#troskowitz

Here is my first,

Troskowitz Hay Barrack

LOCATIONS — 261/262 — Villages of the Trosky region

Troskowitz The first mention is found in 1388 in connection with the nearby castle, but the village probably existed long before that. The village got its name from the rock on which the castle was later built, as the rock resembled the ruins of a castle from a distance. Tachov A small village 1.5 km north of Troskowitz, first mentioned in sources in 1388. A nameless stream flows through it, emptying into the Krčák pond, forming cascades along the way and a waterfall about 10 metres high. Today, the village is part of a protected area and the ‘Golden Trail of the Bohemian Paradise’ passes through it. Zhelejov There are only a few mentions of Zhelejov. Notably, in 1558, the three sons of Lord Semine sold the fortress and the village to the ‘Skalské panství’. The fortress was abandoned during the wars with the Swedes.

TRIVIA

— While archaeological finds around Trosky prove that settlements in this region date back at least to the Bronze Age, the medieval villages in the region are not mentioned before the construction of the castle, when they started to be linked to its noble politics. Yet, there is a persistent belief that written proof of Trosky's significance reaches back until 1203. In a time when King Ottokar I has left the country to engage in a war, the Saxons use this absence for an attack. They march through the Bohemian lands until they reache Trosky, leaving destruction in their wake, but here they are finally stopped by the noble hero Beneš Hermanov and his mob of peasants, who are able to defeat the Germans. The legend goes back to a poem in the Rukopis královédvorský, the Králové manuscripts, found within a sheaf of old arrows in a church tower in the town Dvůr Králové nad Labem by philologist, poet and librarian Václav Hanka in 1817. After examining them more closely, he determines that the manuscripts about this glorious Czech victory over the German invaders must have been written in the 13th century. Within the same year, Hanka even presents another manuscript to the public that has been given to him in an anonymous parcel, the Rukopis zelenohorský, with texts dating back to the 8th to 10th centuries.

This discovery comes just at the right time. Since 1620 and the Thirty Years' War Czech the protestant faith and the Czech language had been driven out of the country by a new ruling German aristocracy, and only since the late 18th century had a Czech National Revival slowly been taking shape. The manuscripts quickly gain a huge popularity, earning a similar status as Beowulf for the English or the Song of the Nibelungs for the Germans, drawing its circles also internationally to Goethe or the Brothers Grimm, and Bohemian histories are written based on the manuscripts. In 1858, a Czech newspaper publishes an anonymous commentary doubting the authenticity of the manuscripts. Hanka is outraged and sues the publisher. The scandal earns him so much new fame that his funeral in 1861 becomes a national event. Only in the 1880s, and with more probability in the 1990s, could thorough investigations confirm the (highly likely) forgery. Yet, many nationalists still cling to their validity, and Czech localities – such as the village of Troskovice – base their foundation myths on these texts. As they have been since their discovery, the manuscripts are still kept in the National Museum of Prague – now, however, in the section for manuscripts from the 19th century.

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Im writing Chapter 2 of what was supposed to be a one-shot. Picking up with Hans and Henry separating after the pillory. Here is a blurb from the wip!

{ Part 1 HERE }

Negotiating Alliances pt II, kinda. Peeking out, he sees an older man, heavy bags under his sunken eyes, and worn, stained hose like he'd been kneeling in the dirt. There next to him is Henry of Skalitz, smiling wide, and armed with nothing but an old woven basket overflowing with yellow flowering herbs. Hal instantly puts on his 'puppy face', and he seems to have a poppy blossom tucked behind his ear as well. Overkill much, Hal? "𝙰𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙹𝚎𝚣𝚑𝚎𝚔, 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎….𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎." He puts his palms out in a placating gesture, "𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚂𝚒𝚛, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞." Charm for days this one, Hans thinks.