Hořín

Hořín
Municipality
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Hořín Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°20′42″N 14°27′51″E / 50.34500°N 14.46417°E / 50.34500; 14.46417Coordinates: 50°20′42″N 14°27′51″E / 50.34500°N 14.46417°E / 50.34500; 14.46417
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Mělník
First mentioned	1336
Area
• Total	14.41 km2 (5.56 sq mi)
Elevation	161 m (528 ft)
Population  (2021-01-01)[1]
• Total	859
• Density	60/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	276 01
Website	www.obechorin.cz

Hořín is a municipality and village in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.

The village of Hořín is protected by a flood wall, due to a high amount of flooded buildings in European floods in 2002.

Administrative parts[]

Villages of Brozánky, Vrbno and Zelčín are administrative parts of Hořín.

Sights[]

There is the burial vault of the Lobkowicz family.

Notable people[]

• Jan August Vitásek (1770–1839), composer

References[]

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