title: Jiřice (Pelhřimov District)
text: # Jiřice (Pelhřimov District)
  
  Jiřice is a municipality and village in Pelhřimov District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
  
  Jiřice lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north-east of Pelhřimov, 27 km (17 mi) north-west of Jihlava, and 87 km (54 mi) south-east of Prague.
  
  ## Administrative parts
  
  Villages of Močidla and Speřice are administrative parts of Jiřice.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Otto Schöniger (1889–1958), equestrian
  