Visited:31. 9. 2021
History:Brodce (German: Prödlas) is a small village located about 4 km southwest of Kadan. The name of the village is a diminutive of the word brod. In historical documents, the name appears for example in the forms Brodecz (1460), in Brodczych (1488), Brodeczno (1593), Prödles (1614), Predles (1654), Prödlas (1787) or Brödlas (1846). The first written mention of the village dates back to 1373. Brodce was mentioned for the second time in 1460, when Otto of Ilburk sold the manor of Egerberk Castle to Boss of Fictum. It belonged to the Fictums until 1557, when Bohuslav Felix Hasištejnský of Lobkowice bought it. The Lobkowitz family sold the estate to Linhart the Elder of Štampach, whose son took an active part in the Estates Revolt of 1618-1620, for which he was sentenced to lose his property. The confiscated villages were bought by Christopher Simon Thun in 1623 and annexed to the Klášterek manor. The village remained with him until the abolition of serfdom. According to the tax rula of 1654, there were six cottagers and one serf without land in Brodce, who kept one cow and one heifer. The cottagers owned a total of eight covers, twelve cows and five heifers. One of them worked as a shoemaker and another ran a mill with one wheel. Rye was grown in the fields. In the nineteenth century, agriculture was the main source of livelihood for the inhabitants and two mills operated in the village. After the abolition of the patrimonial administration, the village became part of the village of Pastviny and in 1869 it was already part of the village of Zvoníčkov. In 1921 the village became part of Patviny again. In the 1930s, there was only one mill, a sawmill and a seladonite crushing plant, which was mined under the name of Kadaňská hlinka under Úhoštěm. The only services available were a newsagent and a pub. After the Second World War, the Germans were displaced, but new inhabitants moved in. So while in 1930 there were 52 inhabitants, in 1950 there were only 25 inhabitants. In 1953, the village was officially closed down as part of the creation of the Hradiště military district. In 1960, however, the village became part of the municipality of Úhošt'any. In 1963, pear orchards (16 hectares) and cherry orchards (12 hectares) were established in the area, which still existed in an unmaintained state at the end of the 20th century. In the 1970s the population began to decline until the village was almost depopulated. In 1989, the village became part of the town of Kadan, where it remains today. According to the 2011 census, there were 16 inhabitants.
Source:https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodce_(When%C5%88)
Impressions:A tiny village, located southwest of Kadana, where there are two interesting places.
