Ořechov () is a municipality and village in
Jihlava District
Jihlava District is one of the five sub-divisions of Kraj Vysočina in the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to ...
in the
Vysočina Region of the
Czech Republic. It has about 70 inhabitants.
Ořechov lies approximately south of
Jihlava and south-east of
Prague.
History
The first written mention of Ořechov is from 1355. From 1420 until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1850, Ořechov was part of the
Telč estate and shared uts owners.
Ořechov was the place where a group of parachutists landed in 1942 during the
Out Distance
Out Distance was 7th a Czech resistance group during World War II sent by Special Group D of the MoD of Czechoslovak government in exile in London, operating in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (part of occupied Czechoslovakia).
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operation.
References
Villages in Jihlava District
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