Cholupice | |
Settlement Type: | Cadastral Area of Prague |
Coordinates: | 50.9867°N 14.4486°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Czech Republic |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Prague |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Prague 12 |
Area Total Km2: | 6.39 |
Population Total: | 1133 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Cholupice (de|Cholupitz) a village in the south of Prague and a cadastral subdivision of Prague 12. There are 18 streets and 165 addresses registered, and a population of around 600. The Outer Ring Road passes just south of the village, and to the south-west there is a recreational airport. The Cholupice Cemetery lies to the east.
Cholupice was, at one time, an independent municipality. The village of Točná was joined to Cholupice in 1960.[2] The municipality of Cholupice, including Točná, was amalgamated into the city of Prague in 1974. The local government in Cholupice was dissolved, and both villages were attached to the local government in Modřany,[3] which is now part of Prague 12.
Every year on 30 April, near Ke Kálku street at the eastern end of the village, Cholupice hosts Prague's largest symbolic witch burning celebration. The village also has several clubs and community associations, including a volunteer fire brigade, a hunt club, an athletic club TJ Sokol Cholupice, a branch of the Czech Husbandry Association Svaz Českých chovatelů, a horse-riding club and a fishing club. On a Saturday in the second half of May, the village hosts a traditional Welcoming of Spring celebration (cs|vítání jara), including the raising of a maypole, and a parade through the village wearing folk costumes (cs|kroj).