Leskovice

Leskovice
Leskovice
Municipality
	Memorial of the Leskovice massacre
	Flag Coat of arms
	Leskovice Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°25′48″N 15°4′52″E / 49.43000°N 15.08111°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Vysočina
District	Pelhřimov
First mentioned	1379
Area
• Total	3.50 km2 (1.35 sq mi)
Elevation	615 m (2,018 ft)
Population (2023-01-01)
• Total	118
• Density	34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	394 14
Website	www.obecleskovice.cz

Leskovice is a municipality and village in Pelhřimov District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.

Leskovice lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Pelhřimov, 37 km (23 mi) west of Jihlava, and 88 km (55 mi) south-east of Prague.

History

The first written mention of Leskovice is from 1379.^[2] In 1945, the mass murder of 25 Czech civilians known as the Leskovice massacre took place here.^[3]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Obec Leskovice" (in Czech). Obec Leskovice. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
^ "Po řádění SS zůstalo v obci 25 mrtvých, nejmladšímu bylo třináct" (in Czech). iDnes. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2022-06-24.

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

[2] "Obec Leskovice" (in Czech). Obec Leskovice. Retrieved 2022-06-24.

[3] "Po řádění SS zůstalo v obci 25 mrtvých, nejmladšímu bylo třináct" (in Czech). iDnes. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2022-06-24.

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