Okres Pribram (Wikipedia)
Příbram District (Okres Příbram in Czech) in district (okres) within the Central Bohemian Region (Středočeský kraj) of the Czech Republic. The capital is the city of Příbram, nearby are the cities of Dobříš and Sedlčany.
Mohelnicky family in Pribram
Pribram is the place where Mohelnicky family lived during the 18th and 19th centuries. The name of this town is mentioned in the last will of Vincencius Mohelnicky from 1825 and it is also mentioned in the marriage record of Antonin Mohelnicky from Sedlcany in 1834.
Pribram itself was founded in the 12th century, the first remark comes from 1216. The village of Pribram became a town in 1406 and it became part of the king's domain in 1431. The area was well known for its silver mines – it was one of the reasons why Pribram was a royal town. The extensive mining meant large development for the town – the mining didn't stop before 1989 (the silver was not mined anymore, but there were several mines for uranium in the area).
The parish of St. Jacob was founded in 13th century when the local church of St. Jacob was built. The oldest registries date back to the year 1641, but the regular registries date back to the year 1687.
Mohelnicky families in Pribram before 1763
The oldest Mohelnicky found in Pribram was not yet found in the registries – he was found on a website dedicated to mining, where he is mentioned in the article about mining in Pribram and surroundings. The acticle says: "Druhou flusárnu měl roku 1685 mlynář Martin Mohelnický u rybníka Obory." It means: Miller Martin Mohelnicky had the second workshop for potash production, which was located by the Obora pond.
The Mohelnicky's potash workshop is later (in 1733) also mentioned in the registries.
There are two oldest Mohelnickys men right now who are known from the registries – one of them is Martin Mohelnicky, another Vaclav Mohelnicky, both burghers from Pribram. The Pribram registries are quite extensive (several hundred pages per one registry), so the registries were searched for the years 1731 to 1735 and then from 1763.
All of the Mohelnickys living in Pribram are mentioned as "liberi," which means free person,
someone who is not subject to any domain.
~by Blanka Lednicka, Sept. 2009
To be updated as more information is found. . .