Hořín

Hořín
Municipality and village
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Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian Region
District	Mělník District
Government
Area
• Total	5.6 sq mi (14.4 km2)
Elevation	528 ft (161 m)
Population (2011)
• Total	744
• Density	130/sq mi (52/km2)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Hořín is a village and municipality in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

There is the burial vault of the family of Lobkowicz.

The village is protected by a flood wall, due to a high amount of flooded buildings in European floods in 2002.

In the municipality of Hořín there are four villages: Hořín, Brozánky, Vrbno and Zelčín.

Notable People

Jan August Vitásek, a Bohemian composer, was born at Hořín on 20 February 1770.

References

• This article was initially translated from the Czech Wikipedia.