Hořín

Hořín
Municipality
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Hořín Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°20′42″N 14°27′51″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Mělník
First mentioned	1336
Area
• Total	14.41 km2 (5.56 sq mi)
Elevation	161 m (528 ft)
Population  (2021-01-01)
• Total	859
• Density	60/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	276 01
Website	www.obechorin.cz

Hořín is a municipality and village in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.

The village of Hořín is protected by a flood wall, due to a high amount of flooded buildings in European floods in 2002.

Administrative parts

Villages of Brozánky, Vrbno and Zelčín are administrative parts of Hořín.

Sights

There is the burial vault of the Lobkowicz family.

Notable people

• Jan August Vitásek (1770–1839), composer