Hrdějovice

Municipality in South Bohemian, Czech Republic

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49°1′8″N 14°28′43″E / 49.01889°N 14.47861°E / 49.01889; 14.47861Country

Czech RepublicRegionSouth BohemianDistrict České BudějoviceFirst mentioned1350Area

• Total8.82 km² (3.41 sq mi)Elevation

385 m (1,263 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total1,521 • Density170/km² (450/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

373 61

Websitewww.hrdejovice-opatovice.cz

Hrdějovice (German: Hartowitz) is a municipality and village in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Opatovice is an administrative part of Hrdějovice.

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Hrděj, meaning "the village of Hrděj's people".^[2]

Geography

Hosín is located about 4 km (2 mi) north of České Budějovice. Most of the municipal territory lies in the České Budějovice Basin, but it also extends into a tip of the Třeboň Basin in the north. The western municipal border is formed by the Vltava River. There is a former china clay mine called Orty, protected as a nature monument.

History

The first written mention of Hrdějovice is from 1350. Opatovice was first mentioned in 1378. From 1661 to abolition of serfdom in 1850, it belonged to the Hluboká estate owned by the Schwarzenberg family.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	441	—
1880	476	+7.9%
1890	522	+9.7%
1900	747	+43.1%
1910	900	+20.5%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	1,002	+11.3%
1930	1,302	+29.9%
1950	913	−29.9%
1961	771	−15.6%
1970	692	−10.2%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	800	+15.6%
1991	945	+18.1%
2001	1,478	+56.4%
2011	1,577	+6.7%
2021	1,485	−5.8%

Source: Censuses^[4]^[5]

Transport

Hrdějovice lies on a railway line heading from České Budějovice to Tábor and Chotoviny.^[6]

Sights

Among the landmarks of Hrdějovice is a baroque Chapel of the Virgin Mary from the mid-18th century, rebuilt in 1876, and a pilgrimage chapel with a healing well from 1889.^[7]

The layout and the folk architecture in Opatovice is well preserved. The village is protected as a village monument zone.^[8] The main landmark in Opatovice is the Chapel of the Holy Trinity from 1863.^[7]

Notable people

František Mareš (1857–1942), physiologist, philosopher and politician

Gallery

House No. 17
Chapel of the Virgin Mary

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). p. 767.
^ "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Hrdějovice. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres České Budějovice" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 9–10.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ "Detail stanice Hrdějovice" (in Czech). České dráhy. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
^ ^a ^b "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Hrdějovice. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
^ "Opatovice" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-06-26.