Hovorčovice
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hovorčovice
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Hovorčovice, Hlavní str 3.jpg
| image_caption = Main street
| image_flag = Hovorcovice CZ flag.gif
| image_shield = Hovorcovice znak.jpg
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CZE}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Central Bohemian
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Prague-East
| image_map =
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = Czech Republic
| pushpin_relief = 1
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic
| coordinates = {{coord|50|10|43|N|14|31|5|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 1088
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 2.14
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 226
| population_as_of = 2024-01-01
| population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/population-of-municipalities-qexb0dqr2d|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2024-05-17}}
| population_total = 2566
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = CET
| utc_offset1 = +1
| timezone1_DST = CEST
| utc_offset1_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 250 64
| area_code_type =
| area_code =
| website = {{URL|https://www.hovorcovice.cz/}}
| footnotes =
}}
Hovorčovice is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,600 inhabitants.
Etymology
The name is derived from the personal name Hovořic or Hovora, meaning "the village of Hovořic's (Hovora's) people". The term hovora, from which the personal name arose, used to denote a person who talked a lot.{{cite book |last=Profous|first=Antonín|title=Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H|url=https://mjc.ujc.cas.cz/search.php|page=734|year=1947|language=cs}}
Geography
Hovorčovice is located about {{convert|6|km|0}} north of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Central Elbe Table. In the centre of the village is a fishpond.
History
The first written mention of Hovorčovice is from 1088, when King Vratislaus II donated the village to the Vyšehrad Chapter. The village was almost completely destroyed by the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War. From 1652 to 1945, the estate was owned by the Nostitz family. The independent municipality was established in 1908.{{cite web |title=Vznik a historie obce|url=https://www.hovorcovice.cz/strucna-historie|publisher=Obec Hovorčovice|language=cs|access-date=2023-03-28}}
Demographics
{{historical populations
|align=none|cols=3
|1869|260
|1880|329
|1890|370
|1900|352
|1910|347
|1921|350
|1930|552
|1950|724
|1961|918
|1970|954
|1980|1073
|1991|976
|2001|984
|2011|2361
|2021|2687
|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}}}}
Transport
Hovorčovice is located on the railway line Prague–Mělník.{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Hovorčovice|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/hovorcovice/5454736|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2023-12-28}} It is also served by suburban buses (part of the Prague Integrated Transport system).
Sights
File:Hovorčovice, kostel (6).jpg
The main landmark of Hovorčovice is the Church of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist. It was built in the early Gothic style in the second half of the 13th century and rebuilt in the Baroque style.{{cite web |title=Kostel Narození sv. Jana Křtitele|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-narozeni-sv-jana-krtitele-2147308|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-03-28}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Hovorčovice}}
- {{official|https://www.hovorcovice.cz/}}
{{Prague-East District}}
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