| Tuřice | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mladá Boleslav |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.2489°N 14.7692°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1194 |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.83 |
| Elevation M: | 190 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 500 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 294 74 |
Tuřice is a municipality and village in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
The village of Sobětuchy is an administrative part of Tuřice.
The name is derived from the adjective tuří (from tur, meaning Bos).[2]
Tuřice is located about northeast of Prague. It lies in a flat landscape in the Jizera Table. The municipality is situated on the right bank of the Jizera River, which forms the eastern municipal border.
The first written mention of Tuřice is from 1194. Sobětuchy was first mentioned in 1488. From the 14th century until establishment of a sovereign municipality in 1850, the area was part of the Brandýs estate and shared its owners and destiny.[3]
The D10 motorway from Prague to Turnov passes through the municipality.
There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality.[4]