Senomaty

Senomaty 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}}

• Senomaty (957)
• Hostokryje (123)
• Nouzov (142)

Senomaty is located about {{convert|5|km|0}} west of Rakovník and {{convert|47|km|abbr=on}} west of Prague. It lies in the Rakovník Uplands. The highest point is at {{convert|419|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The stream Rakovnický potok flows through the market town.

The first written mention of Senomaty is in a donation deed of King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia from 1233. During the rule of King John of Bohemia, in 1315, Senomaty was promoted to a market town.{{cite web |title=Z historie obce Senomaty|url=https://www.senomaty.cz/o-mestysi/historie/senomaty/historie/|publisher=Městys Senomaty|language=cs|access-date=2023-03-08}}{{cite web |title=Senomaty (Česko)|url=https://ipac.svkkl.cz/arl-kl/en/detail/?&idx=kl_us_auth*g0100648|publisher=Středočeská vědecká knihovna v Kladně|language=cs|access-date=2023-03-08}}

In 1589, Emperor Rudolf II sold Senomaty to Václav Hochhauzer of Pšovce. During his rule the inhabitants were oppressed. In 1592, the market town was destroyed by fire and many residents preferred to move away. The Hochhauzer family owned Senomaty until 1613, when they sold it to the town of Rakovník. With a short break in 1624, Senomaty was property of Rakovník until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1850 and shared its owners and history.

{{historical populations

|align=none|cols=3

|1869|1613

|1880|1690

|1890|1519

|1900|1580

|1910|1617

|1921|1554

|1930|1661

|1950|1270

|1961|1240

|1970|1105

|1980|940

|1991|851

|2001|897

|2011|1083

|2021|1222

|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}}}}

Senomaty is located on the railway line Rakovník–Bečov nad Teplou.{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Senomaty|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/senomaty/5476104|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2023-11-08}}

File:Senomaty kostel sv. Vavřince 5.jpg

The main landmark of Senomaty is the Church of Saint Lawrence. The church has a late Romanesque nave, which was expanded in the Gothic style in the 14th century. Later it was modified in the Baroque style. Next to the church is a separate half-timbered Renaissance belfry.{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Vavřince|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-vavrince-2150837|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-03-08}}

The Church of Saint Stephan is a small cemetery church on the edge of the market town. It was built in the Baroque style in the 18th century.{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Štěpána|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-stepana-2163316|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-03-08}}

• Celda Klouček (1855–1935), sculptor and designer
• Karel Burian (1870–1924), operatic tenor; lived and died here

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Category:Market towns in the Czech Republic