Kozárovice is a municipality and village in

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

in the

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of the

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. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Kozárovice consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Kozárovice (354) *Holušice (21) *Vystrkov (5)

Etymology

The initial name of the village was Kozářovice. The name was derived from the surname Kozář, meaning "the village of Kozář's people". From the 16th century, the name Kozárovice has been used.

Geography

Kozárovice is located about southeast of

Příbram Příbram (; or ''Przibram'') is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. It is known for its mining history, and more recently, its new venture into economic restructuring. The town is the t ...

and south of

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

. It lies in the

Benešov Uplands The Benešov Uplands or Benešov Hills () are uplands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Central Bohemian Region. It belongs to the largest mesoregions in the country. It is named after Benešov ...

. The highest point is the hill Březina at above sea level. The eastern municipal border is formed by the

Vltava The Vltava ( , ; ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It runs southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice, and Prague. It is com ...

River, respectively by the

Orlík Reservoir The Orlík Reservoir () is the largest hydroelectric dam in the Czech Republic. It dams the Vltava River near the village of Solenice, which is near the town of Příbram. The structure is named after Orlík Castle, which is situated a few kilome ...

, built on the Vltava.

History

The first written mention of Kozárovice is from 1152. The village was divided into two parts. One part belonged to the

Varvažov Varvažov is a municipality and village in Písek District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. The historic centre of the village is well preserved and is protected as a village monument zone. Adminis ...

estate for almost the entire feudal history and shared its owners. The other part was owned by the Prague archbishopric until the

Hussite Wars The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution, were a series of civil wars fought between the Hussites and the combined Catholic forces of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, the Papacy, a ...

(1419–1434). After the war, it became a property of the royal chamber and was

fief A fief (; ) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a form of feudal alle ...

ed to various lower noblemen.

Demographics

Transport

The D4 motorway from Prague to

Písek Písek (; ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 31,000 inhabitants. The town is known for the oldest bridge in the country. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument z ...

and the parallel I/4 road run through the western part of the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Kozárovice is the Chapel of the Virgin Mary. It is a simple late Baroque building from the 1780s. There is a valuable Neoclassical column shrine in front of the chapel, created in 1848.

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