Písečník Other

Písečník is an aristocratic and in many ways a unique working colony in Brno city district Brno-north, in the cadastral territory of Husovice. It is one of the former emergency colonies that was created at the site of the former sandpit. Its space with a dripping outline consists of the only blind street Písečník, which comes from the intersection with the street Upper and Lozíbka. An interesting thing is the pedestrian connection with the stairs leading to the street Soběšická; Access to the street is prohibited except for traffic service. The western colony is bounded by the body of a railway line called "Tisnovka," which is closed by a steep slope from the south and by a gradually stopped area of the neighbouring colony Lozíbka.

The name of the colony (over time it was found as Colony in der Sandstätte, Colony in Sand Pand or Colony) is directly related to the operation of the sandpit. Gradually extracted areas were replaced by small houses designed for the families of workers of nearby Kralopolské strojíny, which connected with the colony by a direct road. The first buildings in Písečník were built at the beginning of 1919, especially on the road towards Královo Pole. The number of houses increased gradually, especially in the southern part of the property. Part of the land belonged to a general, part to a builder named Grimm.

The construction was very dense from the beginning. In the 1930s, there were eighty-four houses and thirty-two other places for construction were laid out in the rest of the space, if we also add three shops. However, small gardens were inserted between the buildings. The houses had different forms - they were simple wooden buildings, but also so-called dwellings made of disabled railway wagons, which were available for working families at a price of approximately 1,500 CZK per piece. During the reconstruction, the railway wagons were lined with reeds with plastered mesh, their walls were cleaned out and the saddle roofs with burnt roofs were added. In the 1930s, there were also ordinary brick houses. The speciality of Písečník was the cellars excavated directly in sandstone walls. Overall, it is assumed that around 400 inhabitants could live in this part of Brno.

After the end of World War II, the population of Písečník declined rapidly. The plan was the demolition of the entire colony in connection with a railway line envelope that was completed in 1953. In the end, however, only the northern edge of the settlement was cut off and only a few houses were demolished. A building closure was subsequently imposed throughout the territory in connection with a plan for the construction of the Husovický tunnel - but it eventually leads elsewhere and Písečník did not touch it. The construction closure has, to some extent, preserved the appearance of the houses.

In the 1980s, many houses served as garages, workshops or were used as weekend huts. The significant conversion of the site began only in the 1990s. Since then, the resemblance of this extraordinary place has gradually and irretrievably disappeared. Relative quiet and very good transport accessibility contribute to the attractiveness of the accommodation - the location is located near the entrance to the Grand Town District, the bus stop Lesná is only 100 metres away, there is also a railway stop Brno-Forest and tram loop Štefánikova district.