Podhradí (Jičín District)

Podhradí is a market town in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Podhradí
Market town
View of Hlásná Lhota and Podhradí from the northwest
Coat of arms
Podhradí Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°25′7″N 15°18′38″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Hradec Králové
District	Jičín
First mentioned	1546
Area
• Total	10.28 km2 (3.97 sq mi)
Elevation	358 m (1,175 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	490
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	506 01
Website	www.mestyspodhradi.cz

Administrative division

Podhradí consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):^[2]

• Podhradí (95)
• Čejkovice (162)
• Hlásná Lhota (79)
• Šlikova Ves (115)
• Vokšice (42)

Geography

Podhradí is located about 4 kilometres (2 mi) southwest of Jičín and 43 km (27 mi) northwest of Hradec Králové. It lies in the Jičín Uplands. The highest point is the hill Veliš at 429 m (1,407 ft) above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Podhradí is from 1546.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 1,423 —     1880 1,375 −3.4% 1890 1,502 +9.2% 1900 1,530 +1.9% 1910 1,346 −12.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,219 −9.4% 1930 1,017 −16.6% 1950 816 −19.8% 1961 737 −9.7% 1970 629 −14.7%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 507 −19.4% 1991 407 −19.7% 2001 362 −11.1% 2011 439 +21.3% 2021 493 +12.3%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

Transport

The I/32 road from Jičín to Poděbrady passes through the eastern part of the municipal territory.

Sights

Loreto – Chapel of the Virgin Mary

On the Veliš hill is a ruin of the eponymous castle. Although the castle was one of the most important in the region in the Middle Ages, little information about it has been preserved. The castle was founded at the end of the 13th century and was abandoned after 1650. It had strong late Gothic outer fortifications that were among the best in the country at the time. Parts of it have survived to this day, as well as several fragments of the core.^[6]

Loreto – the Chapel of the Virgin Mary is located on a small hill in the woods near Podhradí. It was built in the Baroque style in 1694 by the Counts of Schlick.^[7]

The Vokšice Castle was built in Vokšice at the end of the 17th century. The early Baroque building was later modified in the Empire style. The Chapel of Saint Rosalia was built next to the castle in the first half of the 19th century. Part of the castle complex is also a valuable granary, built in 1700 according to the design by Jean Baptiste Mathey.^[8]