Prostibor
Encyclopedia
Prostiboř is a village and municipality (obec
) in Tachov District
in the Plzeň Region
of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of 10.34 square kilometres (4 sq mi), and has a population of 146 (as at 2 October 2006).
Prostiboř lies approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi) south-east of Tachov
, 36 km (22 mi) west of Plzeň, and 119 km (74 mi) south-west of Prague
.
The hamlets
Kopec and Telice are administrative parts of Prostiboř.
Obec
Obec is the Czech and Slovak word for a municipality . The literal meaning of the word is "commune" or "community". It is the smallest administrative unit that is governed by elected representatives. Cities are also municipalities...
) in Tachov District
Tachov District
Tachov District is a district within Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Tachov.- Complete list of municipalities :Benešovice -Bezdružice -Bor -Brod nad Tichou -Broumov -Částkov -Cebiv -Černošín -...
in the Plzeň Region
Plzen Region
Plzeň Region is an administrative unit in the western part of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is named after its capital Plzeň .- Communes :...
of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of 10.34 square kilometres (4 sq mi), and has a population of 146 (as at 2 October 2006).
Prostiboř lies approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi) south-east of Tachov
Tachov
Tachov is a town in the Pilsen Region of the Czech Republic. It lies on the Mže River, some to the west from the region capital of Pilsen....
, 36 km (22 mi) west of Plzeň, and 119 km (74 mi) south-west of Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
.
The hamlets
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
Kopec and Telice are administrative parts of Prostiboř.
External links
- Village details (in CzechCzech languageCzech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
) - Prostiboř Castle (in Czech)