Skočice

Skočice
Skočice
Municipality
	View from the north
	Flag Coat of arms
	Skočice Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°11′10″N 14°6′15″E / 49.18611°N 14.10417°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Bohemian
District	Strakonice
First mentioned	1399
Area
• Total	9.82 km2 (3.79 sq mi)
Elevation	462 m (1,516 ft)
Population (2024-01-01)
• Total	241
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	387 75, 389 01
Website	www.skocice.cz

Skočice is a municipality and village in Strakonice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Lidmovice is an administrative part of Skočice.

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Skok, meaning "the village of Skok's people".^[2]

Geography

Skočice is located about 16 kilometres (10 mi) southeast of Strakonice and 34 km (21 mi) northwest of České Budějovice. The western part of the municipality with the Skočice village lies in the Bohemian Forest Foothills, the eastern part with Lidmovice lies in the České Budějovice Basin. The highest point is the hill Hrad at 667 m (2,188 ft) above sea level, located on the eastern border of the municipality. The slopes of the hill are protected as the Skočický Hrad Nature Reserve.

The brook Lidmovický potok originates here and flows across the municipal territory. There are several fishponds in the municipality; the largest are Jordán and Louženský.

History

The first written mention of Skočice is from 1399.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	507	—
1880	510	+0.6%
1890	485	−4.9%
1900	432	−10.9%
1910	469	+8.6%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	442	−5.8%
1930	428	−3.2%
1950	275	−35.7%
1961	268	−2.5%
1970	242	−9.7%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	212	−12.4%
1991	191	−9.9%
2001	195	+2.1%
2011	204	+4.6%
2021	215	+5.4%

Source: Censuses^[4]^[5]

Transport

The I/22 road from Vodňany to Strakonice, which further continues to Klatovy, passes through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Skočice is the Church of the Visitation of Our Lady. It is an atypical octagonal church, built is the early Baroque style in 1677–1678. The church, originally as a chapel, was built for Polyxena Ludmila of Sternberg for its alleged miraculous image of Our Lady of Help (a copy of Cranach's Icon of Maria Hilf in Passau), and subsequently became a pilgrimage site. The area includes the cemetery and the Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk from the mid-18th century.^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
^ Profous, Antonín (1957). Místní jména v Čechách IV: S–Ž (in Czech). p. 75.
^ "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Skočice. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ "Kostel Navštívení P. Marie" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
^ "Skočický kostel" (in Czech). Obec Skočice. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

External links

Official website

[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.

[2] Profous, Antonín (1957). Místní jména v Čechách IV: S–Ž (in Czech). p. 75.

[3] "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Skočice. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

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

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

[6] "Kostel Navštívení P. Marie" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

[7] "Skočický kostel" (in Czech). Obec Skočice. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

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