Jankov (Benešov District)

Jankov
Jankov
	Municipality
	A pond in Jankov
	Flag Coat of arms
	Jankov Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°39′11″N 14°43′51″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Benešov
First mentioned	1352
Area
• Total	29.81 km2 (11.51 sq mi)
Elevation	510 m (1,670 ft)
Population (2020-01-01[1])
• Total	911
• Density	31/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	257 03
Website	obecjankov.cz

Jankov is a municipality and village in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Fire museum in Odlochovice

Villages of Bedřichovice, Čečkov, Čestín, Jankovská Lhota, Nosákov, Odlochovice, Otradovice, Pičín and Podolí are administrative parts of Jankov.

History

The Battle of Jankau was fought nearby on 6 March 1645, during the 1618 to 1648 Thirty Years' War. It featured a Swedish army under Lennart Torstensson and an Imperial force commanded by von Hatzfeldt. Both contained around 16,000 troops, but the more experienced and better equipped Swedes won a crushing victory; the Imperial army suffered 5,000 casualties and lost 4,650 prisoners.[2]

References

"Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
Guthrie, William P. (2003). The Later Thirty Years War: From the Battle of Wittstock to the Treaty of Westphalia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 128–136.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.

[2] Guthrie, William P. (2003). The Later Thirty Years War: From the Battle of Wittstock to the Treaty of Westphalia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 128–136.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)