Horní Bukovina

Horní Bukovina
Municipality
Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk
Flag Coat of arms
Horní Bukovina Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°32′36″N 14°55′34″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Mladá Boleslav
First mentioned	1399
Area
• Total	5.54 km^2 (2.14 sq mi)
Elevation	290 m (950 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	261
• Density	47/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	295 01
Website	www.hornibukovina.cz

Horní Bukovina is a municipality and village in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Dolní Bukovina is an administrative part of Horní Bukovina.

Geography

Horní Bukovina is located about 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of Mladá Boleslav and 25 km (16 mi) south of Liberec. It lies in the Jizera Table. The highest point is at 310 m (1,020 ft) above sea level. The Zábrdka Stream flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Bukovina is from 1399. The village was a property of the monastery in Klášter Hradiště nad Jizerou, until the monastery was burned down in 1420. The next owners of Bukovina are unknown. In 1556, when Horní Bukovina and Dolní Bukovina were called Bukovina a Podbukovina, the two villages were bought by Jiří of Labouň. His family sold the villages to Václav Budovec of Budov in 1612. However, his properties were confiscated as a result of the Battle of White Mountain. Horní Bukovina and Dolní Bukovina were acquired by Albrecht von Wallenstein in 1622. From that year until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1848, the two villages were owned by the Waldstein family as part of the Mnichovo Hradiště estate.[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 497 —     1880 515 +3.6% 1890 517 +0.4% 1900 480 −7.2% 1910 480 +0.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 448 −6.7% 1930 385 −14.1% 1950 260 −32.5% 1961 310 +19.2% 1970 235 −24.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 216 −8.1% 1991 204 −5.6% 2001 206 +1.0% 2011 225 +9.2% 2021 238 +5.8%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Economy

Swimming pool in Dolní Bukovina

Dolní Bukovina is known for an outdoor swimming pool that was built already in 1937.[2]

Transport

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

Sights

The only protected cultural monument in the municipality is a farmyard from the beginning of the 19th century called Kristiánov. It consists of several Empire agricultural buildings.[5]

A landmark of Horní Bukovina is the Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk. It was built in 1888.[6]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Horní Bukovina. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
3. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
4. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
5. "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Horní Bukovina". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
6. "Kaple Horní Bukovina" (in Czech). Obec Horní Bukovina. Retrieved 2024-11-04.

External links

• Official website