Kolešovice is a municipality and village in
Rakovník District
Rakovník District () is a district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Rakovník.
Administrative division
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in the
Central Bohemian Region
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of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 800 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Kolešovice consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
*Kolešovice (761)
*Heřmanov (28)
*Zderaz (50)
Etymology
The name is derived from the personal name Koleš, meaning "the village of Koleš's people".
Geography
Kolešovice is located about northwest of
Rakovník
Rakovník (, ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
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and west of
Prague
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. It lies in an agricultural landscape in the
Rakovník Uplands
Rakovník (, ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
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. The highest point is at above sea level. The Kolešovický Stream flows through the municipality.
History
The first written mention of Kolešovice is from 1318. The most notable owners of the village were the
Kolowrat family
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, who held it from 1375 to 1541, and the Wallis family, who bought the estate in 1720 and owned it until 1945.
Demographics
Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
The local fortress from the 14th century was rebuilt into a Renaissance residence in the mid-16th century, but it burned down in 1707. In 1724, a new aristocrastic residence, today called Old Castle, was built. The New Castle was built next to it after 1744. Today the pseudo-Renaissance buildings houses a retirement home.
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is the second landmark of Kolešovice. It was first mentioned in 1352. The current Baroque church was built in 1706–1708.
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Villages in Rakovník District