Lidice

Lidice is a locality in , . Lidice is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the town .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Buštěhrad slag heap and The Children´s War Victims Monument.

Peak
Photo: Miaow Miaow, Public domain.
is a huge artificial hill between municipalities of -Vrapice, and near Kladno in the of the that have arisen in the late 20th century as a dumping site for slag from the Kladno ironworks, and other industrial waste.

Memorial
Photo: Michal Ritter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Memorial to the Child Victims of War is a bronze sculpture by Marie Uchytilová in , Czech Republic. It commemorates a group of 82 children of Lidice who were gassed at in the summer of 1942 during the Second World War as a part of the Lidice massacre.

Nature reserve
Photo: Miaow Miaow, Public domain.
is a nature reserve, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Lidice.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kladno and Kročehlavy.

Photo: Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city of 68,000 people in . It is the largest city in the region and has a rich industrial history.

Suburb
Photo: PatrikPaprika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipal part of the city of , . It has about 35,000 inhabitants. In history, was a stand-alone village. is situated 4½ km west of Lidice.

Village
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is a municipality and village in in the of the . It has about 600 inhabitants. is built near the site of the previous village, which was completely destroyed on 10 June 1942 on orders from Adolf Hitler and acting Reichsprotektor Kurt Daluege in reprisal for the assassination of Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich.

Lidice

Latitude
50.1364° or 50° 8′ 11″ north
Longitude
14.185° or 14° 11′ 6″ east
Elevation
344 metres (1,129 feet)
Open location code
9F2P45PM+GX
Geo­Names ID
11921196
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