Krajanów

History

The first written record of the existence of Krajanów is from 1353. Exactly 70 years later in 1423, a Free Judge, a class of land owners specific to the County of Kladsko and belonged to the Third Estate, is noted to have lived in Krajanów. Descended mostly from German lokators, the Free Judges were people who had been granted special privileges by the King of Bohemia to reclaim and settle uninhabited areas. German law was gradually implemented in the Czech villages which predated their arrival. These municipalities were mostly located along the roads to Prague and Brno. The estate of a Free Judge was a separate legal entity with dominium rights. Such an estate would include not only agricultural lands and forests, but also mills, craft workshops as well as a pub, along with brewing and fishing rights. The subjects had to pay rent and provide certain services. An estate could be inherited by a child of either gender. When an estate was sold, the rights and privileges belonging to the estate were included in the sale. No taxes were levied on the estate itself, only on land added later. While under Bohemian rule the area around Kłodzko became a county in 1458. In 1631 Krajanów was described as a large settlement with its own church. In 1742 Kladsko County was conquered by Prussia, and Krajanów was annexed like the rest of Kladsko County. The village was quite active economically at the time, with records from 1748 indicating the presence of a water mill, 97 farms, as well as 21 craftsmen living in Krajanów. The county was abolished in 1816, and the territory was reformed into the Landkreis Glatz of Prussian Silesia. Like neighboring Lower Silesia, the locals were subject to Germanization by the Prussian government over the following decades. Nonetheless, the village…

Geography

Krajanów lies approximately west of Nowa Ruda, north-west of Kłodzko, and south-west of the regional capital Wrocław. Abutting Krajanów across the border in the Czech Republic is the municipality of Šonov in the Hradec Králové Region, located immediately south of the village.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  166
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  157
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  154
• Common Chiffchaff

  Phylloscopus collybita (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  138
• Great Spotted Woodpecker

  Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  132
• Coal Tit

  Periparus ater (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  125
• Beech

  Fagus sylvatica L. · Magnoliopsida
  120
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  116

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