Pečky is a town in

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

in the

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of the

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. It has about 4,900 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Pečky consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Pečky (4,195) *Velké Chvalovice (539)

Geography

Pečky is located about northwest of

Kolín Kolín (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monume ...

and east 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 a flat agricultural landscape of 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 town is situated on the left bank of the Výrovka River.

History

The first written mention of Pečky is in a donation deed of King Ottokar I from 1225. For centuries, it was a small agricultural community, often changing their owners and often divided between several estates. After 1869, the railway was built and several larger companies were established, focused on the production of agricultural needs and processing of sugar beet. In 1879, Pečky became a

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rura ...

, and in 1925, it became a town.

Demographics

Transport

Pečky is located on the railway lines Prague–

and Pečky–

Plaňany Plaňany () is a market town in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. Administrative division Plaňany consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 ...

Sights

The early

Cubist Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement which began in Paris. It revolutionized painting and the visual arts, and sparked artistic innovations in music, ballet, literature, and architecture. Cubist subjects are analyzed, broke ...

building of the Evangelical Church of Master

Jan Hus Jan Hus (; ; 1369 – 6 July 1415), sometimes anglicized as John Hus or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as ''Iohannes Hus'' or ''Johannes Huss'', was a Czechs, Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and t ...

was completed in 1915 and is among the most important monuments in the town. The second important monument is the neo-Romanesque Catholic Church of Saint Wenceslaus, consecrated in 1913. It has unique

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...

decoration. The town hall was built in the Art Nouveau style in 1901.

Notable people

* Josef Křovák (1884–1951), geodesist, author of

Křovák's projection Křovák's projection or simply Krovak is a conic projection invented in 1922 by Czech geodesist Josef Křovák. The projection is based on Bessel ellipsoid and it was calculated as the optimal projection of Czechoslovakia (in its interwar ...

Alois Vocásek Alois Vocásek (13 April 1896 – 9 August 2003) was the last surviving Czechoslovak veteran of the World War I and the last survivor of the Battle of Zborov in Ukraine. He was one of thousands of Czechs and Slovaks who broke with the Austro-H ...

(1896–2003), soldier, World War I veteran *

Tomáš Kuchař Tomáš Kuchař (born 25 August 1976) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily i ...

(born 1976), footballer

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pecky Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Kolín District