Hořiněves is a municipality and village in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Jeřičky, Želkovice and Žíželeves are administrative parts of Hořiněves.

Geography

Hořiněves is located about north of Hradec Králové. It lies in an agricultural landscape of the East Elbe Table. The highest point is the flat hill Hořiněveské lípy at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Hořiněves is from 1238.

Sights

The main sight of Hořiněves is the Hořiněves Castle. It was created by complete reconstruction of an old aristocratic residence in 1661, then it was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1674–1676. The Church of Saint Procopius was built in the Baroque style in 1707. It was built on the site of a Gothic church from 1384, which was destroyed by the Hussites in 1425. In the village of Žíželeves there is the Church of Saint Nicholas, built in the late Baroque style in 1769–1776. The birth house of

Václav Hanka Václav Hanka (also written as ''Wenceslaus Hanka'') (10 June 1791 – 12 January 1861) was a Czech philologist. Biography Hanka was born at Hořiněves near Hradec Králové. He was sent in 1807 to school at Hradec Králové, to escape the ...

, who is the most famous local native, is now a museum.

Notable people

(1791–1861), philologist * Josef Prokop Pražák (1870–1904), ornithologist

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Horineves Villages in Hradec Králové District