Bohostice

Bohostice
Municipality
Centre of Bohostice
Centre of Bohostice
Flag of Bohostice
Flag
Coat of arms of Bohostice
Coat of arms
Bohostice is located in Czech Republic
Bohostice
Bohostice
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°36′8″N 14°8′17″E / 49.60222°N 14.13806°E / 49.60222; 14.13806
Country Czech Republic
RegionCentral Bohemian
DistrictPříbram
First mentioned1386
Area
 • Total
20.90 km2 (8.07 sq mi)
Elevation
417 m (1,368 ft)
Population
 (2024-01-01)[1]
 • Total
208
 • Density10.0/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
262 31
Websitewww.bohostice.cz

Bohostice is a municipality and village in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

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The village of Kamenná is an administrative part of Bohostice.

Etymology

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The origin of the name is unsure. The initial name of the village was probably Bohumstice and was derived from the personal Bohumest, meaning "the village of Bohumest's people".[2]

Geography

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Bohostice is located about 13 kilometres (8 mi) southeast of Příbram and 49 km (30 mi) south of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is the hill Hřebeny at 544 m (1,785 ft) above sea level. The municipality is situated on the shore of the Orlík Reservoir, built on the Vltava River.

The stream Bohostický potok flows through the municipality. There is the Bohostice Nature Monument along the stream, protected due to the occurrence of the dusky large blue. It was declared in 2013.[3]

History

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The first written mention of Bohostice is from 1386.[4]

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
18691,014—    
1880911−10.2%
1890846−7.1%
1900829−2.0%
1910728−12.2%
YearPop.±%
1921648−11.0%
1930583−10.0%
1950366−37.2%
1961356−2.7%
1970305−14.3%
YearPop.±%
1980256−16.1%
1991191−25.4%
2001194+1.6%
2011202+4.1%
2021209+3.5%
Source: Censuses[5][6]

Transport

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The village of Kamenná

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

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On the Chlumec hill is a Jewish cemetery. It is a well-preserved small village cemetery with valuable, mostly Neoclassical gravestones and several remarkable younger stelae of the traditional type from the mid-19th century.[7]

The Bohostice Castle was built in the mid-18th century and, then it was rebuilt in the 19th century. Due to insensitive modifications in the 1980s, the monument protection of the building was cancelled.[8]

The remains of the Church of St. Stephen from 1352 in the former village of Těchnice still stands below the reservoir surface. It was flooded during the construction of the dam in 1960.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
  2. ^ Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). p. 112.
  3. ^ "Přibudou tři nová chráněná území v okrese" (in Czech). Deník.cz. 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  4. ^ "Úplné znění územního plánu obce Bohostice: Textová část" (in Czech). Obec Bohostice. March 2020. p. 41. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  5. ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
  6. ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
  7. ^ "Židovský hřbitov" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  8. ^ "Zámek" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  9. ^ "Kostel sv. Štěpána". znicenekostely.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-08-22.
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