Močovice is a municipality and village in
Kutná Hora District
Kutná Hora District () is a Okres, district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Kutná Hora.
Administrative division
Kutná Hora District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalit ...
in the
Central Bohemian Region
The Central Bohemian Region ( ; ) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the central part of its historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative centre is in the Czech capital Prague, which lies in the centre of the regio ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Etymology
The name is derived from the personal name Moč, meaning "the village of Moč's people". The personal name was derived from the German name Motz, which was a dialectical shortened form of
Mathias.
Geography
Močovice is located about southeast of
Kutná Hora
Kutná Hora (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. The history of Kutná Hora is linked to silver mining, which made it a rich and rapidly developing town. The centre of Kutná Hora, i ...
and east of
Prague
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. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the
Central Elbe Table
The Central Elbe Table () is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Central Bohemian Region, but due to its size, it also extends to other regions. The axis of the plateau is the Elbe River, ...
. The
Klejnárka
The Klejnárka is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It flows through the Central Bohemian Region. It is long.
Characteristic
The Klejnárka originates in the territory of Dobrovítov in the Upper Sázava Hills ...
River flows through the municipality.
History
The first written mention of Močovice is from 1324.
Demographics
Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
The only protected
cultural monument
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in the municipality is a Neoclassical homestead from the first half of the 19th century.
A landmark of the centre of Močovice is the Chapel of the Visitation. It was built in the Neoclassical style in 1831.
References
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Villages in Kutná Hora District