Village History

Trail "People and their Landscape"

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Grundtbuch Kojakovice The oldest written reference about Kojakovice is from 1371. It mentions that income of the village was given as a present to the Trebon Monastery. All the land in that time was owned by the manor. The village peasants, working mainly in agriculture, were serfs of the manor. They had to pay dues and work for the manor for free. In the oldest period, the knight Petr of Kojakovice lived there. In 1511, Count Petr of Rozmberk gave peasants the “Right of Death”; the right to have not only economic use of a farm but also to pass this right on to next generations or sell it. In the Land Record as in daily life, the farms were known under a farmer’s name, mostly the first owner. Even today, this habit continues and house numbers are little used.

The year 1848 brought big changes. In that year, feudalism was finally abandoned in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Peasants were no longer serfs. Farmers had to make one final payment to the manor after which they also became juridical owners of farm and land. People also got the right of free movement. With too many people already occupying too little land, many persons and families took their new freedom and left in search of a better life and free land in the young United States.

The Kojakovice Museum was established by the Rozmberk Society to preserve the history of the village and in particular to renew and keep alive the history and memory of this emigration to America

Opening hours Kojakovice Museum

June through September daily from 10 - 17, closed Thursdays.

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