Miskovice

Miskovice
Miskovice
Municipality
	Miskovice from Vysoká lookout tower
	Flag Coat of arms
	Miskovice Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°56′46″N 15°12′17″E / 49.94611°N 15.20472°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Kutná Hora
First mentioned	1131
Area
• Total	19.18 km2 (7.41 sq mi)
Elevation	363 m (1,191 ft)
Population (2020-01-01)
• Total	1,106
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	284 01, 285 01
Website	www.miskovice-kh.cz

Miskovice is a municipality and village in the Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, located 4.5 km west of Kutná Hora. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.

History

First written notice about Miskovice is from year 1131.

Municipal parts

Villages of Bylany, Hořany, Mezholezy and Přítoky also belong to the municipality.

Archeology

In 2003, the first Czech fossil bones of a non-avian dinosaur were found in an abandoned quarry near Miskovice. These belong to a small ornithopod related to the popular genus Iguanodon.^[2]

Notable people

Antonietta Brandeis (1848–1926), Czech-Italian painter

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
^ http://dinosaurus.bloguje.cz/819366-informacni-karta-ceskeho-dinosaura.php

External links

(in Czech) Official website

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[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.

[2] ttp://dinosaurus.bloguje.cz/819366-informacni-karta-ceskeho-dinosaura.php

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