Hrusice

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Coordinates: 49°54′36″N 14°44′17″E / 49.91, 14.73806

Hrusice

Village

Hrusice as seen from east

Flag	Coat of arms

Name origin: Hruša's people

Country

Commune

Elevation

365 m (1,198 ft)

Coordinates

49°54′36″N 14°44′17″E / 49.91, 14.73806

Highest point

- elevation

435 m (1,427 ft)

Lowest point

- elevation

296 m (971 ft)

Area

5.43 km² (2.1 sq mi)

Population

570 (2007)

Density

105 /km² (272 /sq mi)

First mention

1205

Mayor

Ladislav Tesařík

Timezone

CET (UTC+1)

- summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

251 66

Location in the Czech Republic

Wikimedia Commons: Hrusice

Statistics: statnisprava.cz

Website: www.obec-hrusice.cz

Hrusice (pronounced [ˈɦrʊsɪt͡sɛ]) is a village and municipality in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is located about 30 km southeast of Prague and 11 km southeast of Říčany. The population as of December 31, 2007 was 570.^[1] Popularized through paintings, ubiquitous Christmas and Easter postcards and children's books by national artist Josef Lada, the name, and appearance of Hrusice has become since 1930s familiar to almost every Czech, which gives Hrusice a somewhat unique position among thousands other villages in the country.

1 Location
2 History
3 Population
4 Sights
5 Gallery
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Location

The village is situated in rolled landscape characteristic for the region southeast of Prague. It borders to municipality of Mnichovice in the north, Ondřejov in the east, Senohraby in the south and Mirošovice in the west. The average annual temperature is 7.3 °C and average annual rainfall 620 mm. The accessibility of Hrusice is very good due to proximity of two major transport lines. Highway D1 from Prague to Brno passes through cadastre of Hrusice just several hundred metres southwest of the village (the closest interchange is on km 21 in Mirošovice, about 3 km by car from Hrusice). Mirošovice u Prahy railway station on km 32 of Prague - Benešov - České Budějovice line is about 1,5 km by foot from Hrusice. Trains run each half-hour on workdays and hourly on weekends, a ride from or to Prague Main Station takes up 43 minutes, to Benešov in the opposite direction it takes up 27 minutes. There also operates a suburban bus line number 490 between Strančice and Stříbrná Skalice (via Mnichovice and Ondřejov) with stop in centre of Hrusice.

[edit] History

Hrusice was first mentioned in 1205, when Přemysl Otakar I, King of Bohemia, confirmed some local property to Ostrov Monastery. Josef Lada, one of most respected Czech painters and writers was born into family of local shoemaker in 1887. Hrusice where he spent his childhood and the surrounding landscape are reflected in many of his works. The village has experienced a significant growth in recent decade thanks to good connection to the capital city, but its picturesque skyline is still well preserved, which makes Hrusice with dense net of marked hiking paths a favourite destination for family trips from Prague.

[edit] Population

According to the 2001 census.^[2] the population was 382, almost exclusively Czechs with two people declaring themselves to be of Slovak and German ethnicity. 63% of population was without religion, 24% belonged to Roman Catholic Church, 1% to other religious groups, 10% gave no response.

Demographic evolution of Hrusice between 1869 and 2007
1869	1900	1950	1980	2001	2007
423	424	572	508	382	570

[edit] Sights

Church of Saint Wenceslas in centre of the village is an example of rural Romanesque architecture from turn of 12th century with a valuable sandstone portal, a work by monks from Sázava Monastery.
Josef Lada Memorial in artist's villa in southern end of Hrusice, nowadays a branch of Prague-East Regional Museum, presents his life and work as well as his doughter Alena Ladová, also a renowned illustrator.

[edit] Gallery

Centre of the village as seen from the south	Houses in centre of the village	Centre of the village with bus stop	Josef Lada was born here
Church of St Wenceslas from the north; WWI memorial in front of the wall	Church from the east	Romanesque portal made of red sandstone	Interior of the church
Small park in centre of the village with seat of local administration and bust of Josef Lada	Lada's summer vila in southern end of the village, nowadays his museum	Rectory opposite to the church	U Sejků Pub with murals in style of Lada, building of former school in the ackground
Bust of Josef Lada (1998)	World War I memorial (1921)	Protected lime (1777)