Stěžery is a municipality and village in

Hradec Králové District Hradec Králové District () is a district in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Hradec Králové. Administrative division Hradec Králové District is divided into two administrative districts of munici ...

in the

Hradec Králové Region Hradec Králové Region (, ) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic located in the north-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Hradec Králové. The region neighbours the Pardubice Region in t ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. It has about 2,200 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Stěžery consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Stěžery (1,487) *Charbuzice (26) *Hřibsko (170) *Stěžírky (429)

Geography

Stěžery is located about west of

Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; ) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 94,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech R ...

. It lies in the

East Elbe Table The East Elbe Table () is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Hradec Králové, Pardubice and Central Bohemian region. The Elbe River flows through the territory, after which the plateau is nam ...

. The highest point is at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Stěžery is in a deed of King Ottokar I from 1229, when the village was acquired by the monastery in

Opatovice nad Labem Opatovice nad Labem is a municipality and village in Pardubice District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants. Administrative division Opatovice nad Labem consists of two municipal parts (in brackets populat ...

. The monastery owned Stěžery 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 ...

. From 1421 to 1547, the village was a property of the city of

Demographics

Transport

The D11 motorway from Prague to Hradec Králové runs through the municipality.

Sights

The wooden Church of Saint Mark the Evangelist was first mentioned in 1350 or 1355. In 1832, it was replaced by the current construction in the

Empire style The Empire style (, ''style Empire'') is an early-nineteenth-century design movement in architecture, furniture, other decorative arts, and the visual arts, representing the second phase of Neoclassicism. It flourished between 1800 and 1815 duri ...

. Stěžery Castle was originally a fortress, rebuilt in the Renaissance style in 1802–1803 by Ernst Christoph of Harrach. The original fortress formed the northern wing of the castle. Today's appearance is mainly the result of modern reconstructions. The Stěžery Zoopark is a small zoopark with an area of .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stezery Villages in Hradec Králové District