Domažlice District () is a

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in the

Plzeň Region Plzeň Region or Plzeňský Region (also known as Pilsen Region; ) is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the western part of the historical land of Bohemia and named after the capital, Plz ...

of the

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. Its capital is the town of

Domažlice Domažlice (; ) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reser ...

Administrative division

Domažlice District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Domažlice and Horšovský Týn.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'':

Babylon Babylon ( ) was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about south of modern-day Baghdad. Babylon functioned as the main cultural and political centre of the Akkadian-s ...

Bělá nad Radbuzou Bělá nad Radbuzou () is a town in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,800 inhabitants. Administrative division Bělá nad Radbuzou consists of 12 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the ...

- Blížejov -

Brnířov Brnířov is a municipality and village in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Brnířov lies approximately south-east of Domažlice, south-west of Plzeň, and south-west of Prague ...

- Čermná -

Česká Kubice Česká Kubice () is a municipality and village in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Česká Kubice consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population acc ...

- Chocomyšl - Chodov -

Chodská Lhota Chodská Lhota (until 1946 Lhota u Kdyně; ) is a municipality and village in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Chodská Lhota lies approximately south-east of Domažlice, south-west ...

- Chrastavice - Díly -

- Drahotín - Draženov - Hlohová - Hlohovčice - Hora Svatého Václava -

Horšovský Týn Horšovský Týn (; ) is a town in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reserva ...

- Hostouň - Hradiště - Hvožďany - Kanice -

Kaničky Kaničky is a municipality and village in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 30 inhabitants. Kaničky lies approximately east of Domažlice, south-west of Plzeň, and south-west of Prague Pragu ...

Kdyně Kdyně (; ) is a town in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,200 inhabitants. Administrative division Kdyně consists of ten municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Kdyně ...

- '' Klenčí pod Čerchovem'' - Koloveč - Kout na Šumavě - Křenovy - Libkov - Loučim - Luženičky -

Meclov Meclov () is a municipality and village in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants. Meclov lies approximately north-west of Domažlice, south-west of Plzeň, and south-west of Prague ...

- Mezholezy (former Domažlice District) - Mezholezy (former Horšovský Týn District) -

Milavče Milavče is a municipality and village in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Administrative division Milavče consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 202 ...

- Mířkov - Mnichov - Močerady - Mrákov - Mutěnín - Nemanice - Němčice - Nevolice - Nová Ves - Nový Kramolín - Osvračín - Otov -

Pařezov Pařezov is a municipality in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. Pařezov lies approximately north-west of Domažlice, south-west of Plzeň, and south-west of Prague Prague ( ; ...

- Pasečnice - Pec - Pelechy -

Poběžovice Poběžovice (until 1945 Ronšperk; ) is a town in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,600 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)# ...

- Pocinovice - Poděvousy - Postřekov - Puclice - Rybník - Semněvice - Spáňov - Srbice - Srby - Staňkov - Stráž - Tlumačov - Trhanov - Úboč - Újezd - Únějovice - Úsilov - Velký Malahov - Vidice - Vlkanov - Všepadly - Všeruby - Zahořany - Ždánov

Geography

Domažlice District borders Germany in the west. The terrain is hilly and along the state border, the landscape is mountainous. The territory extends into five geomorphological mesoregions:

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(west),

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(north and centre),

Plasy Uplands Plasy (; ) is a town in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. It is known for its former monastery of the same name, which is protected as a national cultural monument. Administrative di ...

(northeast),

Cham-Furth Depression The Cham-Furth Depression or Všeruby Highlands (, ) is a lowland in the Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest that separates the Upper Palatinate Forest from the Bavarian Forest. At the same time it connects the Upper Palatinate with Bohemia. The Ger ...

(south) and

Švihov Highlands Švihov may refer to places in the Czech Republic: *Švihov (Klatovy District), a town in the Plzeň Region **Švihov Castle in the town *Švihov (Rakovník District), a municipality and village in the Central Bohemian Region *Švihov, a village an ...

(east). The highest point of the district is the mountain

Čerchov Čerchov () is the highest mountain in the Upper Palatine Forest, at above sea level. Location The peak of Čerchov lies about 2 km from the Czech-German border. It lies on the municipal border between Česká Kubice and Pec, southwest of ...

in Pec with an elevation of . The lowest point is the river bed of the Radbuza in Staňkov at . From the total district area of ,

agricultural land Agricultural land is typically land ''devoted to'' agriculture, the systematic and controlled use of other organism, forms of lifeparticularly the rearing of livestock and production of cropsto produce food for humans. It is generally synonymous ...

occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 37.7% of the district's area. The only important river is the

Radbuza The Radbuza (; ) is a river in the Czech Republic, the secondary source river of the Berounka River. It flows through the Plzeň Region. It is long, making it the List of rivers of the Czech Republic, 17th longest river in the Czech Republic. Et ...

, which springs in the western part of the district and flows across the district to east. The

Chamb The Chamb () is a river in Germany and the Czech Republic, a right tributary of the Regen (river), Regen River. It flows through Bavaria and Plzeň Region. It is long. Etymology The name is derived from the Celtic word ''kambos'', which transla ...

also springs here. There are no large bodies of water in the territory. The largest is the Mezholezský Pond with an area of . There is one protected landscape area: the southern half of

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Demographics

Most populated municipalities

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Domažlice District and at least 500 employees are:

Transport

There are no motorways passing through the district. The most important road is the I/26 from

Plzeň Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ...

to the Czech-German border via Horšovský Týn.

Sights

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are: *

Castle *Augustinian monastery in Mnichov-Pivoň *

Castle The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are: *

(monument reservation) *

* Kanice * Klenčí pod Čerchovem * Pocinovice * Stráž * Trhanov The most visited tourist destination is the Horšovský Týn Castle.

Notable people

Notes

References

External links

Domažlice District
– profile on the Czech Statistical Office website {{DEFAULTSORT:Domazlice District Districts of the Plzeň Region