Hosín

Hosín
Municipality
Saints Peter and Paul Church Saints Peter and Paul Church
Location of Hosín
Hosín
Coordinates:
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Bohemian
District	České Budějovice
Area
• Total	30.97 km2 (11.96 sq mi)
Elevation	486 m (1,594 ft)
Population (2007)
• Total	751
• Density	24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Postal code	373 41
Website	http://www.hosin.cz

Hosín is a village and municipality (obec) in the České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

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House no. 42

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Cycling trail no. 1056 runs through Hosín

The municipality covers an area of 30.97 km² (11.96 sq mi), and has a population of 751 (as at 31 December 2007).

Hosín lies approximately 7 km (4 mi) north of České Budějovice and 117 km (73 mi) south of Prague.

Places of interest

• Hosín is associated with the silhouette of Saints Peter and Paul Church seen from Českých Budějovic from 1899 to 1900, part of which is the original Romanesque church from the 12th to 13th centuries with unique Gothic wall paintings from around 1340
• Baroque rectory from the 18th century
• Stone wayside shrine from 1636 along the road towards Hluboká nad Vltavou, with the coat-of-arms of the former estate owner, Baltasar Marradas
• Former Orty china-clay mine
• Memorial to those killed in World War I
• Wayside cross in the northeast part of the village
• Houses built in the "rustic Baroque" style: houses no. 8, 42, and 48

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Hosín include:

• Fran Lakmayer (1863–1946), beekeeper

References

• Czech Statistical Office: Municipalities of the České Budějovice District