Seč (german: Setsch) is a town in
Chrudim District in the
Pardubice Region
Pardubice Region ( cs, Pardubický kraj; , ; pl, Kraj pardubicki) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located mainly in the eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia, with a small part in northwestern Moravia. It ...
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 1,700 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Hoješín, Javorka, Kraskov, Počátky, Proseč, Prosíčka, Přemilov, Ústupky and Žďárec u Seče are administrative parts of Seč.
Geography
Seč is located about southwest of
Chrudim
Chrudim () is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. It is the second largest town of the region. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Admi ...
and southwest of
Pardubice. It lies in the
Iron Mountains and in the eponymous protected landscape area.
Seč Reservoir is built next to the town on the
Chrudimka River.
History
The first written mention of Seč is from 1318. The settlement was founded during the colonization of the Iron Mountains in the 12th and 13th centuries. In 1499, Seč became a
market town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...
, and in 1853, it was promoted to a town. It lost the town status in 1954, but regained it in 2007.
Demographics
Sights
The landmarks of the town are the Church of Saint Lawrence, built in the Renaissance style in 1610–1620, and the Renaissance castle, which dates from the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries and today serves as the municipal office.
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Notable people
*Vincenc Strouhal
Vincenc Strouhal (Čeněk Strouhal) (10 April 1850 in Seč – 26 January 1922 in Prague) was a Czech physicist specializing in experimental physics. He was one of the founders of the Institute of Physics of the Czech part of Charles Universit ...
(1850–1922), physicist
Twin towns – sister cities
Seč is twinned with:
References
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Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
Populated places in Chrudim District