Nedrahovice is a municipality and village in
Příbram District in the
Central Bohemian Region of the
Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The villages of Bor, Kamenice, Nedrahovické Podhájí, Radeč, Rudolec, Trkov and Úklid are administrative parts of Nedrahovice.
Etymology
The name is derived from the personal name Nedrah, meaning "the village of Nedrah's people".
Geography
Nedrahovice is located about east of
Příbram
Příbram (; german: Freiberg in Böhmen, ''Przibram'', or ''Pribram'', in 1939–1945 ''Pibrans'') is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 32,000 inhabitants. It is well known for its mining history, and more ...
and south of
Prague. It lies on the border between the
Vlašim Uplands and
Benešov Uplands. The highest point is a nameless hill at above sea level. The stream Sedlecký potok flows through the municipality. The municipal territory is rich in fishponds.
History
The first written mention of Nedrahovice is from 1366, when a fortress probably already stood there. From the mid-16th century until 1621, the village was owned by the
Czernin family
The House of Czernin ( cs, Černínové z Chudenic; german: Czernin von und zu Chudenitz) is a Czech noble family that was one of the oldest and most prominent noble families in the Kingdom of Bohemia. The family is a descendent family of the ...
. They had rebuilt the fortress into a castle. The castle was destroyed by a fire in 1795.
Demographics
Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
There are no protected
cultural monuments
Cultural heritage management (CHM) is the vocation and practice of managing cultural heritage. It is a branch of cultural resources management (CRM), although it also draws on the practices of cultural conservation, building restoration, restorat ...
in the municipality.
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Villages in Příbram District