Močovice

Močovice is a municipality and village in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Moč, meaning "the village of Moč's people". The personal name was derived from the German name Motz, which was a dialectical shortened form of Mathias.

Močovice is located about southeast of Kutná Hora and east of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Central Elbe Table. The Klejnárka River flows through the municipality.

The first written mention of Močovice is from 1324.

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

The only protected cultural monument in the municipality is a Neoclassical homestead from the first half of the 19th century.
A landmark of the centre of Močovice is the Chapel of the Visitation. It was built in the Neoclassical style in 1831.