Kšice
Kšice | |
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| Coordinates: 49°48′9″N 12°59′50″E / 49.80250°N 12.99722°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
| Region | Plzeň |
| District | Tachov |
| First mentioned | 1369 |
| Area | |
• Total | 15.44 km2 (5.96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 488 m (1,601 ft) |
| Population (2026-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 238 |
| • Density | 15.4/km2 (39.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 349 01 |
| Website | www |
Kšice (German: Kscheutz) is a municipality and village in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Kšice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]
- Kšice (196)
- Lomnička (24)
Etymology
The name Kšice has its root in the Old Czech word kšice, meaning 'long hair'. It is not certain whether it was the name of a settler or the name of a forested mountain.[3]
Geography
Kšice is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Tachov and 27 km (17 mi) west of Plzeň. It lies in the Plasy Uplands. The highest point is the hill Stelka at 547 m (1,795 ft) above sea level.
History
The first written mention of Kšice is from 1369. It was then part of the Stříbro estate. Silver and lead were mined in the vicinity of the village. At the end of the 19th century, the last mine was closed down.[4]
After the Munich Agreement in 1938, the village was annexed by Nazi Germany and administered as part of the Reichsgau Sudetenland.
In 1971, Lomnička was joined to the municipality. From 1980 to 1991, Kšice was a municipal part of Stříbro. Since 1992, it has been a separate municipality.[5]
Demographics
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Transport
The village of Lomnička is located on the railway line Radnice–Bezdružice via Plzeň.[8]
Sights
The main landmark of Kšice is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. A predecessor of the church was a Gothic building, first documented in 1384. The current church was built in the Baroque style in 1716.[9]
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 (1949). Místní jména v Čechách II: CH–L (in čeština). p. 433.
- ↑ "Historie" (in čeština). Obec Kšice. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
- ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011: Abecední přehled obcí a částí obcí" (PDF) (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 265, 302.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Station details Lomnička". České dráhy. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
- ↑ "Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie" (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
External links
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- Villages in Tachov District