Březová-Oleško

Březová-Oleško
Municipality
Hlavní street in Oleško
Flag Coat of arms
Březová-Oleško Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°54′52″N 14°24′59″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Prague-West
First mentioned	1310
Area
• Total	6.48 km^2 (2.50 sq mi)
Elevation	335 m (1,099 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,432
• Density	220/km^2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	252 45
Website	www.brezova-olesko.cz

Březová-Oleško is a municipality in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants. It is located on a promontory above the Vltava River.

Administrative parts

The municipality is made up of the villages of Březová and Oleško.

Etymology

The name Březová is an adjective from bříza, i.e. 'birch'.[2] The name Oleško was probably derived from the personal name Oleš, which was a Czech variant of Alexius.[3]

Geography

Březová-Oleško is located about 19 kilometres (12 mi) south of Prague. It lies on the Prague Plateau on the right bank of the Vltava River. The highest point is the hill V Hoře at 392 m (1,286 ft) above sea level. The municipality is situated on a promontory delimited by the valleys of the Vltava and the stream Zahořanský potok.

History

The first written mention of both villages is from 1310 (as part of a donation to the Ostrov Monastery in Davle, written in a deed of Pope Clement V).[4]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 195 —     1880 209 +7.2% 1890 254 +21.5% 1900 239 −5.9% 1910 217 −9.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 211 −2.8% 1930 254 +20.4% 1950 398 +56.7% 1961 434 +9.0% 1970 366 −15.7%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 302 −17.5% 1991 254 −15.9% 2001 372 +46.5% 2011 929 +149.7% 2021 1,473 +58.6%
Source: Censuses[5][6]

Transport

The municipality can be reached by regular transport from Prague, but it is impassable for cars as it is a dead end.[4]

Sights

There are no protected cultural monuments.[7]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). pp. 188–189.
3. Profous, Antonín (1951). Místní jména v Čechách III: M–Ř (in Czech). p. 266.
4. "O obci" (in Czech). Obec Březová-Oleško. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
5. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
6. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
7. "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Březová-Oleško". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-19.

External links

• Official website