Mečichov

Mečichov
Basic data
State :	Czech Republic
Region :	Jihočeský kraj
District :	Strakonice
Area :	885 ha
Geographic location :	49 ° 21 '  N , 13 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 20 '51 "  N , 13 ° 48' 47"  E
Height:	494  m nm
Residents :	279 (Jan 1, 2019)
Postal code :	387 36
License plate :	C.
traffic
Street:	Horažďovice - Sedlice
Next international airport :	České Budějovice Airport
structure
Status:	local community
Districts:	1
administration
Mayor :	Josef Sýkora (as of 2018)
Address:	Mečichov 3 387 36 Mečichov
Municipality number:	551392
Website :	www.mecichov.cz

Chapel in Mečichov

Mečichov [ ˈmɛt͡ʃɪxɔf ] (German Metschichow ) is a municipality in the Czech Republic . It is located nine kilometers northeast of Horažďovice in South Bohemia and belongs to the Okres Strakonice .

geography

Geographical location

Mečichov is located on the right bank of the Mečichovský creek on a plateau in the Blatenská pahorkatina hill country. A cascade of ponds extends to the west and south-west, of which the Věžiště, the Bilý kámen and the Bejchlín are the largest. To the northeast rises Míšná hora (556 m), in the southeast of the Hřeben (597 m).

Community structure

No districts are designated for the municipality of Mečichov.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring towns are Čečelovice in the north, Záboří and Katovsko in the north-east, Nahošín, Doubravice and Chalupy in the east, V Horách, Třebohostice and Zadní Zborovice in the south-east, Hlupín in the south, U Lesů and Horažďovice-Předměstí in the west and Komučušín and Babušín, Libučka in the south-west and Slivonice in the northwest.

history

The first written mention of the village took place in 1539 as the property of the Johanniterkommende Strakonice . In 1840 Metschichow / Mečychow consisted of 65 houses with 401 inhabitants. There was a private school in the village with a teacher maintained by the community. The parish was Zaboř . Until the middle of the 19th century, Metschichow was always subject to the Strakonitz rule.

After the abolition of patrimonial formed Mečichov / Metschichow a municipality in the Strakonice district administration and the judicial district Horažďovice. In 1949 the community was assigned to the newly formed Okres Horažďovice, after its abolition in 1960 it came back to Okres Strakonice.

Culture and sights

Buildings

• Chapel of the Virgin Mary and St. Adalbert, on the village square, consecrated in 1741
• Memorial to the fallen soldiers of the First World War
• Niche chapel of St. Trinity, north of the village on the plague cemetery on the Míšná hora

Green spaces and recreation

• The protected landscape area CHKO Bílý Kámen (Věžiště), the 15.84 hectare wetland around the pond Věžiště was included in the national Natura 2000 register because of the occurrence of the dark meadow-head ant blues.

Web links

Commons : Mečichov  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 0.8 MiB)
2. ↑ Johann Gottfried Sommer : The Kingdom of Bohemia. Represented statistically and topographically. Volume 8: Prachiner Circle. Calve, Prague 1840, p. 127.