| Pchery | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kladno |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.1914°N 14.1142°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1222 |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.75 |
| Elevation M: | 324 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 2044 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 273 08 |
Pchery (pronounced as /cs/) is a municipality and village in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants.
The village of Humny is an administrative part of Pchery.
Pchery is located about 5km (03miles) north of Kladno and 21km (13miles) northwest of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the Prague Plateau.
The first written mention of Pchery is from 1222. A document from around 1228 states that it was a property of the St. George's Convent of Prague Castle.[2]
In 1897, Theodor Mine was founded south of Pchery. The black coal mine was in operation between 1902 and 1935. The eponymous hamlet, formerly a miners' settlement which arose around the mine, also belongs to the municipal territory of Pchery.[3]
A wind power plant has been operating on a field about 1 km northeast of Pchery since 1 April 2008. It consists of two towers of 880NaN0 in height, each equipped with a 3 MW wind turbine supplied by Finnish manufacturer WinWinD. As of 2008 it was the most powerful wind power plant in the country. As of 2020, it is the 12th most powerful in the country, and the most powerful in the Central Bohemian Region.[4]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The Church of Saint Stephen is the oldest monument in Pchery. It was first attested in a tithe registry in 1352. It was enlarged from one to three naves in the Baroque style in 1706. Above the church stands a belfry built in the mid-18th century.[2]