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Štěchovice
Štěchovice is a market town in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. Administrative division Štěchovice consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Štěchovice (1,221) *Masečín (733) *Třebenice (221) Etymology The name was derived from the personal name Štěch, meaning "the village of Štěch's people". Štěch used to be a shortened form of the name Štěpán. Geography Štěchovice is located about south of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is at above sea level. The market town is situated on the left bank of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Kocába River. The Vltava and the Štěchovice Reservoir, built on the river in 1937–1945, form the eastern municipal border. History The first written mention of Štěchovice is in a deed of King Ottokar I of Bohemia from 1205. Třebenice was first mentioned in 1055 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Štěchovice Reservoir
Štěchovice Reservoir () is a reservoir on the Vltava River in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It was built from 1937 to 1945 as the second stage of the Vltava Cascade. The reservoir is named after the market town of Štěchovice. The construction started before World War II and because of the need for electricity resources were allocated for the project in spite of general shortage. The power station was put in action in 1943. The reservoir had flooded St John's Rapids (''Svatojánské proudy''). The main role of the reservoir is to balance the water runoff from peak-load power station at Slapy Reservoir and to propel two Kaplan turbines with total installed power 2 x 11.25 MW (Štěchovice I). A lock (20.1 m difference between water levels, length 118 m) handles ships with displacement up to 1,000 tons. The reservoir is also used by the pumped-storage hydroelectric plant Štěchovice II whose upper reservoir was created on the top of hill Homole. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |