Olšina (Ralsko)
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Olšina (German: Wolschen or Wolsina) is an extinct village in the Česká Lípa district in the Czech Republic, in the former Ralsko military area, about 13 kilometers east of Mimoň. It was located about 7 km northeast of Kuřívody.
History
The village was populated by both German-speaking and Czech-speaking Bohemians. In the mid-19th century, Wolschen/Olšina became part of the judicial district of Niemes for the Habsburg Crownland of Bohemia (and later for Austria-Hungary). This district included 26 small villages in a large wooded area east of Niemes/Mimoň.[1]
In the early 1900s, Wolschen had 46 houses and 214 inhabitants, (mainly German-speaking with only a few Czechs). Agriculture, livestock and forestry were the main sources of livelihood. There was a church, a water pond, a school, three inns, two shops with several craftsmen and merchants. The village also had its own gendarmerie (sheriff), telephone connection, post office, brickyard, steam-powered sawmill and a milk dairy with a high chimney. The village was wired for electricity around 1922. The nearest railway station was at Niemes/Mimoň.[2][3][4]
After World War II, in 1947, Wolschen and the other villages in the area became part of a military weapons-testing area for decades. Most of the villages in this restricted area were destroyed. The military testing area was shut down in 1991 after Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution. Plans were being made to turn the area into a natural preserve/tourist area. There are only scant remnants of the village today.[5][6]
References
- ^ Landes-Regierungs-Blatt für das Königreich Böhmen 1854, I. Abtheilung, XLVII. Stück, Nr. 277: "Verordnung der Ministerien des Inneren, der Justiz und der Finanzen vom 9. Oktober 1854, betreffen die politische und gerichtliche Organisirung des Königreichs Böhmen"
- ^ Olšina (Wolschen) - Historie [online]. www.zanikleobce.cz [cit. 2015-09-08] http://www.zanikleobce.cz/index.php?detail=1136680
- ^ Olšina – Wolschen [online]. www.zanikleralsko.cz [cit. 2015-09-08] https://www.zanikleralsko.cz/clanky/obce/olsina-----wolschen
- ^ Wolschen (Foto), Ansicht mit Kapelle und Dorfteich (ca 1930) http://www.joachim-richter.de/nie_seiten_ft/nie_ft_oberdoerfer/nie_ft_obdf_wolschen_kapelle_teich_dorfplatz_1930.html
- ^ "Former military area in Ralsko". cesky-raj.info. Sdružení Český ráj. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ Tomek, Prokop (December 2017). "Life with Soviet Troops in Czechoslovakia and after Their Withdrawal". Military History Institute Prague. 70: 113–114. doi:10.7592/FEJF2017.70.tomek.
Category:Czech Republic Category:Liberec Region Category:Česká Lípa District Category:Mimoň Category:Ralsko Military Area