Vojkovice is a municipality and village in

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

in the

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of the

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. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Vojkovice consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Vojkovice (640) *Bukol (110) *Dědibaby (72) *Křivousy (49)

Geography

Vojkovice is located about southwest of

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 ...

and north 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 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 municipality is situated on the right bank of 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, which forms the northern municipal border.

History

The first written mention of Vojkovice is in a hoax from the 12th century, according to which allegedly in 1088 King Vratislaus II donated the village to the newly established

Vyšehrad Chapter The Vyšehrad Chapter (), officially the Royal Collegiate Chapter of Ss. Peter and Paul at Vyšehrad (), is a collegiate chapter established at the church dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul in Vyšehrad (now in Prague Prague ( ; ) is th ...

. The chapter owned Vojkovice until the mid-14th century.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

In Bukol is located the Church of Saint Bartholomew. It is a Romanesque church from the 13th century, modified in the Baroque style in the 18th century.

Notable people

Bohuslava Kecková Bohuslava Kecková (18 March 1854 – 17 October 1911) was a Czech physician, the first woman in Bohemian lands (now the Czech Republic) who did earn a secondary diploma and subsequently a medical degree. Unable to study medicine (closed for wo ...

(1854–1911), physician

References

External links

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