Horní Cerekev () is a town in

Pelhřimov District Pelhřimov District () is a district in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Pelhřimov. Administrative division Pelhřimov District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 1,900 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Horní Cerekev consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Horní Cerekev (1,316) *Chrástov (61) *Hříběcí (241) *Těšenov (93) *Turovka (20)

Etymology

The settlement was originally named Líčkovice after its founder Líček and later renamed ''Cierkev'', i.e. 'church' in old Czech. Later the name evolved into Cerekev and the attribute Horní ('upper') was added.

Geography

Horní Cerekev is located about southeast of

Pelhřimov Pelhřimov () is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reser ...

and southwest of

Jihlava Jihlava (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava (river), Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. Historically, Jihla ...

. The Jihlava River flows through the town. The municipal territory lies mostly in the

Křemešník Highlands The Křemešník Highlands () are highlands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mainly in the Vysočina Region, but it also extends into the South Bohemian and Central Bohemian regions. With an area of , it i ...

, only the area on the left bank of the Jihlava River extends into the

Křižanov Highlands The Křižanov Highlands (, ) is a highland and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Vysočina Region. Geomorphology The Křižanov Highlands is a mesoregion of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands within ...

. The highest point is at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Horní Cerekev is from 1361. The most notable owners of the village was the Léskovec family, which ruled it from 1411 to 1655. The last noble owners, who held Horní Cerekev until 1945, was the

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. In 2000, the municipality was promoted to a town.

Demographics

Transport

Horní Cerekev is located on the railway lines

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and

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Tábor Tábor (; ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants, making it the second most populated town in the region. The town was founded by the Hussites in 1420. The historic town centre is well pres ...

Sights

The Church of the Annunciation dates from 1384. The original wooden church gave the town its name and was later replaced by a stone one. It was extended and remodelled in the Baroque style in 1631 and 1763. After a fire in 1821, only one of its two towers was reconstructed. A small fortress surrounded by

moat A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. Moats can be dry or filled with water. In some places, moats evolved into more extensive water d ...

s was built in the 14th century. Between 1411 and 1655, it was gradually rebuilt in the Renaissance style. In 1720 and 1734, it was rebuilt into its current Baroque form.

Notable people

* Josef Šejnost (1878–1941), sculptor * Josef Dvořák (born 1942), actor *

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(born 1994), ice hockey player

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Horni Cerekev Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Jihlava District