Zářecká Lhota
Zářecká Lhota | |
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| Coordinates: 49°59′35″N 16°14′46″E / 49.99306°N 16.24611°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
| Region | Pardubice |
| District | Ústí nad Orlicí |
| First mentioned | 1397 |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.02 km2 (1.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 335 m (1,099 ft) |
| Population (2026-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 222 |
| • Density | 73.5/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 565 01 |
| Website | www |
Zářecká Lhota is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
Etymology
Lhota is a common Czech toponym. The initial name of the village was Kunšova Lhota (Kunš's Lhota), then it was called Lhota nad Choceňkem. From the 16th century, the name Zářecká Lhota (derived from the Czech words za řekou, meaning 'behind the river') is used.[2][3]
Geography
Zářecká Lhota is located about 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Ústí nad Orlicí and 33 km (21 mi) east of Pardubice. It lies mostly in the Orlice Table. A small part of the municipality in the east extends into the Svitavy Uplands and includes the highest point of Zářecká Lhota at 367 m (1,204 ft) above sea level. The municipality is situated on the left bank of the Tichá Orlice River.
History
The first written mention of Zářecká Lhota is from 1397.[2]
Demographics
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Transport
The main railway line Prague–Brno crosses the municipality, but there is no train station. The municipality is served by the station in neighbouring Choceň.
Sights
The only protected cultural monument in the municipality is a locality on a promontory above the Tichá Orlice River, where a Slavic gord (today called Hradníky) stood in the 8th century. There are also remains of an unnamed fortress from the 14th–15th centuries. Today this area is an archaeological site.[6]
In the centre of Zářecká Lhota is a chapel dating from 1862.[2]
Paleontology
In 1880, the first and still the only known Czech pterosaur fossil (now known as Cretornis hlavaci) was found in a nearby quarry.[7]
References
- ↑ "Population in municipalities as at 1. 1". DataStat. Czech Statistical Office. 18 May 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Historie" (in čeština). Obec Zářecká Lhota. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ↑ Profous, Antonín (1949). Místní jména v Čechách II: CH–L (in čeština). p. 571.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Zářecká Lhota". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ↑ Socha, Vladimír (8 December 2018). "Jak vypadal český drak? Jediné kosti ptakoještěra zachránila Tomková". iDNES.cz (in čeština). Retrieved 11 November 2025.
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