Bořanovice

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Administrative division

Bořanovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[1]

  • Bořanovice (553)
  • Pakoměřice (561)

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Bořan (an abbreviated form of Bořivoj), meaning "the village of Bořan's people".[2]

Geography

Bořanovice is located about Script error: No such module "convert". north of Prague. It lies mostly in an agricultural landscape of the Central Elbe Table, but the western part of the municipal territory extends into the Prague Plateau.

History

The first written mention of Bořanovice is from 1227. Pakoměřice was first documented in 1352, when the church was mentioned.[3]

Demographics

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Transport

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Former brewery

The I/9 road (which connects the D8 motorway with Česká Lípa and the Czech-German border) passes through the municipality.

Sights

In Pakoměřice is the complex of a rural castle with the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. The church was originally a Gothic building, rebuilt in the Baroque style. The castle was originally a medieval fortress which underwent Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical modifications.[4]

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External links

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