Plchovice


Plchovice is a village and municipality in the Ústí nad Orlicí District, Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. The municipality covers an area of, and has a population of 84. Plchovice lies approximately north-west of Ústí nad Orlicí, east of Pardubice, and east of Prague.

Historical Sights

Underground water channel - the channel is under the west part of the village, it was built in 1853 by count František Kinský to bring water to fields near Plchovice, after the completion of the channel, the fields were rented to Plchovice's farmers. The water in channel comes from Tichá Orlice river and nearby Jordan brook. The channel is 3.1m wide and 1.3m high and the length counts 145m. Nowadays, the channel is still in very good condition and in 1997 flooding it helped to bring water out of village and lower the losses on property.