Běchary is a municipality and village in

Jičín District Jičín District () is a Okres, district in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Jičín. Administrative division Jičín District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Běchary consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Běchary (217) *Běchárky (20)

Geography

Běchary is located about south of

Jičín Jičín (; or ''Gitschin'') is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservatio ...

and northeast of

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

. It lies on the border between the

Central Elbe Table The Central Elbe Table () is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Central Bohemian Region, but due to its size, it also extends to other regions. The axis of the plateau is the Elbe River, ...

and

Jičín Uplands The Jičín Uplands () are uplands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Hradec Králové, Liberec and Central Bohemian regions. Geomorphology The Jičín Uplands are a mesoregion of the North Bohemian ...

. The highest point is at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Běchary is from 1290. Before 1559, the village was part of the

Kopidlno Kopidlno is a town in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. Administrative division Kopidlno consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): ...

estate, then it was joined to the Staré Hrady estate. From 1609 until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1848, it belonged again to the Kopidlno estate.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Běchary is the Church of Saint Adalbert. It is a Gothic church with significant Baroque modifications.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bechary Villages in Jičín District