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«b»Hilar (ii) ŠPIČKA«/b» -
studied at the Karlova University in Praha, and subsequently specialized in Internal
medicine. During his medical studies he met his future wife «b»Eva Kubertová«/b». He was an avid and dedicated member of the Sokol movement. He had excelled in sports, particularly in gymnastics, and remained an accomplished athlete most of his life. Hilar [II] was a modest man of strong moral principles. He valued personal honesty above anything else. He never abandoned the principle of simple frugal lifestyle, acquired during his youth and during his University studies, when he often struggled to make the ends meet.
After graduation, he held a position of an Assistant (Staff physician with academic appointment) at the Department of Internal medicine at the Vinohrady Hospital in Praha. In «i» 1936 «/i»he opened a private practice, with a subspecialty for diseases of the gastro-intestinal tract«i» . «/i»He kept his private practice until late «i» 1950s«/i», when the Communist government in a sweep of Nationalization of Healthcare closed all private medical practices. Subsequently he worked in a Public Health Clinic at Klimentská Street in Praha.
MUDr Hilar [II] had deep social feelings and his quest for social justice made him left leaning in his youth. However, the hypocrisy and duplicity of Communists in and after «i» 1948 «/i»left him deeply disillusioned. He had a natural gift to relate to people of all social backgrounds, and had been respected and loved by his patients. His daughter «b»Diana «/b»recalls assisting him after the official closure of his practice in his office, where he continued to see patients thus defying the official closure. This had been done at considerable risk for quite a longtime. The fact that he was never reported is a testimony of the loyalty of his patients.
On «i» July 4, 1931 «/i»he married «b»MUDr Eva Kubertová .«/b»«i» «/i»The interlude between the time of their graduation from the Medical School and the liquidation of the Czechoslovakia after the Munich accord on «i» September 30, 1938 «/i»was relatively short. Nonetheless, they had enjoyed the just earned financial freedom, as well as
the political freedom the "First Czechoslovak Republic" had offered. They vacationed travelling throughout the Europe, in particular enjoying the skiing in the Alps. At home, their favored sport activities were canoeing, hiking and mountaineering.
At the beginning of the WW II he bought a family summerhouse with a large garden at Pikovice, at the bank of the river Sázava, some 30 km south of Praha. This proved to be an excellent decision, as the whole family had been enjoying it for a number of decades. For Hilar [II], who loved physical work and activity, the house, which required constant attention, and the with the orchard, became his regular escape on weekends and vacations mitigating the of life during the Communist era. Since the property was situated in the proximity of a military areal during the German occupation, it was expropriated in «i» 1944«/i», though r to the family after the end of the war. During the last year of the war Hilar and Eva sent three children to the family house in Libni During his retirement the beloved Pikovice to be Hilar [II]'s refuge and sanctuary. As long as his health allowed, he had been
spending even longer periods of time there, enjoying above all the nature and the work in the He had been very fortunate that even in Praha he had a large garden. Having lived until end of his life in his own house in Praha surrounded by Daniel's family, and having the to watch his beloved granddaughters to grow up and mature, was a blessing of his age. And it had been made possible only because of the loving care of his daughter'96in'96law «b» Victoria, «/b»and his son «b» Daniel«/b». [II] and Eva Kubertová - had three children: «b» A) Daniel, B) Diana «/b»and «b» C) Hilar [III] .
«/b»(«u»Source«/u»: «i»From Petr PETRIK: "«b»FAMILY CHRONICLE: Family of Diana Špičková«/b»" «/i»)

Hilar byl(a) sezdán(a) s MUDr. Eva KUBERTOVÁ-ŠPIČKOVÁ, - plastická chirurgie 4 Červenec 1931. Eva (dcera od Julius KUBERT, - pražský setník a Bohumila (Milka) ZÁTKOVÁ-KUBERTOVÁ, - překladatelka angl. literatury) se narodil(a) 8 Prosinec 1903, Praha, Czech Rep.; zemřel(a) 16 Duben 1979, Praha. Czech Rep.. [Schéma rodiny]

1. Ing. Arch. Daniel ŠPIČKA se narodil(a) 5 Únor 1939, Praha, Czech Rep..
2. MUDr Diana ŠPIČKOVÁ-PETŘÍKOVÁ se narodil(a) 16 Listopad 1940, Praha, Czech Rep..
3. Hilar (iii) Benjamin ŠPIČKA se narodil(a) 22 Leden 1943, Praha, Czech Rep..

Poznámky:

«b»MUDr Hilar [I] ŠPIČKA«/b» -«i»
«/i» was born in Bohu ov and died in Plasy. He married «b»Milada Holečková «/b» who was born and died in Plasy. They had two children: older «b»1) Marie (Mářa)
«/b» and «b»2) Hilar [II]«/b» .
MUDr Hilar [I] pi ka held a position of a personal physician of the Prince Metternich in Plasy, and his official title was "Physician by Appointment of H. H. Prince von Metternich, Chief Physician of the Town of Plasy, and Chief Physician of the Railroads". However, this lofty title betrayed the sober reality that he and his family lived quite frugally in a small apartment in the Plasy castle.
«i» (According to the reminiscences of his son MUDr Hilar [II] pi ka passed on to in turn by his grandson Daniel pi ka)«/i» . Nonetheless, he could afford to buy in «i» 1913 «/i» a personal car manufactured by then quite renowned firm Laurin & Klement. Diana's cousin Vojt ch Palek shared with me an anecdote worth including in this account.
With his coachman Mr. Urbánek at the wheel, as usual, while returning to Plasy from Plze on a wintry nigh the car collided with a farmer's cart. Luckily, Hilar [I] wore two fur coats to keep himself warm in an open roof-less car. As he was thrown out of the car, he suffered serious concussion but no other injuries. After the accident he sold the car to the chauffeur of Prince Metternich for 5,000 K, who immediately resold
it to the Prince himself '96 for 25,000 K !
During the WWI MUDr Hilar [I] pi ka remained stationed in Plasy as a Chief P hysician of the military hospital created in the convent0 .
Hilar [I] had a brother «b»František«/b» , who was priest at Hustope near Brno, and held a
position of a professor at the local secondary school (Gymnasium). At Christmas he often joined his brother's family in Plasy. Marie (Má a) pi ková reminisces in her memoir, that during his visits at Plasy he often took his nephew and his niece for long walks.
A commemorative monument was constructed by his grateful parishioners and placed at the main road nearby.
«u»«b»PLASY«/u»«/b»:
Plasy is a small town with rich history located 25 km north of Plzeň (Pilsen) a beautiful countryside of forests, meadows and farmland. First historical record of Plasy with the foundation of a Cistercian monastery. In fact the history of Plasy is inseparable the history of the Cistercian monastery. Later, Plasy became domain of the powerful aristocratic family of Metternich '96 Czech prince Vladislav II (1140 '96 1171) the Cistercian order to establish a monastery in Plasy with a donation of Land holdings for Since the founding clerics came from Bavaria, the monastery had kept the German
character. In 15th century it was burnt down by the Hussites during the pre-reformation Hussite . The town quickly lost its significance and marauding armies of foreigners in 1620 found the deserted.
Rebuilding of the monastery and reconstruction of the town started only during the Counter-reformation backlash following the defeat of the Czech Protestant cause in 1921.
Between 1661 and 1785 famous architects J. B. Mathey, J. B. Santini and K. I. Dientzenhofer lavishly rebuilt the monastery in a baroque style. In 1825 the monastery was closed and sold in auction by Joseph II, an enlightened and very practical Hapsburg monarch . In 1826 the fief of Plasy came into the ownership of the Prince von Metternich, who established in it his residence and set a family tomb here. The castle remained in the ownership of the Metternich House until 1945.
(«u»Source«/u»: «i»From Petr PETRIK: "«b»FAMILY CHRONICLE: Family of Diana Špičková«/b»" «/i»)

Hilar — Milada HOLEČKOVÁ-ŠPIČKOVÁ. Milada (dcera od Ing. Josef (ii) HOLEČEK, - direktor, Plasy: Metternich-Winneberg panství a Anna KABÁTOVÁ-HOLEČKOVÁ) se narodil(a) 15 Říjen 1878, Plasy, Czech Rep.; zemřel(a) 2 Duben 1931, Plasy, Czech Rep.. [Schéma rodiny]

Poznámky:

«b»Milada HOLEČKOVÁ-ŠPIČKOVÁ«/b» -
had three brothers and a sister. Two brothers were lawyers, one of them a judge, and the third one was a professional engineer of waterways supervising river navigation.

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«b»Xyz ŠPIČKA«/b» -
was a farmer in Bohuňov. His first name and his wife's family name are not known at this point. He had two brothers, one in the service of the Church as a dean, the other one a merchant.
He married «b» Josefina «/b»?... «i» (November 11, 1841 - April 28, 1916)«/i». She rests in a tomb at the parish cemetery in Plasy along with her son «b» MUDr Hilar [I] ŠPIČKA«/b».
Hilar [I]'s father died early, leaving the little boy orphaned at young age.
Hilar [I] had a sister, who worked in a bank.

— Josefina ŠPIČKOVÁ. Josefina se narodil(a) 11 Listopad 1841; zemřel(a) 28 Duben 1916. [Schéma rodiny]

Poznámky:

«b»Josefina ŠPIČKOVÁ «/b»-
rests in a tomb at the parish cemetery in Plasy along with her son «b»MUDr Hilar [I] «/b».
Hilar [I]'s father died early, leaving the little boy orphaned at young age. Hilar [I] had a sister, who worked in a bank.

Josef — Anna KABÁTOVÁ-HOLEČKOVÁ. Anna (dcera od Josef KABÁT a Barbora KABÁTOVÁ) se narodil(a) 11 Únor 1854; zemřel(a) 7 Duben 1892. [Schéma rodiny]

Jiné události:

• Děti / Children: Celkem 12 dětí

Poznámky:

«b»Anna KABÁTOVÁ-HOLEČKOVÁ«/b» -
At the time of her premature death at 38, she was mother of 12 children.

Poznámky:

«b»Josef HOLEČEK«/b» -
He was a burgomaster (or burgrave, an appointed chief magistrate of a town in Austria-Hungary) in Drahonice.

Josef — Barbora HOLEČKOVÁ, - z Rožmitálu. [Schéma rodiny]

Josef — Barbora KABÁTOVÁ. [Schéma rodiny]