Zbýšov 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

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of the

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. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Zbýšov consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Zbýšov (226) *Březí (63) *Chlum (41) *Damírov (44) *Klucké Chvalovice (105) *Krchlebská Lhota (27) *Opatovice (69) *Zbudovice (25)

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Zbýš, meaning Zbýš's (court)".

Geography

Zbýšov is located about south 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 southwest of

Pardubice Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Repub ...

. It lies in the

Upper Sázava Hills Upper may refer to: * Shoe upper or ''vamp'', the part of a shoe on the top of the foot * Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both * ''Upper'', the original film title for the 2013 found fo ...

. The highest point is at above sea level. The upper course of 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. Zbýšov is known for Zbýšovský Pond, used for swimming and fishing.

History

The first written mention of Zbýšov is from 1257.

Demographics

Transport

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

Sights

The most important monument is the Church of The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist. It was built in the Neo-Romanesque style in 1884. In Chlum is the ruin of the Chlum Castle. The castle was founded in 1276. Between 1620 and 1626, during the

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, it was looted several times and became abandoned. Only the south tower and three rock-cut basement rooms have survived to this day.

Notable people

Milan Zeleny Milan Zeleny (; January 22, 1942 – December 24, 2023) was a Czech-American economist, a professor of management systems at Fordham University, New York City. He has done research in the field of decision-making, productivity, knowledge managem ...

(1942–2023), Czech-American economist

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zbysov Villages in Kutná Hora District