Chocnějovice

Chocnějovice is a municipality and village in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
The villages and hamlets of Buda, Buřínsko 1.díl, Buřínsko 2.díl, Drahotice, Ouč, Rostkov and Sovenice are administrative parts of Chocnějovice.

Geography
Chocnějovice is located about 17 km north of Mladá Boleslav and 19 km south of Liberec. It lies in the Jičín Uplands. The highest point is the hill Nadskalí at 390 m above sea level. The Mohelka River flows through the municipality. the Jizera River briefly flows along the southern municipal border.

History
The first written mention of Chocnějovice is from 1322. From 1695 until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1850, the area was part of the Mnichovo Hradiště estate, owned by the Waldstein family.

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

Sights
The main landmark of Chocnějovice is the Church of Saint Gall. It is a cemetery church, built in the Romanesque style in the 13th century. It s current form is a result of the modifications from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Notable people

 * Miloslav Rechcigl Sr. (1904–1973), politician