Mlázovice is a market town 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 600 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Mlázovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Mlázovice (546) *Mezihoří (5)

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Mlaz, meaning "the village of Mlaz's people". Originally the name was Mlazovice, but in the 16th century it was distorted to Mlázovice because of its similarity with the word ''mlází'' ('young forest').

Geography

Mlázovice is located about east 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 northwest of

Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; ) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 94,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech R ...

. It lies in the

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 the hill Maxinec at above sea level. The Javorka River flows along the eastern municipal border.

History

The first written mention of Mlázovice is from 1360, when there was a fortress owned by Jiřík of Mlázovice. The owners of Mlázovice often changed. In 1424, 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 Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, the Papacy, a ...

, the fortress and the village were burned down, but the village recovered. In 1540, during the rule of the Karlík of Nežetice family, Mlázovice was promoted to a

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rura ...

. In 1594, Mlázovice was acquired by the Smiřický family and annexed to the

Hořice Hořice (; ) is a town in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,500 inhabitants. Administrative division Hořice consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 censu ...

estate.

Demographics

Transport

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

Sights

The main landmark of Mlázovice is the Church of the Holy Trinity. It was built in the Baroque style in 1725, on the site of an older wooden church. The bell tower was finished in 1760.

Notable people

Jan Křtitel Kuchař Jan Křtitel Kuchař, or also (5 March 1751 in Choteč (Jičín District), Choteč – 18 February 1829 in Prague) was a Czechs, Czech organist, mandolinist, harpsichordist, music composer, operatic Conducting, conductor, and teacher. He was bor ...

(1751–1829), musician and composer; lived here in childhood

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mlazovice Populated places in Jičín District Market towns in the Czech Republic