Lhotky

Lhotky
Lhotky
Municipality
	Side street
	Lhotky Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 50°23′47″N 15°3′11″E / 50.39639°N 15.05306°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Mladá Boleslav
First mentioned	1406
Area
• Total	5.44 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Elevation	278 m (912 ft)
Population (2024-01-01)
• Total	161
• Density	30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	294 06
Website	lhotky.cz

Lhotky is a municipality and village in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Řehnice is an administrative part of Lhotky.

Etymology

The name is a diminutive and plural form of the common name of Czech villages Lhota.

Geography

Lhotky is located about 9 kilometres (6 mi) east of Mladá Boleslav and 49 km (30 mi) northeast of Prague. It lies in the Jičín Uplands. The highest point is the hill Křemenice at 336 m (1,102 ft) above sea level. There are several small fishponds in the municipality, supplied by the Trnávka Brook.

History

The first written mention of Lhotky is from 1406. For most of its history, the village belonged to the Březno estate.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	311	—
1880	317	+1.9%
1890	324	+2.2%
1900	329	+1.5%
1910	344	+4.6%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	319	−7.3%
1930	299	−6.3%
1950	203	−32.1%
1961	198	−2.5%
1970	156	−21.2%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	113	−27.6%
1991	96	−15.0%
2001	118	+22.9%
2011	157	+33.1%
2021	166	+5.7%

Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

Transport

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

Sights

Lhotky is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is a set of a stone crucifix from the second half of the 18th century with a small wooden belfry.^[5]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
^ "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Lhotky. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Lhotky". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-05.

External links

Official website

[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.

[2] "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Lhotky. Retrieved 2024-06-05.

[3] "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.

[4] "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

[5] "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Lhotky". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-05.

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