Miskovice is a municipality and village in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Miskovice consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]
- Miskovice (403)
- Bylany (222)
- Hořany (83)
- Mezholezy (49)
- Přítoky (386)
Etymology
The initial name of the village was Myslkovice. The name was derived from the personal name Myslek, meaning "the village of Myslek's people". In the 15th century, the name was distorted to Miskovice.[3]
Geography
Miskovice is located about 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Kutná Hora and 48 km (30 mi) east of Prague. It lies in an agricultural landscape in the Upper Sázava Hills. The highest point is at 469 m (1,539 ft) above sea level. The Vrchlice Stream flows along the southern municipal border. Part of the Vrchlice Reservoir, built on the Vrchlice, is located within the territory of Miskovice.
History
The first written mention of Miskovice is from 1131.[4]
Demographics
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Transport
The I/2 road from Prague to Kutná Hora and Pardubice passes through the municipality.
Sights
A notable building is the former Renaissance fortress in Přítoky. It dates from the end of the 16th century. Later it was rebuilt into a homestead, but many Renaissance elements have been preserved.[7]
Near Bylany is the Spring of Saint Adalbert, which supplied Kutná Hora with drinking water in the Middle Ages. Above the spring stands the Chapel of St. Adalbert from the end of the 19th century, decorated with a statue of St. Adalbert from the first half of the 18th century.[8][9]
Archaeology
In 2003, the first Czech fossil bones of a non-avian dinosaur were found in an abandoned quarry in the municipality. These belong to a small ornithopod related to the popular genus Iguanodon.[10]
Notable people
- Antonietta Brandeis (1848–1926), Czech-Italian painter
References
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
- ^ Profous, Antonín (1951). Místní jména v Čechách III: M–Ř (in Czech). pp. 94–95.
- ^ "Miskovice (Kutná Hora, Česko)" (in Czech). Středočeská vědecká knihovna v Kladně. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Tvrz" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ "Víte o nich? Studánky a prameny na Kutnohorsku rozhodně stojí za návštěvu". Deník.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2025-02-21.
- ^ "kaple sv. Vojtěcha" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ "Dinosaurus od Mezholez" (PDF). Zpravodaj 2/2018 (in Czech). Obec Miskovice. October 2018. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
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