Hořice (Jičín District)
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| Country | Czech Republic | ||
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| Region | Hradec Králové | ||
| District | Jičín | ||
| Commune | Hořice (Jičín District) | ||
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| Area | 21.46 km2 (8.29 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 9,025 (2006-12-01) | ||
| Density | 421 / km2 (1,090 / sq mi) | ||
| First mentioned | 1143 | ||
| Mayor | Ivan Doležal | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 508 01 | ||
   Location in the Czech Republic
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| Wikimedia Commons: Hořice | |||
| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
| Website: www.horice.org | |||
Hořice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦor̝ɪtsɛ], German: Horschitz, also known as Hořice v Podkrkonoší) is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 9,000 inhabitants.
Villages Březovice, Doubrava, Chlum, Chvalina, Libonice and Svatogothardská Lhota are administrative parts of Hořice.
People
- Jacob Felix (1832–1905), Jewish doctor
- Josef Ladislav Jandera (1776–1857), mathematician
- Jan Levit (1884–1944), Jewish physician
- Petr Maixner (1831–1884), painter
- Fritz Mauthner (1849–1923), Jewish writer, philosopher
- Karel Vik (1883–1964), painter
- Jiri Karnet (1920 - 2011), writer, journalist
External links
- Municipal website (Czech)
- virtual show
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