Hořín (german: Horschin) is a municipality and village in

Mělník District Mělník District ( cs, okres Mělník) is a district ('' okres'') within Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Mělník. Complete list of municipalities Býkev - Byšice - Chlumín - Chorušice - Chvatěrub ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Brozánky, Vrbno and Zelčín are administrative parts of Hořín.

Geography

Hořín is located about west of Mělník and north of

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. It lies in a flat landscape in the

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. The municipality is situated at the confluence of the

Elbe The Elbe (; cs, Labe ; nds, Ilv or ''Elv''; Upper and dsb, Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Repu ...

and

Vltava Vltava ( , ; german: Moldau ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, running southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice and Prague, and finally merging with the Labe at M ...

rivers, on the left bank of the Elbe. The Vraňany–Hořín Shipping Channel also leads through the territory.

History

The first written mention of Hořín is from 1319. There used to be a fortress, which was destroyed during the

Hussite Wars The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution, were a series of civil wars fought between the Hussites and the combined Catholic forces of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, the Papacy, European monarchs loyal to the Cat ...

. From the 16th century, Hořín served as an important economic background for the Mělník estate. The village of Hořín was badly damaged during the

2002 European floods In August 2002, a week of intense rainfall produced flooding across a large portion of Europe. It reached the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ukraine and Russia. The event killed 232 ...

and has been protected by a flood wall since then.

Demographics

Sights

The landmark of Hořín is the Church of Saint Nicholas. It was built in the late Baroque style in second half of the 18th century. It includes a valuable Baroque mortuary. The Baroque castle in Hořín dates was built for the

Czernin family The House of Czernin ( cs, Černínové z Chudenic; german: Czernin von und zu Chudenitz) is a Czech noble family that was one of the oldest and most prominent noble families in the Kingdom of Bohemia. The family is a descendent family of the ...

around 1696, then it was rebuilt by

František Maxmilián Kaňka František Maxmilián Kaňka (9 August 1674 in Prague – 14 July 1766 in Prague) was a Czech architect and builder. He was known for modifying castles, palaces and churches. In 1724 he was appointed emperor's architect. Work He is most famous f ...

in 1713–1720. Another modifications took place in 1736–1746. The interior contains valuable

Rococo Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...

decoration. Today the castle is owned by the Lobkowicz family, and is abandoned and unused. Next to the castle in an extensive park. On the local cemetery is the burial vault of the Lobkowicz family. There is a lock from 1905, which is protected as a technical monument. The historic centre of the village of Vrbno is protected as a village monument zone. There is a set of well-preserved agricultural homesteads. The landmark of the village is the Romanesque church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. In Zelčín is a zoopark which claims that it is "the largest contact zoo in

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

Notable people

Jan August Vitásek Jan Matyáš Nepomuk August Vitásek (or Johann Matthias Wittasek/Wittaschek; February 20, 1770 – December 7, 1839) was a Bohemian composer. Vitásek was born at Hořín. He studied under his father and then under František Xaver Dušek an ...

(1770–1839), composer

References

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