Zvíkovské Podhradí is a municipality and village in
Písek District
Písek District () is a Okres, district in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Písek.
Administrative division
Písek District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended ...
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.
Geography
Zvíkovské Podhradí lies at the confluence of the rivers
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 ...
and
Otava.
Demographics
Sights
Zvíkovské Podhradí is known for the medieval
Zvíkov Castle
Zvíkov (; ), often called "the king of Czech castles",Petr David, Vladimír Soukup, Lubomír Čech, Wonders of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, pg. 138, Euromedia Group (2004), is a castle in Zvíkovské Podhradí municipality, about north of Pís ...
, which gave it its name (which means "the area under Zvíkov Castle").
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Villages in Písek District
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