Tuchořice (german: Tuchorschitz) is a municipality and village in
Louny District in the
Ústí nad Labem Region of the
Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The villages of Nečemice and Třeskonice are administrative parts of Tuchořice.
Geography
Tuchořice is located about southwest of
Louny and northwest of
Prague. The municipal territory extends into three geomorphological regions: the northern part with the Tuchořice village lies in the
Lower Ohře Table, the central part with the Třeskonice village lies in the
Džbán range and the southern part with the Nečemice village lies in the
Rakovník Uplands
Rakovník (, german: Rakonitz) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Administrative parts
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. The highest point is the Výrov hill at above sea level.
History
The first written mention of Tuchořice is from 1239. Until 1519, it was owned by the local noble family of Lords of Tuchořice. From the 1520s to 1547, it was a property of the
Lobkowicz family, then the owners ofter changed. Before 1728, Tuchořice was bought by the
Clary-Aldringen
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family. They joined it to the
Dobřany
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estate. They had demolish the old local fortress and had built a new small Baroque castle on its site. The Clary-Aldringens owned Tuchořice until 1879.
Demographics
Economy
The former Baroque castle was rebuilt in 1966 and lost its historical value. Since 1970, it has been used as an institute of social welfare.
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Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
The main landmark is the Church of Saint Bartholomew, located in Nečemice. It was originally a Gothic church from the mid-14th century, rebuilt in the late Baroque style in 1786.
Paleontology
In Tuchořice is a paleontological site with Miocene lacustrine limestone deposits. It is protected as the ''Miocenní sladkovodní vápence'' Nature Monument with an area of . Some 90 species of molluscs were found in this site. The majority of those species are land snails
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
and some of them were originally described from Tuchořice. Additionally, the remains of the species of Amphicyonidae, Rhinoceros, Aureliachoerus
''Aureliachoerus'' was an extinct genus of suids that existed during the Miocene in Europe
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and Palaeomeryx
''Palaeomeryx'' is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Palaeomerycidae, endemic to Europe and Asia from the Miocene epoch, 16.9 – 7.25 Ma, existing for approximately .
Taxonomy
''Palaeomeryx'' was named by von Meyer (1834). ...
have been found at this site.
References
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Villages in Louny District