Příkazy | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Olomouc |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Olomouc |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 49.6436°N 17.1433°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1250 |
Area Total Km2: | 13.98 |
Elevation M: | 226 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1337 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 783 33 |
Příkazy (de|Przikas) is a municipality and village in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants. The old part of the village is well preserved and is protected by law as a village monument reservation.
The village of Hynkov is an administrative part of Příkazy.
Příkazy is located about 9km (06miles) northwest of Olomouc. It lies in a flat landscape of the Upper Morava Valley. The northernmost part of the municipality lies in the Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area and the Morava River flows through it.
The first written mention of Příkazy is from 1250. Hynkov was first mentioned in 1437.[2]
The D35 motorway goes through the municipality.
Příkazy is located on the railway line Olomouc–Drahanovice.[3]
The Chapel of Saints Cyril and Methodius was built in 1924–1926 and is an example of modern sacral architecture. The interior was painted by Jano Köhler.[4]
Příkazy is known for the Hanakian Open Air Museum. It is a unique example of clay folk architecture of the Haná region. The complex consists of three barns from the first half of the 19th century and one barn from 1987, followed by a garden with fruit trees and a complete Hanakian farm with a residential and farming part from 1875.[5]