| Oskořínek | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nymburk |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.24°N 15.0842°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1451 |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.61 |
| Elevation M: | 193 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 548 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 289 32 |
Oskořínek is a municipality and village in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
The name was derived either from the Czech word oskeruše (i.e. 'service tree'; in old Czech also oskoruše)[2] or from the personal name Oskora, derived from the name of the tree. The initial name of the village was Oskořín. From the 16th century, the diminutive form Oskořínek is used.[3]
Oskořínek is located about 7km (04miles) northeast of Nymburk and 42km (26miles) northeast of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Central Elbe Table. The Ronovka Stream flows through the municipality.
The first written mention of Oskořínek is from 1451.[3] From the early 16th century, the village was owned by the Křinecký of Ronov family. In 1623, the Oskořínek estate was bought by Albrecht von Wallenstein, who soon left it to Adam von Waldstein in exchange for another estate. In 1652, Oskořínek was bought by the Wratislaw of Mitrovice family. The most important owners of Oskořínek were the Morzin family, who ruled the estate in 1689–1807. They had rebuilt the local castle and had built new houses and farm buildings.[4]
Oskořínek is located on the railway line Jičín–Nymburk.[5]
Oskořínek is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monuments are the statues of St. John of Nepomuk and Immaculate Virgin Mary, both dating from the 18th century.[6]