Vrdy is a municipality and village in

Kutná Hora District Kutná Hora District () is a Okres, district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Kutná Hora. Administrative division Kutná Hora District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalit ...

in the

Central Bohemian Region The Central Bohemian Region ( ; ) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the central part of its historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative centre is in the Czech capital Prague, which lies in the centre of the regio ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It has about 3,100 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Vrdy consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Vrdy (1,474) *Dolní Bučice (857) *Horní Bučice (306) *Zbyslav (208)

Etymology

The name Vrdy was probably derived from the old Czech word ''vrd'' (i.e. '

stuttering Stuttering, also known as stammering, is a speech disorder characterized externally by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words, or phrases as well as involuntary silent pauses called blocks in which the person who ...

person'), meaning "the village of stuttering people".

Geography

Vrdy is located about east of

Kutná Hora Kutná Hora (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. The history of Kutná Hora is linked to silver mining, which made it a rich and rapidly developing town. The centre of Kutná Hora, i ...

and southwest of

Pardubice Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Repub ...

. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape 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, ...

. The Doubrava River flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Vrdy is from 1307. Until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1849, Vrdy belonged to the

Žleby Žleby is a municipality and village in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants. It is known for the Žleby Castle, which is a national cultural monument. Administrative division Ž ...

estate and shared its owners. Dolní Bučice, Horní Bučice and Zbyslav were separate municipalities until 1960, when they were joined to Vrdy.

Demographics

Transport

The I/17 road (the section from

Chrudim Chrudim () is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. It is the second largest town of the region. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#M ...

Čáslav Čáslav (; ) is a town in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division ...

) passes through the municipality. The railway line

–

Třemošnice Třemošnice () is a town in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,300 inhabitants. Administrative division Třemošnice consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 cens ...

passes through the southern part of the municipal territory. There are two train stops: ''Vrdy-Koudelov'' and ''Skovice''.

Sights

The most important monument is the Church of All Saints in Dolní Bučice. It is a late Neoclassical church from the mid-19th century. It was probably built on the site of a demolished medieval church.

Notable people

Karel Petr Karel Petr (; 14 June 1868, Zbyslav, Austria-Hungary – 14 February 1950, Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a mathematician from Bohemia in Austria-Hungary and later Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slov ...

(1868–1950), mathematician *

Jiří Hanke Jiří Hanke (12 December 1924, Dolní Bučice – 11 December 2006, Lausanne), also known as Jorge Hanke or Georg Hanke, was a Czech footballer and later football manager, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia, earning five caps. In ...

(1924–2006), football player and manager

References

External links

* {{authority control Villages in Kutná Hora District