Ondřejov (Prague-East District)

Municipality in Central Bohemian, Czech Republic

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49°54′17″N 14°47′3″E / 49.90472°N 14.78417°E / 49.90472; 14.78417Country

Czech RepublicRegionCentral BohemianDistrictPrague-EastFirst mentioned1352Area

• Total18.15 km² (7.01 sq mi)Elevation

467 m (1,532 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total1,837 • Density100/km² (260/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codes

251 65, 251 66

Websitewww.obecondrejov.cz

Ondřejov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈondr̝ɛjof]) is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,800 inhabitants. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.

Administrative parts

The villages of Třemblat and Turkovice are administrative parts of Ondřejov.

Geography

Ondřejov is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is the Pecný hill at 545 m (1,788 ft) above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Ondřejov is from 1352. The parish church is dated from around the first quarter of the 14th century. In the early modern period it was discovered that there were large amounts of silver ore in the municipality, prompting one of the village's main exports to be crafts such as pottery.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,292	—
1880	1,244	−3.7%
1890	1,248	+0.3%
1900	1,193	−4.4%
1910	1,096	−8.1%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	1,054	−3.8%
1930	1,082	+2.7%
1950	1,065	−1.6%
1961	1,165	+9.4%
1970	1,164	−0.1%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	1,170	+0.5%
1991	1,088	−7.0%
2001	1,076	−1.1%
2011	1,425	+32.4%
2021	1,827	+28.2%

Source: Historical lexicon of municipalities of the Czech Republic^[3]^[4]

Transport

The D1 motorway from Prague to Brno passes through the western part of the municipal territory.

Sights

The Church of Saints Simon and Jude was originally a Romanesque building, baroque modified in 1668. The adjacent Baroque building of the rectory was built in 1778–1780.^[5]

In 1898–1906 the industrialist Josef Jan Frič built the astronomical observatory in the village, which he gave to the Charles University in 1928. Today the Ondřejov Observatory is operated by the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Its part is also the Vojtěch Šafařík Astronomical Museum.^[6]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 23 May 2023.
^ Premsyl, Otto (1976). Otto's encyclopedia.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Praha-východ" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 21 December 2015. pp. 9–10.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 27 March 2021.
^ "Kostel sv. Šimona a Judy" (in Czech). Obec Ondřejov. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Ondřejov. Retrieved 4 May 2022.