Kšice


Kšice is a municipality and village in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
WWW obec-ksice.cz

Administrative division

Kšice consists of two municipal parts :
  • Kšice
  • Lomnička

Geography

Kšice is located about east of Tachov and west of Plzeň. It lies in the Plasy Uplands. The highest point is the hill Stelka at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Kšice is from 1369. It was then part of the Stříbro estate. Silver and lead were mined in the vicinity of the village. At the end of the 19th century, the last mine was closed down.
After the Munich Agreement in 1938, the village was annexed by Nazi Germany and administered as part of the Reichsgau Sudetenland.
In 1971, Lomnička was joined to the municipality. From 1980 to 1991, Kšice was a municipal part of Stříbro. Since 1992, it has been a separate municipality.

Transport

The village of Lomnička is located on the railway line Radnice–Bezdružice via Plzeň.

Sights

The main landmark of Kšice is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. A predecessor of the church was a Gothic building, first documented in 1384. The current church was built in the Baroque style in 1716.