| Barchovice | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kolín |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.9444°N 14.9692°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1340 |
| Area Total Km2: | 17.74 |
| Elevation M: | 329 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 267 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 281 63 |
Barchovice is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
The villages of Hryzely and Radlice are administrative parts of Barchovice.
The name is derived from the personal name Barch, meaning "the village of Barch's people".[2]
Barchovice is located about southwest of Kolín and 33km (21miles) southeast of Prague. The municipal territory lies in three geomorphological regions: the eastern part lies in the Upper Sázava Hills, the central part lies in a tip of the Central Elbe Table, and the western part extends into the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is the hill Kamenný vrch at 456m (1,496feet) above sea level. The eastern municipal border is formed by the Výrovka River.
The first written mention of Barchovice is from 1340. The area was divided into two parts, which belonged to different estates (Zásmuky and Kostelec estates) with different owners. The larger part of Barchovice belonged to the Zásmuky estate and its most notable owners were the Sternberg family, who held it from 1653 to 1848.[3]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Barchovice is poor in monuments. There are three pillared stone belfries, one in each village.[4]