Horoměřice

Horoměřice
Municipality
Horoměřice Castle
Flag Coat of arms
Horoměřice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°7′54″N 14°20′20″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Prague-West
First mentioned	1088
Government
• Mayor	Jan Herčík
Area
• Total	8.05 km^2 (3.11 sq mi)
Elevation	308 m (1,010 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	5,405
• Density	670/km^2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	252 62
Website	www.horomerice.cz

Horoměřice is a municipality and village in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,400 inhabitants, which makes it the most populous municipality in the country without the town status.

Geography

Horoměřice is situated northwest of Prague, in its immediate vicinity. It lies in an agricultural landscape of the Prague Plateau.

History

The first written mention of Horoměřice is from 1273. Back then it was owned by the Strahov Monastery. The monastery lost the village during the Hussite Wars in 1421, but after changing hands several times, the monastery owned it continuously from 1598 until establishment of the municipality.[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 871 —     1880 957 +9.9% 1890 1,221 +27.6% 1900 1,270 +4.0% 1910 1,268 −0.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,269 +0.1% 1930 1,649 +29.9% 1950 1,530 −7.2% 1961 1,616 +5.6% 1970 1,614 −0.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 1,698 +5.2% 1991 1,645 −3.1% 2001 2,042 +24.1% 2011 3,860 +89.0% 2021 5,151 +33.4%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Transport

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

Sights

In the municipality is a simple castle from the 18th century, which belonged to the Strahov Monastery until 1945. Today it is owned by the municipality, which intends to reconstruct and use it for social and cultural purposes.[5]

Notable people

• Benedikt Roezl (1824–1885), traveller, gardener and botanist

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Horoměřice. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
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. "Horoměřice chtějí opravit svůj zámek" (in Czech). Praha TV. 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2022-05-16.

External links

• Official website