Chocnějovice is a municipality and village in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Administrative division Chocnějovice consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
Chocnějovice (122) Buda (9) Buřínsko 1.díl (5) Buřínsko 2.díl (0) Drahotice (99) Ouč (44) Rostkov (29) Sovenice (128)
Etymology The name is derived from the personal name Chocněj, meaning "the village of Chocněj's people".
Geography Chocnějovice is located about north of Mladá Boleslav and south of Liberec. It lies in the Jičín Uplands. The highest point is the hill Nadskalí at above sea level. The Mohelka River flows through the municipality. the Jizera River briefly flows along the southern municipal border.
History The first written mention of Chocnějovice is from 1322. From 1695 until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1850, the area was part of the Mnichovo Hradiště estate, owned by the Waldstein family.
Demographics
Transport There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
The main landmark of Chocnějovice is the Church of Saint Gall. It is a cemetery church, built in the Romanesque style in the 13th century. It s current form is a result of the modifications from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Notable people Miloslav Rechcigl Sr. (1904–1973), politician
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