Blatnice is a municipality and village in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants. Blatnice lies approximately west of

Plzeň Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...

and south-west of Prague.

Etymology

The name is derived from Czech word ''bláto'' (i.e. "mud").

History

The first written mention of Blatnice is from 1379. Blatnice was annexed to Nazi Germany in 1938 and administered as part of '' Reichsgau Sudetenland''. After the World War II, its German-speaking population was expelled.

Notable people

* Werner Krieglstein (born 1941), professor, philosopher, author and actor

References

Villages in Plzeň-North District {{Plzeň-geo-stub