Žihobce
Žihobce | |
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| Coordinates: 49°12′56″N 13°37′54″E / 49.21556°N 13.63167°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
| Region | Plzeň |
| District | Klatovy |
| First mentioned | 1045 |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.81 km2 (9.97 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 543 m (1,781 ft) |
| Population (2026-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 579 |
| • Density | 22.4/km2 (58.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 342 01 |
| Website | www |
Žihobce is a municipality and village in Klatovy District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Žihobce consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]
- Žihobce (267)
- Bešetín (11)
- Bílenice (73)
- Kadešice (53)
- Rozsedly (127)
- Šimanov (35)
Etymology
The initial name of the village was Živohybice (written as Sivohybice in the oldest preserved document). The name was distorted to Žihobice (probably due to the similarity with the name of the nearby village of Žichovice) and then to Žihobce. The origin of the name is unclear.[3][4]
Geography
Žihobce is located about 31 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Klatovy and 60 km (37 mi) south of Plzeň. It lies in the Bohemian Forest Foothills. The highest point is on the slope of the Sedlo hill at 861 m (2,825 ft) above sea level. The municipal territory is rich in small fishponds.
History
The first written mention of Žihobce is from 1045. In the same year, the village was donated by Duke Bretislav I to the Břevnov Monastery. It is not known how long the monastery owned the village, but in 1356 it already belonged to a family of lesser nobles who called themselves the Lords of Žihobce. They owned Žihobce until the first half of the 16th century, when it was bought by the Rýzmberk family. However, they soon sold it to Jan Šťastný of Říčany.[4]
Jan Šťastný of Říčany owned Žihobce in 1548–1556. In 1556, Žihobce was acquired by the Koc family. They built here a fortress and made Žihobce the centre of a small estate. In 1617, the estate was bought by Jaroslav Pinta Bukovanský of Bukovany, but his properties were confiscated by Emperor Ferdinand II in 1620 as a result of the Battle of White Mountain. Žihobce then often changed hands. Its owners included various former imperial officers and their wives and widows. The most notable of them was Ferdinand Isellin, who chose Žihobce as his residence and had rebuilt the fortress into a castle in 1688.[4]
Demographics
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Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
Among the main landmarks of Žihobce are the church and the castle. The Church of the Transfiguration is a large Neo-Romanesque building. It was built in 1872–1876 on the site of an older church, which was first documented in 1360.[7]
The Žihobce Castle was originally a Renaissance fortress from the beginning of the 17th century, rebuilt into a Baroque castle in 1688. Next to the castle is a landscape park. Today the castle houses a school and a museum.[8]
References
- ↑ "Population in municipalities as at 1. 1". DataStat. Czech Statistical Office. 2026-05-18.
- ↑ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
- ↑ Profous, Antonín (1957). Místní jména v Čechách IV: S–Ž (in čeština). pp. 840–841.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Žihobce – historie" (in čeština). Obec Žihobce. Retrieved 2026-05-14.
- ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ↑ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ↑ "Kostel Proměnění Páně" (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ↑ "Zámek" (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
