Konárovice

Konárovice is a town in the Kolín District of the Czech Republic. The first mention of Konárovice is from the time of the reign of Boleslaus II. of 976 – 999, who gave the surroundings of Kolín to his youngest son Oldřich. Prince Oldřich built a castle where the village of Přehráď now stands, and called it Oldřiš. Konárovice was previously called Koňařovice. It is thought that in the 10th century there was a horseman living here, who belonged to the princely officials close to the castle and who bred the horses for the prince on the large meadows of Labe. The prince was not only a militant and power-greedy man, but also a great lover of hunting. He settled more servants in the vicinity – they kept sheep in Ovčáry, cattle in Bychory,...