Choltice

Choltice consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2022}}

• Choltice (1,101)
• Ledec (58)
• Podhorky (15)

Choltice is located about {{convert|12|km|0}} southwest of Pardubice. It lies on the border between the Svitavy Uplands and Iron Mountains, within the Polabí region. The Struha Stream flows through the market town. There is a system of fishponds built on the stream.

The first written mention of Choltice is in a deed of King Wenceslaus II from 1285. The fortress in Choltice was first documented in 1397. Sometime between 1532 and 1541, the village was promoted to a market town. Until 1623, the owners of Choltice often changed and included various lower noblemen. In 1623, Choltice was acquired by the Thun und Hohenstein family. Except for a short break in 1721–1731, they owned Choltice until the establishment of a sovereign municipality.{{cite web |title=Historie|url=https://www.choltice.cz/mestys/historie/|publisher=Městys Choltice|language=cs|access-date=2024-02-16}}

{{historical populations

|align=none|cols=3

|1869|1020

|1880|1124

|1890|1105

|1900|1091

|1910|1080

|1921|1060

|1930|1042

|1950|943

|1961|978

|1970|936

|1980|955

|1991|898

|2001|909

|2011|1056

|2021|1174

|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}}}

The railway line Přelouč–Heřmanův Městec runs through the municipal territory, however, the train stop named Choltice is located in the territory of neighbouring Svinčany.{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Choltice|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/choltice/5455743|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2024-02-16}}

File:Choltice, zámek (1).jpg

The main landmark is the Choltice Castle. It was originally a medieval fortress, rebuilt into a Renaissance castle in 1542–1570. In {{circa|1675–1700}}, the castle was rebuilt in the early Baroque style. The area with historically valuable buildings includes the Chapel of Saint Romedius, a court of honour with statues, farm facilities, a park and a garden with a gloriette.{{cite web |title=Zámek|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/zamek-18518695|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-02-16}} Today the castle is open to the public.{{cite web |title=Prohlídkové okruhy|url=https://www.zamek-choltice.cz/prohlidkove-okruhy/|work=Choltice Castle|language=cs|access-date=2024-02-16}}

A cultural monument is an unusual wooden belfry, built in the Alpine style in 1863 by the Counts of Thun und Hohenstein.{{cite web |title=Zvonice|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/zvonice-15898361|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-02-16}}

In the cemetery is a Neo-Romanesque cemetery chapel that includes the family tomb of the Thun und Hohenstein family. It was built in 1872–1873.{{cite web |title=Kaple hřbitovní s hrobkou Thun Hohensteinů|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kaple-hrbitovni-s-hrobkou-thun-hohensteinu-17730585|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-02-16}}

• Josef Vojtěch Hellich (1807–1880), painter and archaeologist
• Olga Richterová (born 1985), politician; grew up here

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{{Pardubice District}}

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Category:Populated places in Pardubice District

Category:Market towns in the Czech Republic