Hořiněves

Hořiněves
Hořiněves
Municipality
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	Coordinates: 50°18′35″N 15°46′3″E / 50.30972°N 15.76750°E
Country	File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
Region	Hradec Králové
District	Hradec Králové
First mentioned	1238
Area
• Total	12.68 km2 (4.90 sq mi)
Elevation	267 m (876 ft)
Population (2026-01-01)
• Total	715
• Density	56.4/km2 (146/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	503 03, 503 06
Website	www.horineves.cz

Hořiněves is a municipality and village in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Hořiněves consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):^[2]

Hořiněves (489)
Jeřičky (21)
Želkovice (59)
Žíželeves (116)

Etymology

The name was derived from Hořina ves, meaning "Hora's village".^[3]

Geography

Hořiněves is located about 11 kilometres (7 mi) north of Hradec Králové. It lies in an agricultural landscape in the East Elbe Table. The highest point is the flat hill Hořiněveské lípy at 320 m (1,050 ft) above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Hořiněves is from 1238.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,464	—
1880	1,635	+11.7%
1890	1,672	+2.3%
1900	1,404	−16.0%
1910	1,367	−2.6%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	1,252	−8.4%
1930	1,132	−9.6%
1950	824	−27.2%
1961	803	−2.5%
1970	786	−2.1%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	785	−0.1%
1991	732	−6.8%
2001	686	−6.3%
2011	662	−3.5%
2021	685	+3.5%

Source: Censuses^[5]^[6]

Transport

There are no major roads passing through the municipality. The railway that runs through Hořiněves is unused.

Sights

The main sight of Hořiněves is the Hořiněves Castle. It was created by complete reconstruction of an old aristocratic residence in 1661, then it was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1674–1676.^[7]

The Church of Saint Procopius was built in the Baroque style in 1707. It was built on the site of a Gothic church from 1384, which was destroyed by the Hussites in 1425. In the village of Žíželeves there is the Church of Saint Nicholas, built in the late Baroque style in 1769–1776.^[7]

The birth house of Václav Hanka, who is the most famous local native, is now a museum.^[7]

Notable people

Jan Václav of Gallas (1669–1719), noble and diplomat
Václav Hanka (1791–1861), philologist
Josef Prokop Pražák (1870–1904), ornithologist

References

↑ "Population in municipalities as at 1. 1". DataStat. Czech Statistical Office. 18 May 2026.
↑ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
↑ Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in čeština). p. 700.
↑ "Program obnovy vesnice – Obec Hořiněves" (in čeština). Obec Hořiněves. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 21 December 2015.
↑ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 27 March 2021.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 "Historické památky v obci" (in čeština). Obec Hořiněves. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

External links

Official website

[1] "Population in municipalities as at 1. 1". DataStat. Czech Statistical Office. 18 May 2026.

[2] "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.

[3] Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in čeština). p. 700.

[4] "Program obnovy vesnice – Obec Hořiněves" (in čeština). Obec Hořiněves. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

[5] "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 21 December 2015.

[6] "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 27 March 2021.

[sights-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 "Historické památky v obci" (in čeština). Obec Hořiněves. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

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