Tachlovice

Municipality in Central Bohemian, Czech Republic

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50°0′52″N 14°14′27″E / 50.01444°N 14.24083°E / 50.01444; 14.24083Country

Czech RepublicRegionCentral BohemianDistrictPrague-WestFirst mentioned1234Area

• Total6.34 km² (2.45 sq mi)Elevation

340 m (1,120 ft)Population

(2024-01-01)^[1]

• Total949 • Density150/km² (390/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

252 17

Websitewww.tachlovice.cz

Tachlovice is a municipality and village in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Etymology

The initial name of the village was Taklovice. The name was derived from the personal name Takl, meaning "the village of Takl's people". In the 14th century, the name was distorted to its present form.^[2]

Geography

Tachlovice lies about 7 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the Prague Plateau. The highest point is at 383 m (1,257 ft) above sea level. The stream Radotínský potok flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Tachlovice is from 1234.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	614	—
1880	619	+0.8%
1890	778	+25.7%
1900	938	+20.6%
1910	917	−2.2%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	929	+1.3%
1930	884	−4.8%
1950	656	−25.8%
1961	643	−2.0%
1970	603	−6.2%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	547	−9.3%
1991	557	+1.8%
2001	529	−5.0%
2011	840	+58.8%
2021	907	+8.0%

Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

Transport

There are no major roads passing through the municipality. The railway that runs next to the village is unused.

Culture

Veteran Car Club Tachlovice was founded in 1960.^[5] Since 1976, it organizes a veteran cars exhibition and contest called Tachlovice Triangle. It is held once a year in memory of the founder Jan Horák. Vehicles manufactured until the 1970s are displayed near the village common and some of them later compete driving on the triangle route.^[6]

Sights

The Baroque complex of the Church of Saint James the Great is a cultural monument. It represents an architecturally and urbanistically valuable set of buildings from the 1740s with clear remnants of the original Gothic construction. It contains the church and a cemetery chapel.^[7]

Tachlovice White Willow is a memorable tree, one of the largest of its kind in Bohemia with a shaft circuit of 773 cm (304 in).^[8]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
^ ^a ^b Profous, Antonín (1957). Místní jména v Čechách IV: S–Ž (in Czech). p. 311.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Praha-západ" (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.
^ "VCC Tachlovice v AČR" (in Czech). Veteran Car Club Tachlovice. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
^ "Tachlovický trojúhelník" (in Czech). Veteran Car Club Tachlovice. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
^ "Kostel sv. Jakuba Většího" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
^ "Pokračování životopisu Vrby bílé (Salix alba)" (in Czech). Obec Tachlovice. Retrieved 2021-06-23.