Hostouň u Prahy

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Hostouň u Prahy
Hostouň u Prahy coat of arms
Hostouň u Prahy (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Středočeský kraj
District : Kladno
Area : 2238 ha
Geographic location : 50 ° 7 '  N , 14 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 6 '52 "  N , 14 ° 12' 5"  E
Height: 341  m nm
Residents : 1,217 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code : 273 53
structure
Status: local community
Districts: 1
administration
Mayor : Martin Krátký (as of: 2018)
Address: Kladenská 119
273 53 Hostouň u Prahy
Municipality number: 532347
Website : www.hostounuprahy.cz
Location of Hostouň u Prahy in the Kladno district
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Hostouň (German: Hostaun) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It belongs to the Okres Kladno .

Bartholomew's Church in Hostouň

Geographical location

Hostouň is seven kilometers southeast of Kladno and 16 kilometers west of Prague city ​​center. Hostouň is on the Bohemian Table. The Sulovický potok flows through Hostouň from southwest to northeast. It flows on the northeastern outskirts of Hostouň in the Dobrovzský potok, which flows around the village in an arc on its eastern edge. The Dobrovzský potok flows one and a half kilometers northwest of Hostouň at Žákův Mlýn into the Zákolanský potok .

history

The village of Hostouň was first mentioned in writing in 1294. It was one of the goods of the Prague burgrave. Šafránov is one of the oldest farms in Hostouň and has been preserved to this day.

Residents

year 1869 1880 1890 1900 1910 1921 1930 1950 1961 1970 1980 1991 2001 2011 2019
population 1215 1286 1437 1350 1317 1243 1352 1185 1177 1072 924 948 918 1049 1217
Building number 134 176 204 181 186 187 235 269 287 282 283 331 356 388

Judaism in Hostouň

Jews began to settle in Hostouň in the 16th century. They formed a Jewish community.

This community had a Jewish cemetery about 1 kilometer southwest of Hostouň on a wooded slope.

In 1850 the old Jewish cemetery was expanded by a new Jewish cemetery, which was a little closer to the village.

Attractions

  • Church of St. Bartholomew, originally Gothic from the 14th century, modified in Baroque style in the early 18th century. The tower was built in 1773.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
  2. ↑ Hostouň at mapy.cz. Retrieved January 4, 2020
  3. ↑ a b Obec Hostouň at hostounuprahy.cz. Retrieved December 28, 2019.

Web links

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