Benátky
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Královéhradecký kraj | ||||
| District : | Hradec Králové | ||||
| Area : | 361 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 19 ' N , 15 ° 44' E | ||||
| Height: | 274 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 123 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 503 03 | ||||
| License plate : | H | ||||
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| Street: | Máslojedy - Cerekvice nad Bystřicí | ||||
| Railway connection: | Hořice – Hradec Králové | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 1 | ||||
| administration | |||||
| Mayor : | Karel Blažek (as of 2008) | ||||
| Address: | Benátky 43 503 03 Smiřice |
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| Municipality number: | 569861 | ||||
| Website : | obec-benatky.webpark.cz | ||||
Benátky ( German : Benatek , older Benatz ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located ten kilometers southeast of Hořice and belongs to the Okres Hradec Králové .
geography
Benátky is located on the East Bohemian Table on the left side of Bystřice . In the south rises the hill Svíb ( Swiep , 330 m). South of the village is the battlefield of the Battle of Königgrätz with numerous memorial stones. To the west of Benátek runs the trasser of the Hořice – Hradec Králové railway line , on which the Hněvčeves railway station is located one kilometer west of the village . The branch line from Hněvčeves to Smiřice passes in the north.
Neighboring towns are Cerekvice nad Bystřicí and Želkovice in the north, Vrchovnice in the north-east, Pazderna and Hořiněves in the east, Máslojedy in the south-east, Čistěves in the south, Dohalice and Sadová in the south-west, Sovětice and Hněvčeves in the west and Třebovětice in the north-west.
history
The first written mention of the village took place in 1349, when it the Opatovicky Abt January Neplach as directed by the Prague archbishop Arnošt of Pardubice the monastery Wrchlab had to transfer.
After the abolition of patrimonial Benátky formed a community in the Königinhof district from 1850 . On July 3, 1866, the warring Prussian and Austrian troops met west of the village in the Swiepwald during the German War . The bloody battle, which also extended to the hill Chlum, went down in history as the battle of Königgrätz .
In 1949 the village was incorporated into Hořiněves and at the same time came to Okres Jaroměř. From January 1, 1961, the community of Benátky came into being again, from then on it belonged to Okres Hradec Králové. In 1980 it was again incorporated into Hořiněves, which existed until 1990. Since then, the Benátky community has existed again.
Community structure
No districts are shown for the municipality of Benátky.
Attractions
- Forest Svib ( Swiepwald ) with memorials to the battle at Hradec Kralove in 1866