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- «b»MUDr Hilar [I] ŠPIČKA«/b» -«i»
«/i» was born in Bohu ov and died in Plasy. He married «b»Milada Holečková «/b» who was born and died in Plasy. They had two children: older «b»1) Marie (Mářa)
«/b» and «b»2) Hilar [II]«/b» .
MUDr Hilar [I] pi ka held a position of a personal physician of the Prince Metternich in Plasy, and his official title was "Physician by Appointment of H. H. Prince von Metternich, Chief Physician of the Town of Plasy, and Chief Physician of the Railroads". However, this lofty title betrayed the sober reality that he and his family lived quite frugally in a small apartment in the Plasy castle.
«i» (According to the reminiscences of his son MUDr Hilar [II] pi ka passed on to in turn by his grandson Daniel pi ka)«/i» . Nonetheless, he could afford to buy in «i» 1913 «/i» a personal car manufactured by then quite renowned firm Laurin & Klement. Diana's cousin Vojt ch Palek shared with me an anecdote worth including in this account.
With his coachman Mr. Urbánek at the wheel, as usual, while returning to Plasy from Plze on a wintry nigh the car collided with a farmer's cart. Luckily, Hilar [I] wore two fur coats to keep himself warm in an open roof-less car. As he was thrown out of the car, he suffered serious concussion but no other injuries. After the accident he sold the car to the chauffeur of Prince Metternich for 5,000 K, who immediately resold
it to the Prince himself '96 for 25,000 K !
During the WWI MUDr Hilar [I] pi ka remained stationed in Plasy as a Chief P hysician of the military hospital created in the convent0 .
Hilar [I] had a brother «b»František«/b» , who was priest at Hustope near Brno, and held a
position of a professor at the local secondary school (Gymnasium). At Christmas he often joined his brother's family in Plasy. Marie (Má a) pi ková reminisces in her memoir, that during his visits at Plasy he often took his nephew and his niece for long walks.
A commemorative monument was constructed by his grateful parishioners and placed at the main road nearby.
«u»«b»PLASY«/u»«/b»:
Plasy is a small town with rich history located 25 km north of Plzeň (Pilsen) a beautiful countryside of forests, meadows and farmland. First historical record of Plasy with the foundation of a Cistercian monastery. In fact the history of Plasy is inseparable the history of the Cistercian monastery. Later, Plasy became domain of the powerful aristocratic family of Metternich '96 Czech prince Vladislav II (1140 '96 1171) the Cistercian order to establish a monastery in Plasy with a donation of Land holdings for Since the founding clerics came from Bavaria, the monastery had kept the German
character. In 15th century it was burnt down by the Hussites during the pre-reformation Hussite . The town quickly lost its significance and marauding armies of foreigners in 1620 found the deserted.
Rebuilding of the monastery and reconstruction of the town started only during the Counter-reformation backlash following the defeat of the Czech Protestant cause in 1921.
Between 1661 and 1785 famous architects J. B. Mathey, J. B. Santini and K. I. Dientzenhofer lavishly rebuilt the monastery in a baroque style. In 1825 the monastery was closed and sold in auction by Joseph II, an enlightened and very practical Hapsburg monarch . In 1826 the fief of Plasy came into the ownership of the Prince von Metternich, who established in it his residence and set a family tomb here. The castle remained in the ownership of the Metternich House until 1945.
(«u»Source«/u»: «i»From Petr PETRIK: "«b»FAMILY CHRONICLE: Family of Diana Špičková«/b»" «/i»)
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1873 - 1921 (47 let)
