Skočice

Skočice
Municipality
View from the north
Flag Coat of arms
Skočice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°11′10″N 14°6′15″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Bohemian
District	Strakonice
First mentioned	1399
Area
• Total	9.82 km^2 (3.79 sq mi)
Elevation	462 m (1,516 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	241
• Density	25/km^2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	387 75, 389 01
Website	www.skocice.cz

Skočice is a municipality and village in Strakonice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Lidmovice is an administrative part of Skočice.

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Skok, meaning "the village of Skok's people".[2]

Geography

Skočice is located about 16 kilometres (10 mi) southeast of Strakonice and 34 km (21 mi) northwest of České Budějovice. The western part of the municipality with the Skočice village lies in the Bohemian Forest Foothills, the eastern part with Lidmovice lies in the České Budějovice Basin. The highest point is the hill Hrad at 667 m (2,188 ft) above sea level, located on the eastern border of the municipality. The slopes of the hill are protected as the Skočický Hrad Nature Reserve.

The brook Lidmovický potok originates here and flows across the municipal territory. There are several fishponds in the municipality; the largest are Jordán and Louženský.

History

The first written mention of Skočice is from 1399.[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 507 —     1880 510 +0.6% 1890 485 −4.9% 1900 432 −10.9% 1910 469 +8.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 442 −5.8% 1930 428 −3.2% 1950 275 −35.7% 1961 268 −2.5% 1970 242 −9.7%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 212 −12.4% 1991 191 −9.9% 2001 195 +2.1% 2011 204 +4.6% 2021 215 +5.4%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

Transport

The I/22 road from Vodňany to Strakonice, which further continues to Klatovy, passes through the municipality.

Sights

Church of the Visitation of Our Lady

The main landmark of Skočice is the Church of the Visitation of Our Lady. It is an atypical octagonal church, built is the early Baroque style in 1677–1678. The church, originally as a chapel, was built for Polyxena Ludmila of Sternberg for its alleged miraculous image of Our Lady of Help (a copy of Cranach's Icon of Maria Hilf in Passau), and subsequently became a pilgrimage site. The area includes the cemetery and the Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk from the mid-18th century.[6][7]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. Profous, Antonín (1957). Místní jména v Čechách IV: S–Ž (in Czech). p. 75.
3. "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Skočice. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
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. "Kostel Navštívení P. Marie" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
7. "Skočický kostel" (in Czech). Obec Skočice. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

External links

• Official website