdeněk Lev from Rožmitál received it. In 1536, Adam from Štemberk bought the estate back from the king for his family. Adama died in 1560. The next period of the Štemberk estate is accompanied by poor management. debts and conflicts in the family. In 1638, Plánice was sold to the Martinic family. The first owner was Jaroslav Bořita, the Imperial Count of Martinique. Other successive owners were Maxmilián Valentin (+ 1677), Jiří Adam - viceroy of Naples (+ 1714), Adolf Bernard - supreme court master (+ 1736). During his reign, an architecturally very important baroque church was built in Niców by Kylián Ignác Diezenhofer. Next in line was František Michal - royal deputy (+ 1760). The last member of this important Czech family was František Karel (+ 1789), with whom the family died by the sword.
In Újezda, farmers mainly farmed on rustic plots. Under feudalism, a rustical was land whose chief owner was a feudal lord, but on which a subject peasant lived and farmed on the basis of legal insurance, either looser (so-called Czech law, later unpurchased tenure) or more serious (emphyteutic law, later purchased tenure). The mutual ratio between the rustical and the dominical changed over the centuries and was not bindingly codified until the collection rule of 1654, when the rustical became the basis for land tax. Dominikál is noble land, so-called manor land, which was not taxed until 1757.
A video program about the village is available HERE.
Source: Tomášek Josef, 100 years of SDH Újezd, published by the municipality of Újezd u Plánice, 1998.