Chocnějovice | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Mladá Boleslav |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 50.5769°N 14.9714°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1322 |
Area Total Km2: | 13.34 |
Elevation M: | 290 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 428 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 294 13 |
Chocnějovice is a municipality and village in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
The villages and hamlets of Buda, Buřínsko 1.díl, Buřínsko 2.díl, Drahotice, Ouč, Rostkov and Sovenice are administrative parts of Chocnějovice.
Chocnějovice is located about north of Mladá Boleslav and 19km (12miles) south of Liberec. It lies in the Jičín Uplands. The highest point is the hill Nadskalí at 390m (1,280feet) above sea level. The Mohelka River flows through the municipality. the Jizera River briefly flows along the southern municipal border.
The first written mention of Chocnějovice is from 1322. From 1695 until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1850, the area was part of the Mnichovo Hradiště estate, owned by the Waldstein family.[2]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The main landmark of Chocnějovice is the Church of Saint Gall. It is a cemetery church, built in the Romanesque style in the 13th century. It s current form is a result of the modifications from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.[3]