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STEKNÍK AND TRNOVANY articulation is moderate and is based on classicist
The village of Stekník lies in the heart of component part morphology. The dwelling parts are oriented to the
01 and forms its core. It is surrounded by hop fields on village square, from which the courtyards are accessible
almost all sides. Today’s appearance of the buildings through gates, the residential buildings are connected
and their layout dates from the 18 century. Thanks to to other farm buildings, especially the stables and
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the preserved authentic form of the village core, the area granaries. The back edge of the plot is closed due
was declared a protected Rural Heritage Zone in 1995. to adjoining barns. Only in case of a few farmsteads
The development, which includes hop drying kilns and forming the northern part of the village square, this
hop warehouses, is located around the historic village typical layout was partly disrupted in the second half of
square, and is supplemented by a chateau with extensive the 20 century by the construction of several modern
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terrace gardens. The spatial structure of the village is agricultural buildings. They are, however, not visible
significantly influenced by its location on a promontory from the village square and considerably contributed to
above the floodplains of the river Ohře, on the plateau sustainable management of the local hop fields.
of which the central part of the village is situated. The
urban structure of the village can be characterised as two Architecturally high-quality buildings No. 9 and 10,
interconnected parts: the northern part, including the belonging to the Stekník Chateau estate, stand out from
core of the village with a village square surrounded by the smaller scale of the single-storey development.
farmsteads, and the southern, belonging to the chateau Farmsteads Nos. 18, 19, and 20 or No. 23 are also
grounds and modern hop growing operations with among the most architecturally valuable. All historic
workers’ hostels and a monoblock of a characteristic hall buildings of the village show many regionally specific
with a hop picking machine. The main access road to the features proving their use for the drying and processing
2. Description between hop fields, then rises from the flat floodplain used for storing hops in the roof spaces. Additional,
village from Žatec and Trnovany runs from the southwest
of hops. These include large openings in the roofs,
smaller openings, provided by blinds and allowing the
with a simple serpentine along a narrow neck in the west
regulation of the air during the drying of hops in the
and just before entering the village square it is diverted
loft, are opened in the side facades just below the main
northeast towards the village Hradiště.
The core of the village is a rectangular village square cornice. Numerous elements in the form of continuous
dormers or "oel-de-boeuf" oxeyedormers mounted on
with the original village pond modified into a fire water roof planes/surfaces, also have a similar function. Other
84 basin. The individual gables of farmsteads are oriented hip or ridge dormers on the roofs of farm buildings were
into the village square with their gable facades, which also used to handle hops.
with their material structure and decorative details well
represent the vernacular architecture of the region. The Hop drying kilns, most often in the form of high tower-
buildings are mostly single-storey, brick, with distinctly like buildings attached to standing structures, were built
rectangular layouts and gabled roofs. The architectural into the grounds of farmsteads since the end of the 19
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Farmsteads on the Stekník village square, Stekník, 2019