Libčice nad Vltavou (german: Libschitz an der Moldau) is a town in

Prague-West District Prague-West District ( cs, okres Praha-západ) is a district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Prague. The most populated town of the district is Jesenice. Administrative division Prague-West District is formed ...

in the

Central Bohemian Region The Central Bohemian Region ( cz, Středočeský kraj, german: Mittelböhmische Region) is an administrative unit ( cz, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the central part of its historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative centre is in ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. It has about 3,500 inhabitants. It lies on the left bank of the

Vltava Vltava ( , ; german: Moldau ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, running southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice and Prague, and finally merging with the Labe at M ...

River.

Notable people

* Miroslav Štěpánek (1923–2005), artist, animator and film director * Karel Franta (1928–2017), painter and illustrator *

Günter Bittengel Günter Bittengel (born 14 July 1966) is a Czech football coach and former player. He played as a striker in the Czechoslovak First League and went on to play in the Czech First League after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. As a result, he a ...

(born 1966), football player and coach; lives here

Twin towns – sister cities

Libčice nad Vltavou is twinned with: *

Moresco Moresco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche, located about southeast of Ancona and about northeast of Ascoli Piceno in the valley named Valdaso. As of 2011, it had a population of 606 and an ar ...

, Italy

References

External links

* Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Prague-West District {{CentralBohemia-geo-stub