Horní Kamenice | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Plzeň |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Plzeň-South |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 49.5697°N 13.1011°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1115 |
Area Total Km2: | 3.85 |
Elevation M: | 377 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 245 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 345 62 |
Horní Kamenice is a municipality and village in Plzeň-South District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
Horní Kamenice is located about southwest of Plzeň. It lies on the border between the Švihov Uplands and Plasy Uplands. The municipality is situated in the valley of the Radbuza river. The stream Srbický potok flows through the municipality.
The first written mention of Horní Kamenice is from 1115.[2]
From 1 January 2021, Horní Kamenice is no longer a part of Domažlice District and belongs to Plzeň-South District.[3]
The railway line Plzeň–Domažlice briefly crosses the municipal territory, but there is no train station. There are no major roads passing through the municipality.
Horní Kamenice is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is the ruin of the Lacembok Castle, from which only part of the fortifications survived. It was probably founded in the second half of the 13th century and abandoned in the second half of the 15th century.[4]
A landmark in the centre of Horní Kamenice is the Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk.