Skočice is a municipality and village in Strakonice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
Skočice | |
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 View from the north | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Skočice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°11′10″N 14°6′15″E / 49.18611°N 14.10417°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | South Bohemian |
| District | Strakonice |
| First mentioned | 1399 |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.82 km2 (3.79 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 462 m (1,516 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 241 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 387 75, 389 01 |
| Website | www |
Administrative parts
editThe village of Lidmovice is an administrative part of Skočice.
Etymology
editThe name is derived from the personal name Skok, meaning "the village of Skok's people".[2]
Geography
editSkočice is located about 16 kilometres (10 mi) southeast of Strakonice and 34 km (21 mi) northwest of České Budějovice. The western part of the municipality with the Skočice village lies in the Bohemian Forest Foothills, the eastern part with Lidmovice lies in the České Budějovice Basin. The highest point is the hill Hrad at 667 m (2,188 ft) above sea level, located on the eastern border of the municipality. The slopes of the hill are protected as the Skočický Hrad Nature Reserve.
The brook Lidmovický potok originates here and flows across the municipal territory. There are several fishponds in the municipality; the largest are Jordán and Louženský.
History
editThe first written mention of Skočice is from 1399.[3]
Demographics
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Transport
editThe I/22 road from Vodňany to Strakonice, which further continues to Klatovy, passes through the municipality.
Sights
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The main landmark of Skočice is the Church of the Visitation of Our Lady. It is an atypical octagonal church, built is the early Baroque style in 1677–1678. The church, originally as a chapel, was built for Polyxena Ludmila of Sternberg for its alleged miraculous image of Our Lady of Help (a copy of Cranach's Icon of Maria Hilf in Passau), and subsequently became a pilgrimage site. The area includes the cemetery and the Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk from the mid-18th century.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ Profous, Antonín (1957). Místní jména v Čechách IV: S–Ž (in Czech). p. 75.
- ^ "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Skočice. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
- ^ "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 Navštívení P. Marie" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
- ^ "Skočický kostel" (in Czech). Obec Skočice. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
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