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Horní Bukovina

Coordinates: 50°32′36″N 14°55′34″E / 50.54333°N 14.92611°E / 50.54333; 14.92611
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Horní Bukovina
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Coordinates: 50°32′36″N 14°55′34″E / 50.54333°N 14.92611°E / 50.54333; 14.92611
CountryFile:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
RegionCentral Bohemian
DistrictMladá Boleslav
First mentioned1399
Area
 • Total
5.54 km2 (2.14 sq mi)
Elevation
290 m (950 ft)
Population
 (2026-01-01)[1]
 • Total
292
 • Density52.7/km2 (137/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
295 01
Websitewww.hornibukovina.cz

Horní Bukovina is a municipality and village in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Horní Bukovina consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]

  • Horní Bukovina (133)
  • Dolní Bukovina (105)

Etymology

The name Bukovina means 'beech forest' in Czech. The prefixes horní and dolní mean 'upper' and 'lower'.[3]

Geography

Horní Bukovina is located about 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of Mladá Boleslav and 25 km (16 mi) south of Liberec. It lies in the Jizera Table. The highest point is at 310 m (1,020 ft) above sea level. The Zábrdka Stream flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Bukovina is from 1399. The village was a property of the monastery in Klášter Hradiště nad Jizerou, until the monastery was burned down in 1420. The next owners of Bukovina are unknown. In 1556, when Horní Bukovina and Dolní Bukovina were called Bukovina a Podbukovina, the two villages were bought by Jiří of Labouň. His family sold the villages to Václav Budovec of Budov in 1612. However, his properties were confiscated as a result of the Battle of White Mountain. Horní Bukovina and Dolní Bukovina were acquired by Albrecht von Wallenstein in 1622. From that year until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1848, the two villages were owned by the Waldstein family as part of the Mnichovo Hradiště estate.[4]

Demographics

Transport

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

Sport

Dolní Bukovina is known for an outdoor swimming pool that was built already in 1937.[4]

Sights

The only protected cultural monument in the municipality is a farmyard from the beginning of the 19th century, called Kristiánov. It consists of several Empire agricultural buildings.[7]

A landmark of Horní Bukovina is the Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk. It was built in 1888.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Population in municipalities as at 1. 1". DataStat. Czech Statistical Office. 2026-05-18.
  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). pp. 238–240.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Historie obce" (in čeština). Obec Horní Bukovina. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  5. ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
  6. ↑ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
  7. ↑ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Horní Bukovina". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  8. ↑ "Kaple Horní Bukovina" (in čeština). Obec Horní Bukovina. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
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