Svatý Jan is a municipality and village 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 700 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Svatý Jan consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Svatý Jan (84) *Bražná (46) *Brzina (14) *Drážkov (112) *Hojšín (64) *Hrachov (248) *Řadovy (36) *Skrýšov (78)

Etymology

The name means 'Saint John' in Czech.

Geography

Svatý Jan is located about east of

Příbram Příbram (; or ''Przibram'') is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. It is known for its mining history, and more recently, its new venture into economic restructuring. The town is the t ...

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 ...

. It lies in the

Benešov Uplands The Benešov Uplands or Benešov Hills () are uplands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Central Bohemian Region. It belongs to the largest mesoregions in the country. It is named after Benešov ...

. The highest point is the hill Černá skála at above sea level. The

Vltava The Vltava ( , ; ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It runs southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice, and Prague. It is com ...

River forms the northern municipal border. The Brzina Stream flows through the municipality into the Vltava.

History

Svatý Jan is among the youngest villages in the region. There was a spring of water in what is today the village's area, which people considered to be healing, and a chapel was built near it in 1705. The first written mention of Svatý Jan is from 1720.

Demographics

Transport

The I/18 road (the section from

Sedlčany Sedlčany (; ) is a town in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,800 inhabitants. Administrative division Sedlčany consists of ten municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 ce ...

) passes through the northern part of the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Svatý Jan is the Church of Saint John of Nepomuk. It was built in the Baroque style in 1760–1764. A historical landmark of Skrýšov is the Skrýšov Castle. It was originally a Renaissance fortress, rebuilt into a small Baroque castle around 1760. Today it is privately owned and inaccessible. There is a valuable Jewish cemetery in the forests near Řadovy. Most of the Baroque and Neoclassical tombstones date from the 18th and early 19th centuries. The oldest legible tombstone is from 1681.

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