Tachlovice

Tachlovice
Tachlovice
Municipality
	Church of Saint James the Great
	Flag Coat of arms
	Tachlovice Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 50°0′52″N 14°14′27″E / 50.01444°N 14.24083°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Prague-West
First mentioned	1234
Area
• Total	6.34 km2 (2.45 sq mi)
Elevation	340 m (1,120 ft)
Population (2023-01-01)
• Total	954
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	252 17
Website	www.tachlovice.cz

Tachlovice is a municipality and village in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Geography

Tachlovice lies about 7 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Prague. It lies on the Radotínský creek, in a flat agricultural landscape of the Prague Plateau. The highest point of the municipality is at 383 metres (1,257 ft) above sea level.

Culture

Veteran Car Club Tachlovice was founded in 1960.^[2] Since 1976, it organizes a veteran cars exhibition and contest called Tachlovice Triangle. It is held once a year in memory of the founder Jan Horák. Vehicles manufactured until the 1970s are displayed near the village common and some of them later compete driving on the triangle route.^[3]

Sights

The Baroque complex of the Church of Saint James the Great is a cultural monument. It represents an architecturally and urbanistically valuable set of buildings from the 1740s with clear remnants of the original Gothic construction. It contains the church and a cemetery chapel.^[4]

Tachlovice White Willow is a memorable tree, one of the largest of its kind in Bohemia with a shaft circuit of 773 cm (304 in).^[5]

Gallery

Church of Saint James the Great, front view
Church of Saint James the Great, side view
Graveyard chapel
Former rectory

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "VCC Tachlovice v AČR" (in Czech). Veteran Car Club Tachlovice. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
^ "Tachlovický trojúhelník" (in Czech). Veteran Car Club Tachlovice. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
^ "Kostel sv. Jakuba Většího" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
^ "Pokračování životopisu Vrby bílé (Salix alba)" (in Czech). Obec Tachlovice. Retrieved 2021-06-23.

External links

Official website
Tachlovice Triangle (in Czech)

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

[2] "VCC Tachlovice v AČR" (in Czech). Veteran Car Club Tachlovice. Retrieved 2021-06-23.

[3] "Tachlovický trojúhelník" (in Czech). Veteran Car Club Tachlovice. Retrieved 2021-06-23.

[4] "Kostel sv. Jakuba Většího" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2021-06-23.

[5] "Pokračování životopisu Vrby bílé (Salix alba)" (in Czech). Obec Tachlovice. Retrieved 2021-06-23.

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