Klobuky is a municipality and village in

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in the

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of the

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. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Čeradice, Kobylníky, Kokovice and Páleček are administrative parts of Klobuky.

Etymology

The name of the village was probably derived from its ancient owner or founder named ''Klobuk'' or ''Klobouk'' (which is also the

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word for "

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", in old Czech also for "

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"). Hence the helmet is in the coat of arms.

Geography

Klobuky lies about northwest of

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and northwest of

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. It is located in a flat agricultural landscape of the

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History

The first written mention of Klobuky is from 1226, when it was a property of the

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convent.

Demographics

Sights

The major local sight is an alleged prehistoric

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, with a height of the tallest in the Czech Republic. It is an upright, lonely standing stone called ''Kamenný pastýř'' ("stone shepherd") or ''Kamenný muž'' ("stone man"). It is located in a field several hundred metres northwest of the village. The Church of Saint Lawrence dates back to 14th century. It was rebuilt and extended in 1729–1735.

Notable people

Jindřich Šimon Baar Jindřich Šimon Baar (7 February 1869, Klenčí pod Čerchovem – 24 October 1925, Klenčí pod Čerchovem) was a Czech Catholic priest and writer, realist, author of the so-called ''country prose''. He joined the Czech ''Catholic modern sty ...

(1869–1925), writer; was a priest in Klobuky in 1899–1909 *

Jan Malypetr Jan Malypetr (21 December 1873 in Klobuky – 27 September 1947 in Slaný) was a Czechoslovak politician. As prime minister during the Great Depression he strong-armed Czechoslovakia into a more rapid economic recovery than elsewhere in Europe. ...

(1873–1947), politician, prime minister of Czechoslovakia *

Ivan Krasko Ivan Krasko (real name Ján Botto, pseudonyms ''Bohdana J. Potokinová'', ''Ivan Krasko'', ''Janko Cigáň'', 12 July 1876 in Lukovištia (''Lukovistye'') – 3 March 1958 in Bratislava) was a Slovak poet, translator and representative of mode ...

(1876–1958), Slovak poet; worked in local

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in 1905–1912 *

Karel Toman Karel Toman (born as ''Antonín Bernášek'') (1877–1946) was a Czech lyric poet Modern lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person. It is not equivalent to song ...

(1877–1946), poet

Gallery

Kostel svatého Vavřince, Klobuky, okr. Kladno, Středočeský kraj .03.JPG, Church of Saint Lawrence Klobuky, dům Jana Malypetra.jpg, Birth house of

Klobuky, kašna.jpg, Fountain in the centre of Klobuky

References

External links

* {{authority control Villages in Kladno District