Oselce

Oselce (German: Wos(s)eletz, Wosoletz or Wassenbach; in old Czech: Oselec) is a village and municipality Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It lies nine kilometers south-east from Nepomuk. The municipality of Oselce consists of three villages, Oselce proper, Kotouň and Nová Ves. Total population of the municipality was 381 according to 2001 census (of which 225 in Oselce, 126 in Kotouň and 30 in Nová Ves).

Oselce Castle: Oselce has existed since at least 1388. In 1662 Jiří Kryštof Kokořovec is recorded as the holder of Woselecz. The first castle was built in 1680. Barock Palace whose current form is due to major remodel by Baumeister Giacomo Antonio de Maggi begun in 1705 and completed in 1737. Prince-Bishop, Prince Abbot Heinrich von Bibra’s nephew, Philipp Anton von Bibra (1751-1826 ) purchased it in 1808 from Prof. Antonin Zürchauer who himself purchase it a year earlier from František Dominik Janovský. By contract it went from Philip Anton to his son-in-law, Clemens Wenzel von Boos zu Waldeck und Montfort, husband of their only surviving child, Johanna Carolina Thekla Freiin von Bibra (1774-1856). Their son, Franz Anton von Boos zu Waldeck occupied the place in 1832. They were also the parents of Count Ludwig Joseph von Boos-Waldeck who promoted the settling of Texas by Germans. .