The smallholding No. 33 was built at the end of the 18th century. At that time, the region developed hastily because it became one of the biggest Marian sites in Moravia. The economic development enabled the old large farms to be divided and the new smallholdings to be built. In this way the Orličkovský farm was divided as well. This farm was documented at the end of the 16th century for the fi rst time. The new smallholdings No. 31, 32 a 33 belong to the signifi cant homesteads within the developing social structure. Their inhabitants were considered to be quite rich people. For a long time, the smallholdings were owned by one family, the Matulíks in our case, who had possessed it for almost 150 years since the mid-18th century. The historical sources inform us about the laborious life of the peasants who had to earn their own living and to comply with the obligations to the nobility and to other participants in the smallholding. According to the then rules, these participants had their fi nancial shares in the smallholdings. They could be the former owners or their descendants to whom the entire price of the smallholding was not fully paid. In our case, the participants are almost solely the brothers and sisters of the owner, who inherited their shares after their parents. In 1827, František Matulík had to pay 20 guldens and one cow to Josefa Matulíková, 20 guldens to František Mikliš and 20 guldens and one cow to Jan Matulík. The latter died probably after he had married Veronika Buršová and the farmer refused to pay the share. The juridical proceedings and the obligation to pay the court costs forced him to settle up with Veronika in 1880. The payment of debts and shares was only temporary, as they appeared again with each transfer of property. Therefore, the smallholdings were indebted permanently, which affected many personal decisions.
