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[[File:Castle of Kalec On Winter.jpg|thumb|250px|Kalec Castle]]
'''Kalec''' is a former village in the [[Plzeň-North District]] of the [[Czech Republic]], an administrative part of [[Žihle]]. The village was the site of several important events in the history of [[Bohemia]].
==History==
Kalec's origins begin in the 13th century, it was a modest establishment with a bunker, inhabited by families of the low nobility formed during the middle age. Kalecs steps to be a part of the Monastery of [[Plasy]] caused disputes between several feudal entities until 1346. In the 14th century the [[monastery]] began to acquire properties in this establishment. During the period of the [[Battle of White Mountain]] in the 30 Years War against [[Sweden]], Kalec was occupied several times, including by Emperor Frediand II.
Evžen Tyttl, in 1710–16, allowed the construction of a mansion in the "baroco" style. A small chapel was built for "Holy Daisy", after much negligence, Abbot Fortunato Hartmann rebuilt and designed the chapel after the Czech Italian architect [[Jan Santini Aichel]]'s influence. The Inn at Kalec underwent a total rehabilitation and modernization in 1769.
In 1785, Kalec, after the approval from the Church, went to the dominions of [[Manětín]] and for the beginning of the 19th century it became part of [[Manětín|Rabštejn nad Střelou]]. However, in 1787, the property was acquired by the Lazanský family.
Kalec had great relevance during the [[World War II]] due to its location, which is at a crucial part of the Edge of [[Sudetes]] Mountain or [[Sudetenland]]. The Sudetenland, along with the Sudetes Mountain was first taken by [[Hitler]], after the war it restored by the [[Beneš decrees]]. With the formation of the [[Czechoslovakia]] state in 1918, the property was expropriated, and put under an agrarian reform which was put into the hands of a cooperative. In 1934, the property was acquired by [[Jaroslav Brček]] an industrialist from [[Plzeň]].
The precise location of the buildings in [[rhombus]], plus the complexity of the wooden structures and the vaulted buildings, constituted substantial reason for the admiration and studying of the students at the time. The most important structure is largely regarded as the castle, which is characterized as having five floors with leaned wings. In 1973, Dvůr Kalec had been declared a National Heritage. At the moment Kalec is having repairs done to the facade.
The property is made up on a total of {{convert|250|ha|acre}} of earth, between fields of culture, meadows, lakes and forests.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.kalec.cz/index_en.html Kalec]
*[http://astro.mff.cuni.cz/mira/sh/sh.php?rec=43557 Sundial of Kalec]
*[http://astro.mff.cuni.cz/mira/sh/sh.php?rec=44842 Sundial of Kalec View from backyard]
*[http://chartae-antiquae.cz/en/maps/21236 Map of ''Revier Kaletz'']
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[[Category:Former villages in the Czech Republic]]
[[Category:Populated places in Plzeň-North District]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in the Plzeň Region]]
[[Category:Former populated places in the Czech Republic]]
[[Category:Castles in the Plzeň Region]]