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Žehušice is a market town in
Kutná Hora District Kutná Hora District () is a Okres, district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Kutná Hora. Administrative division Kutná Hora District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalit ...
in the
Central Bohemian Region The Central Bohemian Region ( ; ) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the central part of its historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative centre is in the Czech capital Prague, which lies in the centre of the regio ...
of the
Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
. It has about 900 inhabitants.


Administrative division

Žehušice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Žehušice (755) *Bojmany (83)


Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Žehuš, meaning "the village of Žehuš's people".


Geography

Žehušice is located about east of
Kutná Hora Kutná Hora (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. The history of Kutná Hora is linked to silver mining, which made it a rich and rapidly developing town. The centre of Kutná Hora, i ...
and west of
Pardubice Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Repub ...
. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the
Central Elbe Table The Central Elbe Table () is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Central Bohemian Region, but due to its size, it also extends to other regions. The axis of the plateau is the Elbe River, ...
. The market town is situated on the left bank of the Doubrava River, at the confluence of the Doubrava with the Brslenka Stream.


History

The first written mention of Žehušice is from 1350. The village 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 1540 by Emperor Ferdinand I, but it lost this title in 1601. From 1661 to 1918, Žehušice was owned by the
Thun und Hohenstein The House of Thun und Hohenstein, also known as Thun-Hohenstein, belonged to the historical Austrian nobility, Austrian and Bohemian nobility. There is one princely and several count, comital branches of the family. The princely branch of the fami ...
family. In 1865, Žehušice was once again promoted to a market town.


Demographics


Transport

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


Sights

Žehušice is known for the
Deer Park Žehušice Deer Park Žehušice () is a nature monument in the municipal territory of Žehušice in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Location The deer park is located about east of Kutná Hora. History Deer Park Žehušice was founded by ...
. It is a large deer park, founded by the Thun und Hohenstein family in 1867. Among other animals, a rare herd of white stags is kept in it. Today it is protected as a nature monument. The deer park is privately owned and is closed to the public. The landscape around Žehušice, including the deer park and the castle park of the nearby
Kačina Kačina is a significant Empire style castle in Svatý Mikuláš in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. In 1945, it was designated a national property. History Kačina was built from 1806 to 1824 in place of the defunct medieval ...
castle, is protected as a landscape monument zone, because it is a uniquely preserved document of Baroque urbanism and a Baroque composed landscape. The Žehušice Castle is located next to the deer park. It is an early Baroque castle whose construction was completed in 1679. In 1826, it was rebuilt in the
Empire style The Empire style (, ''style Empire'') is an early-nineteenth-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts, representing the second phase of Neoclassicism. It flourished between 1800 and 1815 duri ...
. A castle park is adjacent to the castle. A notable building is the former Renaissance fortress, also called Old Castle. In addition to its historical value, it is known as the birthplace of
Giovanni Punto Jan Václav Stich, better known as Giovanni Punto (28 September 1746 in Žehušice – 16 February 1803 in Prague) was a Czechs, Czech French horn, horn player and a pioneer of the hand-stopping technique which allows natural horns to play a great ...
. Today the building is dilapidated and unused. The Church of Saint Mark belongs to the main landmarks of Žehušice. It was built in the Baroque style in 1760. Next to the church is an atypical separate bell tower, built in the
Moorish style Moorish Revival or Neo-Moorish is one of the exotic revival architectural styles that were adopted by architects of Europe and the Americas in the wake of Romanticist Orientalism. It reached the height of its popularity after the mid-19th centu ...
.


Notable people

*
Giovanni Punto Jan Václav Stich, better known as Giovanni Punto (28 September 1746 in Žehušice – 16 February 1803 in Prague) was a Czechs, Czech French horn, horn player and a pioneer of the hand-stopping technique which allows natural horns to play a great ...
(1746–1803), horn player


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zehusice Market towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Kutná Hora District