Mělkovice
Mělkovice | |
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Village | |
Main road in the village | |
Mělkovice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°33′34″N 15°59′5″E / 49.55944°N 15.98472°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Vysočina |
| District | Žďár nad Sázavou |
| Municipality | Žďár nad Sázavou |
| First mentioned | 1407 |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.59 km2 (1.39 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 645 m (2,116 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 127 |
| • Density | 35.4/km2 (91.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 591 01 |
| Website | melkovice |
Mělkovice (German: Melkowitz) is a village and municipal part of Žďár nad Sázavou in Žďár nad Sázavou District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 120 inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of the town's territory.
History
The first written mention of Mělkovice is in a local urbarium from 1407. Further mentions date from the 16th century. Since 1670s, the land was administered by local manorial lords, which sold the land after the dissolution of Žďár Monastery.[2]
Since 1850, Mělkovice has been a municipal part of Žďár nad Sázavou.[3]
Demographics
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Transport
The I/19 road from Žďár nad Sázavou to Boskovice runs next to the village.
The railway line from Žďár nad Sázavou to Tišnov passes next to Mělkovice, but there is no train station.
Sights
There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality.[5] In the centre of the village is the Chapel of Saint Anne, reconstructed in 1998.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Výsledky sčítání 2021 – otevřená data" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022-12-21.
- ^ "Mělkovice" (in Czech). Město Žďár nad Sázavou. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
- ^ a b Jurman, Hynek. Žďársko: Turisticko-vlastivědný průvodce obcemi a jejich okolím [Žďár region: Touristic-educational guide for the municipalities and their surroundings] (in Czech). Tišnov: Sursum. p. 81. ISBN 80-85799-51-0.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, část obce Mělkovice". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2026-01-20.