Beschreibung
The first written mention of Kytín comes from 1321. These writings even mention the church of the Virgin Mary, which at that time decorated our valley. According to traditional legends, the name Kytín originated from the word "kytí" - flower, or according to the word "kutati", because there were silver and gold mines in the area. Despite the fact that these two legends may be close to the truth, we know today what it was really like with that floral name.
One of the many picturesque hills near Kytín, from which you can see all the way to Prague in nice weather, is still, certainly not by chance, called Na Babinské. This is certainly because the well-known thief Babinský and his large retinue robbed buyers and traders traveling on the trails and set out on this hill surrounded by forests. However, he did not choose this place by chance! Not far from Kytín, a golden path stretched from Prague through Dobříš to the south, which was a gold mine for every robber.
Well, you know it. Where there are travelers, buyers and paws, who all have a lot of gold, of course, a good drink is needed. And because there were wells with great water, wide pastures for horses and deep forests with wood suitable for construction, there was soon a settlement called Pitín. But perhaps due to an inattentive official who spent the whole night in the Pitínská pub, one day the distorted name "Kytín" appeared in the provincial records. It was then copied several times, which is why today you know our village under this changed, but still a little more poetic name. Of course, this change of name did not mean that the Hittens would stop drinking! On the contrary, since many generations of Kytín residents always like to pour something good, whether water or beer, from a mug, thirst itself began to inherit from generation to generation.
The last important milestone in this story is the spring of 1879. On April 4 of this year, Josef Pomahač was born in the village of Zahořany, not far from Kytín. Josef, who was industrious in his own name, later married Kytín and as a bricklayer and took part in the construction of various buildings. This was the case until February 1915, when he enlisted in the 102nd Army Regiment in Benešov and from there he was sent to the eastern front of the Great War. Josef Pomahač never returned from the Great War. He died in what was then Galicia at a field hospital in Jaroslaw. Fortunately for us, he left his descendants in Kytín and the Pomahač family settled here permanently.
In the first surviving map, in which the monks drew flower houses, ponds, meadows, fields, forests and roads, they did not forget to draw the then farm buildings on the site of today's brewery, and we thank them for that today. On a slightly more up-to-date map, we have marked the route of the golden trail with the Na Babinské hill marked for you, and you will of course find a Kytín church and a brewery on it.
