Tatce | |
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: | 50.0911°N 14.9772°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1292 |
Area Total Km2: | 4.43 |
Elevation M: | 208 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 674 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 289 11 |
Tatce is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
In old Czech, the word 'tat' meant a thief and tatec was a diminutive of tat. So the name Tatce meant "the village of little thieves".[2]
Tatce is located about northwest of Kolín and 32km (20miles) east of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the Central Elbe Table.
The first written mention of Tatce is from 1292.[3]
Tatce is located on the railway line Prague–Kolín.[4]
There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality.[5] A landmark is the Chapel of the Virgin Mary, which dates from 1843.[6]