Mořina () is a municipality and village in

Beroun District Beroun District () is a district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Beroun. Administrative division Beroun District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended compete ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Mořina consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Mořina (742) *Dolní Roblín (10) *Trněný Újezd (92)

Etymology

The name is derived from the Slavic goddess

Morana Morana may refer to: * Moraña, a municipality in Galicia, Spain * Morana Dam, an earthfill dam on Morana river near Patan, Satara district in the state of Maharashtra in India * Marzanna, Slavic goddess of death * ''Morana'' (film), a 1994 Slove ...

. In 1353, a church was founded in the location of the burial ground dedicated to Morana, and the name of the burial ground was transferred to the village.

Geography

Mořina is located about east of

Beroun Beroun (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. It lies at the confluence of the Berounka and Litavka rivers. Beroun creates a conurbation with Králův Dvůr, former part of Beroun. ...

and southwest 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 ...

. It lies on the border between the

Hořovice Uplands Hořovice (; ) is a town in Beroun District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,100 inhabitants. The town is known for the Hořovice Castle. Geography Hořovice is located about southwest of Beroun and southwest ...

and

Prague Plateau The Prague Plateau () is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the area of Prague and in the Central Bohemian Region. Geomorphology The Prague Plateau is a mesoregion of the Brdy Macroregion within ...

. The highest point is the Výška hill at above sea level. The southern half of the municipal territory lies in the Bohemian Karst Protected Landscape Area. Mořina is known for Velká Amerika, which is a picturesque former limestone quarry with a pair of lakes on the bottom.

History

The first written mention of Mořina is in a document dating from between 1338 and 1352. At that time, King Charles IV donated the village to the

Emmaus Monastery The Emmaus Monastery ( or ''Emauzský klášter''), called Na Slovanech in the Middle Ages, is a Benedictine abbey established in 1347 in Prague. In the 1360s, the cloisters of the Monastery were decorated with a cycle of 85 Gothic wall paint ...

Demographics

Transport

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

Sights

The main landmark of Mořina is the Church of Saint Stanislaus. The original Gothic church from 1353 was rebuilt in the

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

style in the 18th century. A cultural monument is the Baroque Jewish cemetery. It was founded in 1735–1736 and consists of 150 preserved tombstones.

Notable people

* Karl Joseph of Morzin (1717–1783), aristocrat and music patron * Jakob Eduard Polak (1818–1891), Austrian physician

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morina Villages in the Beroun District Morzin family