Barchovice is a municipality and village in

Kolín District Kolín District () is a Okres, district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Kolín. Administrative division Kolín District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extend ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Barchovice consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Barchovice (125) *Hryzely (51) *Radlice (77)

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Barch, meaning "the village of Barch's people".

Geography

Barchovice is located about southwest of

Kolín Kolín (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monume ...

and southeast of

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. The municipal territory lies in three geomorphological regions: the eastern part lies in the

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, the central part lies in a tip of the

Central Elbe Table The Central Elbe Table () is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Central Bohemian Region, but due to its size, it also extends to other regions. The axis of the plateau is the Elbe River, ...

, and the western part extends into the

Benešov Uplands The Benešov Uplands or Benešov Hills () are uplands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Central Bohemian Region. It belongs to the largest mesoregions in the country. It is named after Benešov ...

. The highest point is the hill Kamenný vrch at above sea level. The eastern municipal border is formed by the

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River.

History

The first written mention of Barchovice is from 1340. The area was divided into two parts, which belonged to different estates (

Zásmuky Zásmuky is a town in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. Administrative division Zásmuky consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): * ...

and Kostelec estates) with different owners. The larger part of Barchovice belonged to the Zásmuky estate and its most notable owners were the Sternberg family, who held it from 1653 to 1848.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

Barchovice is poor in monuments. There are three pillared stone belfries, one in each village.

References

External links

* {{authority control Villages in Kolín District