Štěnovice

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Štěnovice
Štěnovice coat of arms
Štěnovice (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Plzeňský kraj
District : Plzeň-jih
Area : 766 ha
Geographic location : 49 ° 40 ′  N , 13 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ 14 ″  N , 13 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  E
Height: 330  m nm
Residents : 2,094 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code : 332 09
License plate : P
traffic
Street: Starý Plzenec - Dobřany
structure
Status: local community
Districts: 1
administration
Mayor : Jan Nový (as of 2009)
Address: Čižická 133
332 09 Štěnovice
Municipality number: 558435
Website : stenovice.cz

Štěnovice (German Stienowitz , also Stenowitz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located nine kilometers south of the city center of Plzeň and belongs to the Okres Plzeň-jih .

geography

Štěnovice is located in the Úhlava valley . To the north runs the Dálnice 5 motorway , which runs through the 380 m long Valík tunnel in the municipality.

history

The first mention of the village comes from 1327 in connection with Jaroslav ze Štěnovic, a nobleman from Homberk , who had a boar's head in his coat of arms.

Granite has been mined in Štěnovice since 1864 (regularly since 1873) and was used to pave the streets in Pilsen and Prague . The stonemason tool in the municipality's coat of arms reminds of this.

Attractions

  • Štěnovice Castle
  • Monastery of St. Prokop , founded in the 17th century by Countess Terezie Potingová
  • formerly a covered wooden bridge over the Úhlava river , it was washed away by the floods in 2002
  • the Jewish cemetery was established at the beginning of the 19th century

Web links

Commons : Štěnovice  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
  2. Tunel Valík on Structurae
  3. a b c stenovice.cz / History , website of the municipality
  4. www.turisturaj.cz