Dřevíkov is a village and municipal part of Vysočina in

Chrudim District Chrudim District () is a Okres, district in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Chrudim. Administrative division Chrudim District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended c ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 70 inhabitants. It is located in the central part of the municipality.

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Dřevík, meaning "Dřevík's (court)".

Geography

Dřevíkov is located in the central part of the Vysočina municipality, about south of

Chrudim Chrudim () is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. It is the second largest town of the region. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#M ...

and south 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 the

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and in the eponymous protected landscape area.

History

The first written mention of Dřevíkov is from 1542. Since 1961, it has been a part of Vysočina. The history of the village is connected with the

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community that lived here. The first Jewish settlers came to Dřevíkov in the first half of the 18th century. Between 1837 and 1849, there was at least 25 Jewish families in the village (almost half of Dřevíkov's total population). As the Jewish people gained all civil rights, they started leaving Dřevíkov. The last Jewish family left Dřevíkov in 1910.

Demographics

Transport

The I/37 road (the section from Chrudim to

Žďár nad Sázavou Žďár nad Sázavou (; ) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. The town is an industrial and tourist centre. It is known for the Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk, which is a UNESCO Wor ...

) runs west of the village.

Sights

A cultural monument is the former Jewish street, which was established after 1701, when several Jewish families moved here. The street is an example of local folk architecture. Among the buildings in the street is the former synagogue, from the second half of the 18th century. The Jewish community is commemorated by the Jewish cemetery. It was founded before 1740 and expanded to its current size in 1870. It is one of the best-preserved rural Jewish cemeteries in the Czech Republic, with a collection of valuable Baroque, Neoclassical and modern tombstones.

References

External links

Official website of the municipality
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