Jankov is a municipality and village in

Benešov District Benešov District () is a Okres, district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Benešov. Administrative division Benešov District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities wit ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Jankov consists of ten municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Jankov (478) *Bedřichovice (42) *Čečkov (17) *Čestín (14) *Jankovská Lhota (52) *Nosákov (39) *Odlochovice (179) *Otradovice (30) *Pičín (74) *Podolí (8) Čečkov, Nosákov and Odlochovice form an

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of the municipal territory.

Geography

Jankov is located about south of Benešov and southeast of

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. It lies in the

Vlašim Uplands Vlašim (; ) is a town in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. Vlašim is known for the Vlašim Castle and its English park. Administrative division Vlašim consists of seven muni ...

. The highest point is at above sea level. The Chotýšanka River flows through the municipality. The area is rich in small fishponds.

History

The first written mention of Jankov is from 1352. From 1418 to 1702, the village was owned by the Talmberk family. The last noble owners of Jankov before the establishment of an independent municipality in 1848 was the

Chotek family The Chotek family was an old and influential Czech noble family in the Kingdom of Bohemia, whose members occupied many important positions within the Holy Roman Empire and later in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. History The family is first do ...

. The

Battle of Jankau The Battle of Jankau, also known as Jankov, Jankow, or Jankowitz, took place in central Bohemia on 6 March 1645, near modern Czech town of Jankov (Benešov District), Jankov. One of the last major battles of the 1618 to 1648 Thirty Years' War, i ...

was fought nearby on 6 March 1645, during the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in History of Europe, European history. An estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died from battle, famine ...

. It featured a

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army under

Lennart Torstensson Lennart Torstensson (17 August 1603 – 7 April 1651), Swedish Field Marshal and later Governor-General of Pomerania, Västergötland, Dalsland, Värmland and Halland. He adapted the use of artillery on the battlefield, making it a more mobile we ...

and an Imperial force commanded by

Melchior von Hatzfeld Melchior Graf von Gleichen und Hatzfeldt (Westerwald, 20 October 1593 – Powitzko, 9 January 1658) was an Imperial Field Marshal. He fought in the Thirty Years' War first under Albrecht von Wallenstein and Matthias Gallas, then received an ...

Demographics

Transport

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

Sights

The main landmark of Jankov is the Church of Saint John the Baptist. It was built in the Romanesque style in the mid-12th century. In the 17th century, Baroque modifications were made. The Church of Saint Lawrence is located in Bedřichovice. It is a Romanesque-Gothic building from the third quarter of the 13th century. A notable building is the castle in Odlochovice. It was built in the Renaissance style on the site of an old Gothic fortress. Neorenaissance reconstruction took place at the end of the 19th century. Today it houses an institute of social care. A large castle park also belongs to the castle.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jankov Villages in Benešov District