Dymokury (German: Dimokur) is a municipality and village in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.
Dymokury | |
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 View from the southwest | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Dymokury Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°14′45″N 15°12′9″E / 50.24583°N 15.20250°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Central Bohemian |
| District | Nymburk |
| First mentioned | 1249 |
| Area | |
• Total | 14.65 km2 (5.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 203 m (666 ft) |
| Population (2026-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 919 |
| • Density | 62.7/km2 (162/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 289 01 |
| Website | www |
Administrative division
editDymokury consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]
- Dymokury (675)
- Černá Hora (69)
- Svídnice (108)
Etymology
editThe name is derived from the Czech words dým ('smoke') and kouřit ('to smoke'). Dymokur was probably the designation of a person performing such an activity (e.g. when burning grass as protection against mosquitoes), and Dymokury was the designation of the village of such people.[3]
Geography
editDymokury is located about 13 kilometres (8 mi) northeast of Nymburk and 49 km (30 mi) west of Prague. It lies in the Central Elbe Table. Two streams, Pivovarský potok and Štítarský potok, flow through the municipality. The fishpond Pustý rybník in the municipality is supplied by the Štítarský potok.
History
editThe first written mention of Dymokury is from 1249, when it was a possession of a local noble named Soběslav. In 1290, King Wenceslaus II ceded the estates to the Cistercian monks of the Sedlec Abbey near Kutná Hora. After changing owners several times, the fief was purchased by the noble House of Waldstein in 1573, their successors had a Renaissance castle erected from 1614 onwards.[4]
Disseized by Emperor Ferdinand II after the 1620 Battle of White Mountain, Dymokury was acquired by Albrecht von Wallenstein, who nevertheless sold it to the Austrian Khuen von Belasi dynasty shortly afterwards. They resold it to Guillaume de Lamboy, Baron of Cortesheim. From 1673, the House of Colloredo held the estate, which also included the neighbouring town of Městec Králové. They had the castle again rebuilt in a Baroque style, finished in 1787. The last noble owners were the Czernin family, who were expropriated and expelled after World War II, but regained its possession. The castle was restored after the Velvet Revolution of 1989.[4]
Demographics
editTransport
editThe I/32 road, which connect the D11 motorway with Jičín, runs east of Dymokury. The railway that passes through the municipality is unused.
Sights
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The main landmark of Dymokury is the Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. The first church in Dymokury was documented in the 14th century, it was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War. The current church was then built in the Baroque style in 1723–1725. It was probably designed by Jan Santini Aichel.[7]
Notable people
edit- Ottokar Czernin (1872–1932), nobleman, diplomat and politician
- Count Otto von Czernin (1875–1962), nobleman and diplomat
References
edit- ↑ "Population in municipalities as at 1. 1". DataStat. Czech Statistical Office. 2026-05-18.
- ↑ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
- ↑ Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). pp. 521–522.
- 1 2 "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Dymokury. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Kostel" (in Czech). Obec Dymokury. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
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