Tuchlovice
Tuchlovice | |
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 Centre of Tuchlovice | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Tuchlovice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°8′17″N 13°59′28″E / 50.13806°N 13.99111°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Central Bohemian |
| District | Kladno |
| First mentioned | 1283 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.75 km2 (4.92 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 398 m (1,306 ft) |
| Population (2023-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,771 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 273 02 |
| Website | ou-tuchlovice |
Tuchlovice is a municipality and village in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,700 inhabitants.
Administrative parts[edit]
The village of Srby is an administrative part of Tuchlovice.
Geography[edit]
Tuchlovice is located about 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Kladno and 26 km (16 mi) west of Prague. The municipal territory lies mostly in the Křivoklát Highlands, but it also extends into the geomorphological mesoregion of Džbán in the west, and to the Prague Plateau in the east.
History[edit]
The first written mention of Tuchlovice is from 1283. From 1613 until the establishment of a sovereign municipality in 1850, the village was owned by the Martinic family.[2]
Demographics[edit]
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Transport[edit]
The D6 motorway runs through the municipality.
Sights[edit]
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The main landmark of Tuchlovice is the Church of Saint Gall. The originally Gothic church was first documented in 1330. After a fire, the church was rebuilt in 1844 and the tower was added.[2][5]
In popular culture[edit]
The 2016 movie The Good Plumber (Czech: Instalatér z Tuchlovic) was filmed here and was based on a real resident of Tuchlovice. Another movie that was shot here was Forbidden Dreams (1987).[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
- ^ a b "Historie obce Tuchlovice" (in Czech). Obec Tuchlovice. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Kladno" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 9–10.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Kostel sv. Havla (Tuchlovice, Česko)" (in Czech). Středočeská vědecká knihovna v Kladně. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ "Instalatér z Tuchlovic inspiruje filmaře" (in Czech). Deník.cz. 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
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