Hořiněves
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Hořiněves is a municipality and village in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The villages of Jeřičky, Želkovice and Žíželeves are administrative parts of Hořiněves.
Etymology
The name was derived from Hořina ves, meaning "Hora's village".[2]
Geography
Hořiněves is located about 11 kilometres (7 mi) north of Hradec Králové. It lies in an agricultural landscape of the East Elbe Table. The highest point is the flat hill Hořiněveské lípy at 320 metres (1,050 ft) above sea level.
History
The first written mention of Hořiněves is from 1238.[3]
Demographics
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Transport
There are no major roads passing through the municipality. The railway that runs through Hořiněves is unused.
Sights
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The main sight of Hořiněves is the Hořiněves Castle. It was created by complete reconstruction of an old aristocratic residence in 1661, then it was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1674–1676.[6]
The Church of Saint Procopius was built in the Baroque style in 1707. It was built on the site of a Gothic church from 1384, which was destroyed by the Hussites in 1425. In the village of Žíželeves there is the Church of Saint Nicholas, built in the late Baroque style in 1769–1776.[6]
The birth house of Václav Hanka, who is the most famous local native, is now a museum.[6]
Notable people
- Václav Hanka (1791–1861), philologist
- Josef Prokop Pražák (1870–1904), ornithologist
References
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 17 May 2024.
- ^ Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). p. 700.
- ^ "Program obnovy vesnice – Obec Hořiněves" (in Czech). Obec Hořiněves. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Hradec Králové" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 21 December 2015. pp. 3–4.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 27 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Historické památky v obci" (in Czech). Obec Hořiněves. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
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