Loužná
Loužná is a small village, part of and located about 2.5 km south of Myslív in the Klatovy district. There are 43 addresses registered. In 2011, 46 people lived here permanently. It is also a cadastral territory with an area of 3.59 km².
History
The first written mention of the village dates back to 1558 when the village named Loužná is listed in the property of Adam of Sternberg. The village was a part of the Zelenohorské and then a plan estate, owned by the Šternberks and later Martinice. No information is known about the establishment of the village, but it is likely to be related to the operation of the Cistercian monastery under Zelena Hora.The name Loužná means a floodplain village. Old Czech dictionaries do not accurately reflect the word "lúžě", but it seems that the word also referred to a slightly larger water surface than the word puddle, pool. In the past, the name of the village was recorded in the form: Lauzna, Laucžna or Lauschna.
The village has two parts: Stankovy and Loužná. On the map of the first military survey from the 1860s the village is captured without the later part of Stankovy. At that time, the individual houses were situated practically only around a relatively large village square, on which a large cross was drawn, which preceded the local chapel, and a small pond. Part of Stankovy began to be built in the first half of the 19th century.
At present, Loužná is an integrated municipality of Myslív, including the Myslív parish.
Chapel of the Virgin Mary Queen
The chapel on the village square in Loužná was built in 1920. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary Queen and the pilgrimage is celebrated here on the first Sunday after 24 August. It's rectangular in shape, the roof is covered with tiles. In the 1970s a major repair of the interior of the chapel was made and was plastered from the outside. In 2009 - 2010 the chapel acquired a new roof and a copper bell tower. In front of the chapel stands a monument to the fallen soldiers of the I. and II. World War II, which was in 2011 replaced by a new granite monument and a new plaque.Genealogy and Immigration to America
So far, about 65 people born in Loužná have been identified as immigrating to America, sorted and profiled on FamilySearch. The earliest was probably Vaclav Sabek, who immigrated to Baltimore in 1870. He was soon followed by Anna Smolikova, who immigrated with her new husband Frantisek Duspiva in 1870 to St. Louis, Missouri, finally settling in Fayette County, Illinois. Several members of the Koncal, Urs, and Stipek families died tragically. The immigrants are listed as follows :| Embarkation | Arrival | Immigrants | Photos |
| SS Baltimore Bremen | 2 July 1870 Baltimore | ||
| Bark Pallas Bremen | 6 July 1870 Baltimore | ||
| c. 1880 | |||
| SS Hermann Bremen | 7 May 1880 Baltimore | ||
| SS Leipzig Bremen | 30 July 1880 Baltimore | ||
| SS Rhein Bremen | 27 June 1882 New York | , | |
| 30 October 1884 SS Hermann Bremen | 15 November 1884 Baltimore | , , , , , | |
| c. 1886 Baltimore | |||
| SS Donau Bremen | 10 November 1887 Baltimore | , | |
| SS Westernland Antwerp | 9 October 1888 New York | , , | |
| SS Suevia Hamburg & Havre | 26 August 1889 New York | Josef was the oldest son of Josef. He became a newspaper publisher and editor and was a commercial economist for the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. He ran a campaign as a Socialist for Congress from Chicago. | |
| SS Moravia Hamburg | 23 June 1890 New York | ||
| SS Salier Bremen | 23 December 1890 Baltimore | ||
| SS Dresden Bremen | 10 June 1891 Baltimore | , , , , , | |
| SS Columbia Hamburg & Southampton | 25 April 1892 New York | | |
| c. 1892 | |||
| 30 August 1894 HH Meier Bremen | 12 September 1894 Baltimore | ||
| 13 September 1894 SS Weser Bremen | 27 September 1894 Baltimore | ||
| c. 1895 | |||
| c. 1895 | |||
| 5 April 1898 SS Lahn Bremen | 15 April 1898 New York | ||
| c. 1901 | , Frantisek Kral's parents were 1st cousins. | ||
| 7 May 1901 SS Lahn Bremen | 16 May 1901 New York | ||
| 1 November 1902 SS Neckar Bremen | 16 November 1902 Baltimore | , | |
| 19 March 1903 SS Main Bremen | 6 April 1903 Baltimore | ||
| c. 1903 | |||
| c. 1904 | |||
| 24 April 1906 SS Kronprinz Wilhelm Bremen | 2 May 1906 New York | ||
| 30 August 1906 SS Rhein Bremen | 11 September 1906 Baltimore | , , , | |
| 12 March 1907 SS Kronprinz Wilhelm Bremen | 20 March 1907 Ellis Island | ||
| c. 1907 | |||
| 24 August 1907 SS President Lincoln Hamburg | 4 September 1907 New York | ||
| 1 June 1909 SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie Bremen | 8 June 1909 New York | ||
| before 1910 New York | |||
| 8 February 1910 SS George Washington Germany | 18 February 1910 New York | , , , , | |
| 11 February 1911 SS George Washington Germany | 20 February 1911 New York | ||
| 25 November 1911 SS Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm Bremen | 4 December 1911 Ellis Island | ||
| 4 November 1913 SS Kaiser Wilhelm II Bremen | 11 November 1913 Ellis Island | ||
| 21 October 1913 SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie Bremen | 28 October 1913 New York | ||
| 7 December 1920 SS La Touraine Le Havre | 17 December 1920 New York | ||
| 2 February 1921 SS Vauban Liverpool | 14 February 1921 Ellis Island | Sister of Frantisek and Vaclav. | |
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Population
Currently there are around 50 permanent residents.| Date | Population |
| 1850 | 259 |
| 1900 | 278 |
| 1950 | 166 |
| 1991 | 73 |
| 2011 | 46 |