Církvice is a municipality and village in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants. The village of Jakub is the municipality is known for the Church of Saint James the Great, which is one of the most valuable Romanesque buildings in the country.
Církvice | |
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_D._KostelSvVavrince.jpg) Church of Saint Lawrence | |
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  Církvice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°56′44″N 15°20′6″E / 49.94556°N 15.33500°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Central Bohemian |
| District | Kutná Hora |
| First mentioned | 1276 |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.12 km2 (3.91 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 214 m (702 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,337 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 285 33 |
| Website | www |
Administrative parts
editThe village of Jakub is an administrative part of Církvice.
Etymology
editThe name is derived from cierkev, which was an old Czech term for a wooden church.[2]
Geography
editCírkvice is located about 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Kutná Hora and 32 km (20 mi) west of Pardubice. The villages of Církvice and Jakub are urbanistically merged. The municipality lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the Central Elbe Table lowland. The Klejnárka River flows through the municipality. There are several ponds around the villages.
History
editThe first written mention of Církvice is from 1276.[3]
Demographics
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Transport
editThe I/38 road from Jihlava to Kolín passes through the municipality.
Církvice is located on the railway line leading from Kolín to Havlíčkův Brod.
Sights
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The Church of Saint James the Great in Jakub is one of the most important Romanesque buildings in the country, protected as a national cultural monument. This church was built between 1148 and 1165. Several reconstructions and modifications were made, but in 1872–1874 the church was cleaned of these reconstructions and its purely Romanesque character was restored. The preserved sculptural decoration is also unique and very valuable.[6]
The Church of Saint Lawrence in Církvice was probably built at the end of the 13th century and was first documented in 1352. In the second half of the 17th century, the original Gothic building was baroque rebuilt. Valuable is also the early Baroque rectory.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). p. 281.
- ^ "Církvice (Kutná Hora, Česko)" (in Czech). Středočeská vědecká knihovna v Kladně. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Kostel sv. Jakuba" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ "Kostel sv. Vavřince s farou" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
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