Chocnějovice
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Středočeský kraj | ||||
| District : | Mladá Boleslav | ||||
| Area : | 1657 ha | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 35 ' N , 14 ° 58' E | ||||
| Height: | 290 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 427 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 294 13 | ||||
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| Status: | local community | ||||
| Districts: | 8th | ||||
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| Mayor : | Miluše Bergmajerová (as of 2008) | ||||
| Address: | Chocnějovice 43 294 13 Mohelnice nad Jizerou |
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| Municipality number: | 535923 | ||||
Chocnějovice is a municipality in Okres Mladá Boleslav , Czech Republic . 1968 inhabitants live in the seven associated villages (2007). The main source of income is agriculture.
geography
The municipality consists of seven places in the north of the district in the valley of the Mohelka . The main town Chocnějovice is about 8 kilometers from the town of Mnichovo Hradiště .
history
The lower reaches of the small Mohelka river had been inhabited since prehistoric times. Finds are already from the Neolithic, Germanic, Slavic and medieval settlements have also been archaeologically proven.
In Chocnějovice itself, a small aristocratic manor was probably established in the middle of the 13th century. The first known owner, Olen z Chocnějovic, is mentioned in 1316, the first mention of the place name comes from 1322. A few other names of the local landlord family are documented from the 14th and 15th centuries. In the south the estate bordered on the large possessions of the Cistercian Abbey of Hradiště Monastery and in the north on the equally powerful Johanniter dominion in Český Dub .
The St. Gallus Church is architecturally related to the building of the Johanniter-Kommende in Český Dub and is associated with the building activities of the Johanniter in this area. It served as a parish church from 1352 to 1405. There is also documentary evidence of a fortified mansion and a farm from 1549 to 1621.
Attractions
The early Gothic St. Gallus Church in Chocnějovice was built around 1240 and was redesigned in the Baroque style in the 18th century. The buildings of the Meierhof have been partially preserved in their baroque form to this day. The remains of the fortified mansion were leveled in the 1950s.
Community structure
The districts Buda, Buřínsko 1.díl, Buřínsko 2.díl, Drahotice, Chocnějovice, Ouč, Rostkov and Sovenice belong to the municipality.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Jan Filip (1900–1981), historian and archaeologist, was born here.
literature
- Tomáš Edel: Českodubsko v památkách 12. – 20. stoleti. Podjěštědské muzeum Český Dub 2006, ISBN 80-239-6186-1