Sedlec-Prčice is a town in

Příbram District Příbram District () is a Okres, district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Příbram. Administrative division Příbram District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 3,000 inhabitants. The historical centres of Sedlec and Prčice are well preserved and are protected as one urban monument zone.

Administrative division

Sedlec-Prčice consists of 36 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Sedlec (1,008) *Prčice (608) *Bolechovice (51) *Bolešín (15) *Božetín (10) *Chotětice (74) *Divišovice (84) *Dvorce (21) *Jetřichovice (45) *Kvasejovice (124) *Kvašťov (14) *Lidkovice (27) *Malkovice (25) *Matějov (19) *Měšetice (125) *Monín (18) *Moninec (2) *Mrákotice (50) *Myslkov (32) *Náhlík (3) *Násilov (7) *Nové Dvory (69) *Přestavlky (157) *Rohov (14) *Staré Mitrovice (34) *Šanovice (26) *Stuchanov (31) *Sušetice (50) *Uhřice (50) *Včelákova Lhota (2) *Veletín (33) *Víska (42) *Vozerovice (6) *Vrchotice (75) *Záběhlice (33) *Záhoří a Kozinec (8)

Geography

Sedlec-Prčice is located about east of

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and south of

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. It lies in the Vlašim Uplands. The highest point of the municipal territory is next to the peak of the hill Javorová skála, which is the highest point of the whole Vlašim Uplands at . The territory of Sedlec-Prčice is rich is small watercourses and fish ponds.

History

The village of Prčice was first mentioned in written document already in the 11th century. The first fortress in Prčice is documented in 1179. The first written mention of Sedlec is from the 14th century. The town was established in 1957 by merging of neighbouring municipalities of Sedlec and Prčice.

Demographics

Transport

Despite the fact that it is a vast territory, there are no railways or major roads passing through the municipal territory.

Sights

The main landmark of Sedlec is the parish Church of Saint Jerome. It was a Romanesque church, founded in the 11th or 12th century. In the 14th and 15th centuries it was rebuilt in the Gothic style, and extended. It is the only church in the Czech Republic that is painted in the

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style. The main landmark of Prčice is the Church of Saint Lawrence. It was also founded as a Romanesque building in the 11th or 12th century, but was gradually rebuilt. Several Romanesque elements have been preserved to this day. The church is equipped with a valuable organ from 1731 by local native Bedřich Semerád. The church also includes an unused Gothic bell from the early 14th century, which belongs to the oldest bells in

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. Presence of the Jewish community is commemorated by the old synagogue on the town square that now hosts a small factory that makes sporting equipment. Located in a field somewhere beyond the town is the old Jewish cemetery, founded in 1867. There are still said to be a small number of gravestones hidden in the overgrowth. The cemetery is owned by the local Jewish community.

Notable people

Witiko of Prčice Witiko or Vitico of Prčice (, ; c. 11201194) was a Duchy of Bohemia, Bohemian nobleman and liensman of the Přemyslid dynasty. He was the ancestor of the Vítkovci family and the subject of the historical novel ''Witiko (novel), Witiko'' by Adalb ...

(c. 1120–1194), nobleman * Joseph Gelinek (1758–1825), Austrian composer and pianist * František Pištěk (1786–1846), Roman Catholic prelate *

Adolf Čech Adolf Čech (born Adolf Jan Antonin Tausik; 11 December 184127 December 1903) was a Czech conductor, who premiered a number of significant works by Antonín Dvořák (the 2nd, 5th and 6th symphonies, more than any other conductor; other importan ...

(1841–1903), conductor

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sedlec-Prcice Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Příbram District