Stožec () is a municipality and village in
Prachatice District
Prachatice District () is a district in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Prachatice.
Administrative division
Prachatice District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extend ...
in the
South Bohemian Region
The South Bohemian Region () is an administrative unit (''Regions of the Czech Republic, kraj'') of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical land of Bohemia, with a small part in southwestern Moravia. The western ...
of the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
. It has about 200 inhabitants.
Stožec lies approximately south-west of
Prachatice
Prachatice (; ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monumen ...
, west of
České Budějovice
České Budějovice (; ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 97,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše.
České Budějovice is the largest ...
, and south of
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
.
Administrative division
Stožec consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
*Stožec (115)
*České Žleby (60)
*Dobrá (19)
Demographics
Notable people
*
Adolf Pascher
Adolf Alois Pascher (31 May 1881 – 7 May 1945) was a Bohemian botanist and phycologist, notable for his descriptions of several new genera of algae, protists, and vascular plants.
Biography
Born in Stožec, Pascher was the son of a teacher, ...
(1881–1945), botanist
References
External links
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Villages in Prachatice District
Bohemian Forest
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