Krhov

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Krhov
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Krhov (Czech Republic)
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Basic data
State : Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
Region : Jihomoravský kraj
District : Blansko
Area : 193 ha
Geographic location : 49 ° 28 '  N , 16 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '40 "  N , 16 ° 34' 57"  E
Height: 353  m nm
Residents : 157 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code : 679 01
License plate : B.
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Street: Lysice - Skalice nad Svitavou
structure
Status: local community
Districts: 1
administration
Mayor : Jaroslav Řezníček (as of 2018)
Address: Krhov 7
679 01 Skalice nad Svitavou
Municipality number: 581798
Website : www.krhov.eu

Krhov (German Kerhow ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located seven kilometers southeast of Kunštát and belongs to the Okres Blansko .

geography

Malý Chlum quarry

Krhov is located on the right side above the valley of the Úmoří brook in the Blanenský prolom ( Blanz basin ). To the east rises the Na Kamencích (428 m), in the south of the Malý Chlum (488 m) and southwest of the Speše (368 m). To the west of the village the route of the expressway R 43 / E 461 leads past, behind it are the embankments of the unfinished Vienna-Wroclaw Reichsautobahn .

Neighboring towns are Sebranice and Vaculka in the north, Skalice nad Svitavou and Jabloňany in the northeast, Lhota Rapotina in the east, Obora and Huť svaté Antonie in the southeast, Bořitov and Perná in the south, Žerůtky and Lysice in the southwest, Drnovice in the west and Voděrady in the northwest.

history

The first written mention of the settlement of miners was in 1409. Iron ore was mined near Krhov until the middle of the 19th century.

After the abolition of patrimonial Krhov formed from 1850 a municipality in the district administration Boskovice . After the ore mining stopped, the mining of slate and coal began. After the dissolution of Okres Boskovice, the municipality came to Okres Blansko at the beginning of 1961 . In 2001, 160 people lived in Krhov's 59 houses.

Community structure

No districts are shown for the municipality of Krhov. The one-layer Pohodlí belongs to Krhov .

Attractions

Lookout tower on Malý Chlum
  • Chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, consecrated in 1933
  • Malý Chlum with a 10 m high observation tower, south of the village
  • Sandstone sculptures by Stanislav Rolínek on Malý and Velký Chlum

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.uir.cz/obec/581798/Krhov
  2. Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)