PeÄky
Pecky ( German Petschek ) is a city in the Czech Republic. Lies 14 kilometers northwest of Kolin and belongs to Okres Kolin.
Geography
Pecky is on the left of the Výrovka on the Bohemian panel. By Pecky the main rail route from Prague leads to Česká Třebová. North of the city runs the route of the motorway D 11, the next exit is Vrbová Lhota.
Neighboring towns are Kostelní Lhota in the north, Vrbová Lhota in the northeast, Ratenice in the east, in the southeast Cerhenice, Dobřichov in the south, and Radim Chotutice the southwest, Tatce in the west and Velké Chvalovice in the northwest.
History
On the basis of archaeological finds can be calibrated colonization of the area by Pecky prove since the Neolithic period. Was first documented the village in 1225th
Until the 19th century was a Pecky agricultural center. With the commissioning of the railway from Deutschbrod by Kolin by the Austrian Northwest Railway began in 1870, the economic development of the town. 1881, the railway branch line was taken after Sasmuk in operation. 1925 Pecky became a town and leads since 1931 a coat of arms.
Boroughs
The city Pečky consists of the districts Pecky ( Petschek ) and Velké Chvalovice ( United Chwalowitz ).
Attractions
- Catholic Church of St. Wenceslas, consecrated in 1913
- Protestant church Mgr Jan Hus, built 1915-1918
- , Completed in 1901 Town Hall
- Water Tower, built in the 1930s