Kropáčova Vrutice is a municipality and village in

Mladá Boleslav District Mladá Boleslav District () is a district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Mladá Boleslav. Administrative division Mladá Boleslav District is divided into two administrative districts of municipal ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Kropáčova Vrutice consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Kropáčova Vrutice (314) *Kojovice (75) *Krpy (240) *Střížovice (213) *Sušno (101) Kojovice forms an

exclave An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity. An enclave can be an independent territory or part of a larger one. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is s ...

of the municipal territory.

Geography

Kropáčova Vrutice is located about southwest of

Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav (; ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It lies on the left bank of the Jizera (river), Jizera River. Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region. I ...

and northeast 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 Jizera Table. The highest point, located in the Kojovice exclave, is at above sea level. The stream Košátecký potok flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Vrutice is from 1385. During the rule of the Kropáč family in the 17th century, the village was renamed Kropáčova Vrutice.

Demographics

Transport

The I/16 road, which connects the D10 motorway with

Mělník Mělník (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zon ...

, passes through the municipality. Kropáčova Vrutice is located on the railway line Prague– Turnov.

Sights

The main landmark is the Church of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist in Krpy. It is a Gothic church from the 14th century, which was modified in the Baroque style and then in 1900 in the Purist style.

Notable people

Miroslav Tyrš Miroslav Tyrš (born Friedrich Emanuel Tirsch, in Czech: Bedřich Tyrš; 17 September 1832 – 8 August 1884) was a Czechs, Czech philosopher, Art history, art historian, sports organizer and together with Jindřich Fügner the cofounder of th ...

(1832–1884), sports organizer, cofounder of Sokol; grew up here * Josef Kořenský (1847–1938), traveller, educator and writer

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kropacova Vrutice Villages in Mladá Boleslav District