Tuchlovice is a municipality and village in

Kladno District Kladno District ( cs, okres Kladno) is a district (''okres'') within the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. The capital of the district is the city of Kladno. List of municipalities Běleč - Běloky - Beřovice - Bílichov - Blevice ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 2,700 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Tuchlovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Tuchlovice (2,236) *Srby (410)

Etymology

The initial name of the village was Tuchovice. The name was derived from the personal name Tuch, meaning "the village of Tuch's people". In the 14th century, the name was distorted to its present form.

Geography

Tuchlovice is located about west of

Kladno Kladno (; german: Kladen) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 67,000 inhabitants. It is the largest city in the region and together with its adjacent suburban areas has a population of more than 110,000. ...

and west of

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. The municipal territory lies mostly in the

Křivoklát Highlands Křivoklát (german: Pürglitz) is a market town in Rakovník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants. It is known for the Křivoklát Castle. Administrative parts Villages of Častonice and P� ...

, but it also extends into the Džbán range in the west and to the

Prague Plateau The Prague Plateau ( cs, Pražská plošina) 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 ...

in the east. The highest point is the artificial hill Tuchlovická halda at above sea level. The Loděnice River flows through the municipality. A small part of the fishpond Turyňský rybník, supplied by the Loděnice, extends into the eastern part of the municipal territory.

History

The first written mention of Tuchlovice is from 1283. From 1613 until the establishment of a sovereign municipality in 1850, the village was owned by the

Martinic family The House of Martinic (also: ''Martinicové'', ''z Martinicz'' or ''von Martinitz'') was a Czech noble family from Bohemia, claimed to be descended from the old Vršovci clan. The family have been part of the Bohemian ancient nobility. As of 1322, ...

Demographics

Transport

The D6 motorway from Prague to

Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; german: Karlsbad, formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá. It is ...

runs through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Tuchlovice is the Church of Saint Gall. The originally Gothic church was first documented in 1330. After a fire, the church was rebuilt in 1844 and the tower was added.

In popular culture

The 2016 movie ''

The Good Plumber ''The Good Plumber'' ( cs, Instalatér z Tuchlovic) is a 2016 Czech comedy film written and directed by Tomáš Vorel. Plot Plumber Luboš repairs everything but finds it difficult to cope with everyday life without the help of his mother. Cas ...

'' () was filmed here and was based on a real resident of Tuchlovice. Another movie that was shot here was ''

Forbidden Dreams ''Forbidden Dreams'' ( cs, Smrt krásných srnců) is a 1986 Czech drama film directed by Karel Kachyňa. It was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Czechoslovak entry for the Best Foreign L ...

'' (1987).

References

External links

* {{authority control Villages in Kladno District