Dolní Hbity is a municipality and village in

Příbram District Příbram District ( cs, okres Příbram) is a district (''okres'') within the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Příbram and the towns of Dobříš and Sedlčany are larger centres. List of municipalitie ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Horní Líšnice, Jelence, Káciň, Kaliště, Luhy, Nepřejov and Třtí are administrative parts of Dolní Hbity.

Geography

Dolní Hbity 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 southwest of

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is the hill Bukovec at above sea level. The Vápenický Brook flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Dolní Hbity is from 1325, when King

John of Bohemia John the Blind or John of Luxembourg ( lb, Jang de Blannen; german: link=no, Johann der Blinde; cz, Jan Lucemburský; 10 August 1296 – 26 August 1346), was the Count of Luxembourg from 1313 and King of Bohemia from 1310 and titular King ...

sold the area to Lord Heřman of Miličín.

Sights

The most important monument of Dolní Hbity is the Church of Saint John the Baptist. It was built in the Neo-Romanesque style in 1868–1872 on the site of an older church from the second half of the 13th century.

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