Kšice

Kšice
Kšice
Municipality
	Common pond
	Flag Coat of arms
	Kšice Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°48′9″N 12°59′50″E / 49.80250°N 12.99722°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Plzeň
District	Tachov
First mentioned	1369
Area
• Total	15.44 km2 (5.96 sq mi)
Elevation	488 m (1,601 ft)
Population (2023-01-01)
• Total	227
• Density	15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	349 01
Website	www.obec-ksice.cz

Kšice (German: Kscheutz) is a municipality and village in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.

Administrative parts[edit]

The village of Lomnička is an administrative part of Kšice.

Geography[edit]

Kšice is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Tachov and 27 km (17 mi) west of Plzeň. It lies in the Plasy Uplands. The highest point is the hill Stelka at 547 m (1,795 ft) above sea level.

History[edit]

The first written mention of Kšice is from 1369. It was then part of the Stříbro estate. Silver and lead were mined in the vicinity of the village. At the end of the 19th century, the last mine was closed down.^[2]

After the Munich Agreement in 1938, the village was annexed by Nazi Germany and administered as part of Reichsgau Sudetenland.

In 1971, Lomnička was joined to the municipality. From 1980 to 1991, Kšice was an administrative part of Stříbro. Since 1992, it has been a separate municipality.^[3]

Demographics[edit]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	568	—
1880	679	+19.5%
1890	635	−6.5%
1900	625	−1.6%
1910	669	+7.0%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	629	−6.0%
1930	553	−12.1%
1950	338	−38.9%
1961	298	−11.8%
1970	284	−4.7%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	215	−24.3%
1991	192	−10.7%
2001	184	−4.2%
2011	189	+2.7%
2021	220	+16.4%

Source: Censuses^[4]^[5]

Transport[edit]

Lomnička lies on the Plzeň–Bezdružice railway line.

Sights[edit]

The main landmark of Kšice is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. A predecessor of the church was a Gothic building, first documented in 1384. The current church was built in the Baroque style in 1716.^[6]

Gallery[edit]

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Houses in the centre of Kšice
Municipal office

References[edit]

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Kšice. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 265, 302.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Tachov" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 9–10.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ "Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-09-21.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.

[2] "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Kšice. Retrieved 2022-09-21.

[3] "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 265, 302.

[4] "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Tachov" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 9–10.

[5] "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

[6] "Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-09-21.

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