Kšice

Kšice (German: Kscheutz) is a municipality and village in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.

Kšice
Municipality
Common pond
Flag Coat of arms
Kšice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°48′9″N 12°59′50″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Plzeň
District	Tachov
First mentioned	1369
Area
• Total	15.44 km2 (5.96 sq mi)
Elevation	488 m (1,601 ft)
Population  (2025-01-01)[1]
• Total	241
• Density	15.6/km2 (40.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	349 01
Website	www.obec-ksice.cz

Administrative division

Kšice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):^[2]

• Kšice (196)
• Lomnička (24)

Geography

Kšice is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Tachov and 27 km (17 mi) west of Plzeň. It lies in the Plasy Uplands. The highest point is the hill Stelka at 547 m (1,795 ft) 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 568 —     1880 679 +19.5% 1890 635 −6.5% 1900 625 −1.6% 1910 669 +7.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 629 −6.0% 1930 553 −12.1% 1950 338 −38.9% 1961 298 −11.8% 1970 284 −4.7%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 215 −24.3% 1991 192 −10.7% 2001 184 −4.2% 2011 189 +2.7% 2021 220 +16.4%
Source: Censuses[5][6]

Transport

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

The village of Lomnička is located on the railway line Radnice–Bezdružice via Plzeň.^[7]

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.^[8]