Byšice

Byšice is a village and municipality in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. The village has a population of approximately 1400.[1]

Byšice
Municipality and village
Municipal office
Coat of arms
Byšice
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°19′N 14°37′E
Country Czech Republic
RegionCentral Bohemian Region
DistrictMělník District
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

History

The earliest mention of the name comes from 1321. The name is believed to originated from the personal name Byš.[2]

By 1932, the town had 1235 inhabitants. It also had a post office, telegraph office, telephone office, gendarmerie station, volunteer fire brigade, drugstore, 3 barbers, 7 inns, plumber, wheelwright, 4 blacksmiths, 5 tailors, mechanic, 2 mills, Bata shoe store, 2 shoemakers, 3 bakers, 2 midwives, sawmill, roofer, food factory Gráf a spol., 7 peasants, saddler, 3 butchers, 10 general merchandise stores, Savings and Reserve Association Pro Byšice and Liblice, 4 seamstresses, 4 carpenters, 2 coal shops, smoker, large estate, 4 gardeners, and 3 locksmiths.[3]

Seal

The town seal has existed since the 15th or 16th century.[2]

Church of St. John the Baptist

A Church of St. John the Baptist exists in the village. It is a Baroque sacral building. The church has been protected as a cultural monument.[4]

Architecture

It is a single rectangular building. It has a rectangular, triangular-ended presbytery. There is a rectangular sacristy in the axis of the building. The facade of the church is divided by pilasters. There are niches in the side fields of the facade. In the middle of the facade is a rectangular portal with a supraport and a rectangular window with a segmental niche. In the side parts of the facade above the pilasters takes place laying. Above the middle part is a ledge. The facade is finished with a wing gable with vases, pilasters and niches. The side facades have lysine frames and semicircular windows.[5]

The presbytery and the sacristy have a barrel vault with lunettes. The ship has a flat ceiling. There is an indistinct stucco decoration on the vault and wall of the presbytery and the semicircular triumphal arch. The walls of the nave are divided by cornice pilasters with stucco decoration. There are stucco cut fields on the ceiling of the ship.[5]

  • Church of St. John the Baptist
  • House on the corner of Mělnická and Komenský streets.

References
  1. Czech Statistical Office: Population in Municipalities - as of 1.1.2020. Prague. April 30, 2020. Available online.
  2. "History of the village Byšice". Byšice.
  3. Mosse, Rudolf (1932). Directory of the Czechoslovak Republic for Industry, Trades, Trade and Agriculture. Prague. pp. 106, 107.
  4. Central list of cultural monuments of the Czech Republic: National Monuments Institute, Prague. Monument Catalog.
  5. Poche, Emanuel (1977). Artistic monuments in Bohemia. pp. 158, 159.
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