The story
The first written mention of Stěžery is in a deed of King Ottokar I from 1229, when the village was acquired by the monastery in Opatovice nad Labem. The monastery owned Stěžery until the Hussite Wars. From 1421 to 1547, the village was a property of the city of Hradec Králové. In 1547, Stěžery was confiscated and immedialy sold by the royal chamber to Jan IV of Pernštejn. Between 1548 and 1551, the village belonged to Zdeněk Záruba of Hustířany.
From 1551, Stěžery was ruled by the Pravětický of Pravětice family. As a result of the Battle of White Mountain, their properties were confiscated in 1623 and the village was divided into three parts among different owners. During the Thirty Years' War, the village was looted repeatedly and almost disappeared. The entire Stěžery was bought by the Harrach family in 1650. They resettled the village by German families from Horní Branná between 1653 and 1665. The Harrachs owned Stěžery until the 19th century and were the last noble owners of the estate.
From Wikipedia’s article on Stěžery, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4