Sezemice is a municipality and village in

Mladá Boleslav District Mladá Boleslav District () is a district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Mladá Boleslav. Administrative division Mladá Boleslav District is divided into two administrative districts of municipal ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 100 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Sezemice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Sezemice (99) *Jirsko 1.díl (9)

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Sezema, meaning "the village of Sezema's people".

Geography

Sezemice is located about north of

Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav (; ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It lies on the left bank of the Jizera (river), Jizera River. Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region. I ...

and south of

Liberec Liberec (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 108,000 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse River, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preserved and is pr ...

. It lies in the

Jičín Uplands The Jičín Uplands () are uplands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Hradec Králové, Liberec and Central Bohemian regions. Geomorphology The Jičín Uplands are a mesoregion of the North Bohemian ...

. The highest point is at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Sezemice is from 1115, when Duke Vladislaus I donated the village to the newly established monastery in Kladruby. The owners of the village included

Jan Čapek of Sány Jan Čapek of Sány (; 1390, Sány – 1452, probably in Hukvaldy) was a Czech Hussite noble, general of Władysław III of Poland. Biography He fought as a cavalry commander at the Battle of Lipany in 1434, and has been condemned for fleeing ...

and the Wartenberg family. From the mid-16th century until the 19th century, Sezemice was part of the

Svijany Svijany () is a municipality and village in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. It is known for the Svijany Brewery. Geography Svijany is located about south of Liberec. It lies in the Jič� ...

estate and shared its owners, among whom were the families of Wartenberg, Schlick and Waldstein.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Sezemice is the Church of Saint Bartholomew. Its existence was first documented in 1352. In 1852–1856, the church was rebuilt into its current

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form.

Notable people

* Stanislav Libenský (1921–2002), contemporary artist

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sezemice (Mlada Boleslav District) Villages in Mladá Boleslav District