Lážovice

Lážovice
Municipality
View from the north
Lážovice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°51′30″N 14°4′17″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Beroun
First mentioned	1233
Area
• Total	4.89 km^2 (1.89 sq mi)
Elevation	320 m (1,050 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	115
• Density	24/km^2 (61/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	267 24
Website	www.lazovice.cz

Lážovice is a municipality and village in Beroun District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Nové Dvory is an administrative part of Lážovice.

Etymology

The initial name of the village was Hlázovice. The name was derived from the personal name Hláza, meaning "the village of Hláza's people". In the 17th century, the name distorted to Lážovice.[2]

Geography

Lážovice is located about 11 kilometres (7 mi) south of Beroun and 31 km (19 mi) southwest of Prague. It lies in a mostly agricultural landscape in the Hořovice Uplands. The highest point is a nameless hill at 451 m (1,480 ft) above sea level. The brook Novodvorský potok flows through the municipality. There are three small fishponds in the municipality, supplies by nameless tributaries of the Novodvorský potok.

History

The first written mention of Lážovice is in a deed of King Wenceslaus I from 1233.[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 333 —     1880 352 +5.7% 1890 302 −14.2% 1900 356 +17.9% 1910 316 −11.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 297 −6.0% 1930 293 −1.3% 1950 237 −19.1% 1961 210 −11.4% 1970 174 −17.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 120 −31.0% 1991 93 −22.5% 2001 78 −16.1% 2011 88 +12.8% 2021 106 +20.5%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

Transport

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

Sights

Chapel

The most valuable monument in Lážovice is a late Baroque rural chapel from the end of the 18th century.[6]

Most of the municipal territory lies in a landscape monument zone called Osovsko. It is a regular agricultural landscape around Osov with a net of paths lined with avenues. It was established in two phases after the Thirty Years' War and after 1805.[7]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. Profous, Antonín (1949). Místní jména v Čechách II: CH–L (in Czech). p. 492.
3. "O obci" (in Czech). Obec Lážovice. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
4. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
5. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
6. "Kaplička" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
7. "Osovsko – krajinná památková zóna" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-08.

External links

• Official website