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Horní Pěna

Coordinates: 49°6′16″N 15°2′32″E / 49.10444°N 15.04222°E / 49.10444; 15.04222
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Horní Pěna
Municipality
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Coordinates: 49°6′16″N 15°2′32″E / 49.10444°N 15.04222°E / 49.10444; 15.04222
CountryFile:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
RegionSouth Bohemian
DistrictJindřichův Hradec
First mentioned1354
Area
 • Total
14.85 km2 (5.73 sq mi)
Elevation
496 m (1,627 ft)
Population
 (2026-01-01)[1]
 • Total
589
 • Density39.7/km2 (103/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes
377 01, 378 31
Websitewww.hornipena.cz

Horní Pěna (German: Oberbaumgarten) is a municipality and village in Jindřichův Hradec District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. The village of Malíkov nad Nežárkou within the municipality is well preserved and is protected as a village monument zone.

Administrative division

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

  • Horní Pěna (446)
  • Malíkov nad Nežárkou (99)

Etymology

The name Pěna means 'foam' in Czech. The initial name of the village was Pěnná (an adjective from pěna) and the name referred to the foaming water in the local stream. In the mid-17th century at the latest, two villages began to be distinguished: Horní Pěna ('upper Pěna') and Dolní Pěna ('lower Pěna').[3]

Geography

Horní Pěna is located about 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Jindřichův Hradec and 42 km (26 mi) northeast of České Budějovice. It lies in the Javořice Highlands. The highest point is at 596 metres (1,955 ft) above sea level. The stream Pěnenský potok flows through the municipality. In addition to several small fishponds, there is the fishpond Pěněnský rybník with an area of 75 ha (190 acres).[4]

History

The first written mention of Horní Pěna is from 1354. It was an agricultural village, later weaving and brick production developed. At the time of its establishment, the village was ethnically Czech, but gradually became predominantly German-speaking. From 1938 to 1945, Horní Pěna was annexed by Nazi Germany and administered as part of the Reichsgau Niederdonau. After World War II, the German population was expelled and the village was repopulated by Czechs.[5]

Demographics

Transport

The I/34 road (part of the European route E551; the section from České Budějovice to Jindřichův Hradec) briefly crosses the municipality in the west.

Sights

The main landmark of Horní Pěna is the Church of Saint Michael. It was built in the Gothic style in the first quarter of the 14th century and modified in the Baroque style in the 17th and 18th centuries. The tower was added in 1709.[8]

In Horní Pěna is the Zoo Na Hrádečku, a small zoo with more than 100 species on an area of 10 hectares (25 acres).[9]

Malíkov nad Nežárkou is a village with well-preserved typical South Bohemian folk architecture, protected as a village monument zone.[10] In the centre of the village is the Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto. It was built in 1849.[11]

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 (1951). Místní jména v Čechách III: M–Ř (in čeština). p. 340.
  4. ↑ "Ohlasy od Dřeva 3/2011" (in čeština). Obec Horní Pěna. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
  5. ↑ "Horní Pěna" (in čeština). Obec Horní Pěna. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  6. ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
  7. ↑ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
  8. ↑ "Kostel sv. Michaela se hřbitovem" (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  9. ↑ "Zoo Na Hrádečku" (in čeština). Zoo Na Hrádečku. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  10. ↑ "Malíkov nad Nežárkou" (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  11. ↑ "Návesní kaple Panny Marie Loretánské" (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
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