Tachlovice
Tachlovice is a municipality and village in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.
Tachlovice | |
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 Church of Saint James the Great | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Tachlovice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°0′52″N 14°14′27″E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Central Bohemian |
| District | Prague-West |
| First mentioned | 1234 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.34 km2 (2.45 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 340 m (1,120 ft) |
| Population (2023-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 954 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 252 17 |
| Website | www |
Etymology
In the oldest records, the name was written as Taklovice, meaning "the village of Takl's people".[2]
Geography
Tachlovice lies about 7 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the Prague Plateau. The highest point is at 383 m (1,257 ft) above sea level. The stream Radotínský potok flows through the municipality.
History
The first written mention of Tachlovice is from 1234.[2]
Demographics
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Culture
Veteran Car Club Tachlovice was founded in 1960.[5] Since 1976, it organizes a veteran cars exhibition and contest called Tachlovice Triangle. It is held once a year in memory of the founder Jan Horák. Vehicles manufactured until the 1970s are displayed near the village common and some of them later compete driving on the triangle route.[6]
Sights
The Baroque complex of the Church of Saint James the Great is a cultural monument. It represents an architecturally and urbanistically valuable set of buildings from the 1740s with clear remnants of the original Gothic construction. It contains the church and a cemetery chapel.[7]
Tachlovice White Willow is a memorable tree, one of the largest of its kind in Bohemia with a shaft circuit of 773 cm (304 in).[8]
References
- "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
- Profous, Antonín (1957). Místní jména v Čechách IV: S–Ž (in Czech). p. 311.
- "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Praha-západ" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 9–10.
- "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- "VCC Tachlovice v AČR" (in Czech). Veteran Car Club Tachlovice. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
- "Tachlovický trojúhelník" (in Czech). Veteran Car Club Tachlovice. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
- "Kostel sv. Jakuba Většího" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
- "Pokračování životopisu Vrby bílé (Salix alba)" (in Czech). Obec Tachlovice. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
External links
- Official website
- Tachlovice Triangle (in Czech)