Běhařov
Běhařov (Wihorschau) is a municipality and village in Klatovy District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
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Key facts
• Name — Běhařov • Settlement Type — Municipality • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Plzeň • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Klatovy • Established Title — First mentioned • Established Date — 1352 • Area Total Km2 — 4.37 • Elevation M — 485 • Population As Of — 2026-01-01 • Population Total — 191 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone1 — CET • Utc Offset1 — +1 • Timezone1 Dst — CEST • Utc Offset1 Dst — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 340 21 • Website — https: www.beharov.cz/
Administrative division
Administrative division
Běhařov consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): • Běhařov (116) • Úborsko (50)
Etymology
Etymology
The name is derived from the surname Běhař, meaning "Běhař's (court)".
Geography
Geography
Běhařov is located about 11 km southwest of Klatovy and 46 km south of Plzeň. It lies in the Švihov Highlands. The highest point is at 592 m above sea level. The Úhlava River flows along the southern municipal border.
History
History
The first written mention of Běhařov is from 1352, when the village with a fortress were owned by the local noble family that called themselves Barons of Běhařov. Běhařov often changed hands and was owned by various lesser noblemen. During the Thirty Years' War, it became part of the Bystřice estate (today Bystřice nad Úhlavou, part of Nýřany).
Transport
Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
Sights
• Illustration — Běhařov Castle The main landmarks of Běhařov are the Church of Saint Procopius and Běhařov Castle. The church was built in the early Gothic style in the mid-13th century, but it was damaged by the fires in 1616, 1777 and 1789, and was reconstructed in the Baroque style. The tower was raised in 1693. The last large reconstruction of the church was after the fire in 1911. The Běhařov Castle was originally a Gothic-Renaissance fortress, rebuilt to its present Baroque form in the first half of the 18th century. In 1917, the castle was bought by the painter Alois Kalvoda. He had reconstructed the building, founded a summer painting school here and decorated the landscape park around the castle with sculptures by Jan Štursa, Franta Úprka and Josef Drahoňovský.
Notable people
Notable people
• Alois Kalvoda (1875–1934), painter; lived and died here
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- 1.Czech Statistical Office. Population in municipalities as at 1. 1. DataStat. 2026-05-18.
- 2.Czech Statistical Office. Public Census 2021 – basic data. Public Database. 2022.
- 3.Profous, Antonín. Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H. 41–42. 1947.
- 4.Obec Běhařov. Z historie obce Běhařov.
- 5.Czech Statistical Office. Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011. 2015-12-21.
- 6.Czech Statistical Office. Population Census 2021: Population by sex. Public Database. 2021-03-27.
- 7.National Heritage Institute. Kostel sv. Prokopa.
- 8.National Heritage Institute. Zámek.
- 9.Akademický malíř Alois Kalvoda. Encyklopedie dějin Brna.
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