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![[Zruč nad Sázavou flag]](../images/c/cz-kh-zs.gif)
by
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 13 Mar 2003, after image by Petr Exner,
adopted 3 Jan 2002
According to the latest population counting there are about 5 100 inhabitants
in Zruč nad Sázavou, including the villages Želivec, Dubina, Nesměřice
and Domahoř. Sázavský monastery was founded in 1032. This was the beginning
of settlement of Posázaví. The record of the year MCL (1150) was found
in the church of Povýšení sv. Kříže in Zruč nad Sázavou. That means that
Zruč was founded between these two years. The first preserved written record
about Zruč is from 1334. Heřman was the first owner of Zruč. Then Zruč
belonged to Lords of Kolovraty. This family also owned several manors in
Posázaví, e.g. Chřenovice. At one time they used to call themselves Zručští
from Chřenovice. Jiří Kalenic from Kalenice bought Zruč from the Kolovrat's
in 1553. Under the rule of this family Zruč had been developing so much
that in 1561 when Ferdinand Habsburský was the emperor, Zruč was promoted
to become a town having all privileges of towns. Kalenic family heraldry
(silver bull horns on the red shield) became the basis for town emblem
establishment. Town privileges, including markets were confirmed and updated
by Leopold I in 1662.
Information from this website.
Jarig Bakker, 22 Apr 2003
![[Zruč nad Sázavou coat of arms]](../images/c/cz-kh)zs.gif)
image from this website, located
by Jarig Bakker, 22 Apr 2003