Chocenice
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Plzeňský kraj | ||||
| District : | Plzeň-jih | ||||
| Area : | 1320 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 49 ° 33 ' N , 13 ° 31' E | ||||
| Height: | 413 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 585 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 335 01 - 336 01 | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 4th | ||||
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| Mayor : | Václav Vaniš (as of 2006) | ||||
| Address: | Chocenice 67 33 601 Blovice |
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| Municipality number: | 557803 | ||||
Chocenice (German Kotzenitz ) is a municipality with 519 inhabitants in the Czech Republic . It is located five kilometers southwest of Blovice and belongs to the Okres Plzeň-jih . The cadastral area is 1320 ha.
geography
The place is at 413 m above sea level. M. in the valley of the Chocenický potok at the western foot of the Chocenická skála (588 m). Chocenice is located on two ponds, the Mlýnský and the Vejsovský rybník. State road 20 from Pilsen to Nepomuk runs through the village .
Neighboring towns are Kotousov in the north, Stará Huť in the northeast, Ždírec in the east, Zhůř, Jarov , Měcholupy and Čabuzí in the south, and Bzí, Dubíny, Na Samotě and Drahkov in the west.
history
The first mention of Chocenice comes from a list of the monastery Kladrub from the year 1115. Until the 16th century, had Sternberger the place and in 1561 Jiřík Kokořovec acquired from Kokořova on Šťáhlavy the basic rule of Zdenko von Sternberg. Christoph Kokořovec had a Renaissance fortress built between 1603 and 1615. He lost his property as a rebel and was pardoned in 1623. In 1650 his daughter Ludmila Eliška sold Molovcová von Kokořov Chocenice to Jan Václav Kocov, who in 1685 sold the property to Mark Josef Lenoy. Lenoy had the fortress converted into a baroque palace.
The castle later served as an administration building and finally as a school. Now it's vacant and inaccessible.
Community structure
The districts of Chocenická Lhota ( Kotzenitzer Lhota ), Kotousov ( Kotauschen ) and Zhůř ( Sursch ) as well as the hamlets Landava and Hladoměř belong to the municipality Chocenice .
Attractions
- Chocenice Castle
- Fire Brigade Museum
- chapel
- Statues of St. John of Nepomuk and St. Adalbert in the castle park
- Buková hora nature park southeast of the village
literature
- Petr Rožmberský, Veronika Machová: Zámek a tvrz Chocenicích (= Zapomenuté hrady, tvrze a místa 27). Petr Mikota, Plzeň et al. 2002, ISBN 80-86596-08-7 .