Chotilsko

Chotilsko
Municipality
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Chotilsko Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°46′14″N 14°21′9″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Příbram
First mentioned	1359
Area
• Total	27.23 km^2 (10.51 sq mi)
Elevation	340 m (1,120 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	608
• Density	22/km^2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	262 03
Website	www.chotilsko.cz

Chotilsko is a municipality and village in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Chotilsko consists of 13 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]

• Chotilsko (130)
• Cholín-Boubovny (4)
• Hněvšín (14)
• Knihy (0)
• Kobylníky (0)
• Křeničná (44)
• Lipí (18)
• Mokrsko (55)
• Prostřední Lhota (172)
• Sejcká Lhota (35)
• Smilovice (34)
• Záborná Lhota (95)
• Živohošť (13)

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Chotěl. The suffix -sko indicates that the village was founded on the site of another village, which was abandoned.[3]

Geography

Chotilsko is located about 27 kilometres (17 mi) northeast of Příbram and 29 km (18 mi) south of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is the hill Besedná at 497 m (1,631 ft) above sea level. The municipality is situated on the left shore of the Slapy Reservoir, built on the Vltava River. There are several fishponds in the municipal territory.

History

The first written mention of Chotilsko is from 1359. From 1411, the village belonged to the Korkyně estate. In 1680, Chotilsko was annexed to the Slapy estate, owned by the Zbraslav Monastery From 1825 until the establishment of a sovereign municipality in 1850, the village was a property of Count Karel Bedřich Srb.[4]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 912 —     1880 992 +8.8% 1890 984 −0.8% 1900 919 −6.6% 1910 887 −3.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 848 −4.4% 1930 800 −5.7% 1950 627 −21.6% 1961 548 −12.6% 1970 467 −14.8%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 444 −4.9% 1991 351 −20.9% 2001 366 +4.3% 2011 434 +18.6% 2021 614 +41.5%
Source: Censuses[5][6]

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

Church of Saints Fabian and Sebastian

The most important monument is the Church of Saints Fabian and Sebastian, located in Živohošť. The original church was a Romanesque building from the 11th century, built inside a gord of the Přemyslid dynasty. It was originally a three-nave basilica, which is rare for the Czech countryside. Around 1380, it was rebuilt in the Gothic style. Further modifications were made in the 15th and 16th centuries and then in the neo-Romanesque style in 1858–1859.[7]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
3. Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). pp. 42–43.
4. "Program rozvoje obce Chotilsko na období 2017–2023" (in Czech). Obec Chotilsko. 2017-05-30. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
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. "Kostel sv. Fabiána a Šebestiána" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-08-13.

External links

• Official website