Lážovice
Lážovice | |
|---|---|
 View from the north | |
  Lážovice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°51′30″N 14°4′17″E / 49.85833°N 14.07139°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Central Bohemian |
| District | Beroun |
| First mentioned | 1233 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.89 km2 (1.89 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 115 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (61/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 267 24 |
| Website | www |
Lážovice is a municipality and village in Beroun District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Nové Dvory is an administrative part of Lážovice.
Etymology
The initial name of the village was Hlázovice. The name was derived from the personal name Hláza, meaning "the village of Hláza's people". In the 17th century, the name distorted to Lážovice.[2]
Geography
Lážovice is located about 11 kilometres (7 mi) south of Beroun and 31 km (19 mi) southwest of Prague. It lies in a mostly agricultural landscape in the Hořovice Uplands. The highest point is a nameless hill at 451 m (1,480 ft) above sea level. The brook Novodvorský potok flows through the municipality. There are three small fishponds in the municipality, supplies by nameless tributaries of the Novodvorský potok.
History
The first written mention of Lážovice is in a deed of King Wenceslaus I from 1233.[3]
Demographics
|
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: Censuses[4][5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
_01.jpg)
The most valuable monument in Lážovice is a late Baroque rural chapel from the end of the 18th century.[6]
Most of the municipal territory lies in a landscape monument zone called Osovsko. It is a regular agricultural landscape around Osov with a net of paths lined with avenues. It was established in two phases after the Thirty Years' War and after 1805.[7]
References
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ Profous, Antonín (1949). Místní jména v Čechách II: CH–L (in Czech). p. 492.
- ^ "O obci" (in Czech). Obec Lážovice. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Beroun" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 5–6.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Kaplička" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ "Osovsko – krajinná památková zóna" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
External links
| Authority control databases: National |
|---|
