Pchery

Pchery
Pchery
Municipality
	Pchery from summit of the Vinařická hill
	Flag Coat of arms
	Pchery Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 50°11′29″N 14°6′51″E / 50.19139°N 14.11417°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Kladno
First mentioned	1227–1228
Area
• Total	6.74 km2 (2.60 sq mi)
Elevation	324 m (1,063 ft)
Population (2020-01-01)
• Total	1,930
• Density	290/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	273 08
Website	www.obecpchery.cz

Pchery (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpxɛrɪ]) is a municipality and village in Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. It is located about 5 km north of Kladno. The village occupies an upper part of right slope of broad valley of the Knovízský stream, just on northwestern edge of large elevated plateau called Rovina ("The Plains").

Administrative parts

Pchery proper consist of two formerly distinct villages of Pchery and Humny, which today form one built-up area. Village of Theodor, once a late 19th-century miners' settlement in vicinity of former colliery of the same name, located about 1.5 km to the southeast, also forms an administrative part of Pchery.

History

The first mention of Pchery dates back to 13th century. In a document from about 1227–1228 it was stated to be in property of the Saint George Cloister of Prague Castle.

Sights

Parish church of St. Stephen in Pchery was first attested in tithe registry in 1352. It was enlarged from one to three naves in Baroque style in 1706. Above the church there stands a belfry built around half of 18th century.

A wind power plant has been operating on a field about 1 km northeast of Pchery since April 1, 2008. It consists of two towers of 88 m in height, each equipped with a 3MW wind turbine supplied by Finnish manufacturer WinWinD. As of 2008 it was the most powerful wind power plant in the Czech Republic. As of 2020 is 12th–13th most powerful and the most powerful in the Central Bohemian Region.