Křečhoř 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 600 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Křečhoř consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Křečhoř (373) *Kamhajek (115) *Kutlíře (48)

Etymology

The village was named after the nearby hill, which was probably originally called Křeče hora (meaning "Křek's mountain" or "Křeč's mountain") and today is also named Křečhoř.

Geography

Křečhoř is located about northwest 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 east of

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

. The southwestern part of the municipal territory lies in the

Upper Sázava Hills Upper may refer to: * Shoe upper or ''vamp'', the part of a shoe on the top of the foot * Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both * ''Upper'', the original film title for the 2013 found fo ...

. The northeastern part lies in 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, ...

. The highest point is the Křečhoř hill at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Křečhoř is from 1295. In 1757, during the

Seven Years' War The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a Great Power conflict fought primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and South Asia. The protagonists were Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and Kingdom of Prus ...

, Křehoč was the site of the

Battle of Kolín The Battle of Kolín (Kolin) on 18 June 1757 saw 54,000 Austrians under Count von Daun defeat 34,000 Prussians under Frederick the Great during the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War). Prussian attempts to turn the Austrian right flank turn ...

Demographics

Transport

The I/12 road from Prague to Kolín runs along the northern municipal border.

Sights

The main landmark of Křečhoř is the Church of the Corpus Christi. It was originally a Gothic church from the early 14th century, rebuilt in the

Empire style The Empire style (, ''style Empire'') is an early-nineteenth-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts, representing the second phase of Neoclassicism. It flourished between 1800 and 1815 duri ...

in 1846–1848. On the northwestern edge of the village of Křečhoř, there is a memorial to the Battle of Kolín. It was made in 1898 according to the design by Václav Weinzettl.

Notable people

Gustav Frištenský Gustav Frištenský (18 May 1879 – 6 April 1957) was a Czechs, Czech strongman, Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestler and professional wrestler who competed in the first half of the 20th century. During his career, he won almost 10,000 f ...

(1879–1957), strongman and wrestler

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krechor Villages in Kolín District