Sedlec-Prčice

Sedlec-Prčice is a town in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. The town lies 60 kilometres south of Prague. The historical centres of Sedlec and Prčice are well preserved and are protected by law as one urban monument zone.

Sedlec-Prčice
Town
Sedlec with the Church of Saint Jerome and Prčice with the Church of Saint Lawrence
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Coat of arms
Sedlec-Prčice
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°34′19″N 14°31′58″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionCentral Bohemian
DistrictPříbram
First mentioned11th century
Government
 • MayorMiroslava Jeřábková
Area
 • Total64.14 km2 (24.76 sq mi)
Elevation
407 m (1,335 ft)
Population
 (2021-01-01)[1]
 • Total2,861
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
257 91
Websitewww.sedlec-prcice.cz

Administrative parts

Sedlec-Prčice is made up of town parts of Sedlec and Prčice, and 34 villages and hamlets:

  • Bolechovice
  • Bolešín
  • Božetín
  • Chotětice
  • Divišovice
  • Dvorce
  • Jetřichovice
  • Kvasejovice
  • Kvašťov
  • Lidkovice
  • Malkovice
  • Matějov
  • Měšetice
  • Monín
  • Moninec
  • Mrákotice
  • Myslkov
  • Náhlík
  • Násilov
  • Nové Dvory
  • Přestavlky
  • Rohov
  • Staré Mitrovice
  • Šanovice
  • Stuchanov
  • Sušetice
  • Uhřice
  • Včelákova Lhota
  • Veletín
  • Víska
  • Vozerovice
  • Vrchotice
  • Záběhlice
  • Záhoří a Kozinec

History
Church of Saint Jerome in Sedlec

Village of Prčice was first mentioned in written document already in the 11th century. The first keep in Prčice is documented in 1179.[2] The first written mention of Sedlec is from the 14th century.[3] The town was established in 1957 by merging of neighbouring municipalities of Sedlec and Prčice.[4]

Jewish legacy

There is an old synagogue on the town square that now hosts a small factory that makes sporting equipment.[5]

Located in a field somewhere beyond the town is the old Jewish cemetery, founded in 1867.[5] There are still said to be a small number of gravestones hidden in the overgrowth. The cemetery is owned by the local Jewish community.[6]

With all the Jews gone, a centuries-old interdependent community slowly built up and enriched by diverse connections, perspectives and a wholeness and continuity between the physical and the spiritual is gone along with them. That was destroyed one September morning in 1942 when eight families, twenty-six Jews, were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Notable people

References
  1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2021". Czech Statistical Office. 2021-04-30.
  2. "Prčice" (in Czech). Město Sedlec-Prčice. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  3. "Sedlec" (in Czech). Město Sedlec-Prčice. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  4. "Od roku 1957 to táhnou spolu" (in Czech). Město Sedlec-Prčice. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  5. Kuča, Karel (2004). Města a městečka v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku 6 (Pro-Sto) (in Czech). Prague: Libri. pp. 592–600. ISBN 80-7277-040-3.
  6. GemeindeView:Prcice, The Web Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities In Bohemia and Moravia, accessed April, 2009


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