Sedlčany
Town
T. G. Masaryka Square and town hall
T. G. Masaryka Square and town hall
Coat of arms of Sedlčany
Coat of arms
Sedlčany is located in Czech Republic
Sedlčany
Sedlčany
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°39′38″N 14°25′36″E / 49.66056°N 14.42667°E / 49.66056; 14.42667
Country Czech Republic
RegionCentral Bohemian
DistrictPříbram
First mentioned1057
Government
 • MayorIvan Janeček
Area
 • Total36.47 km2 (14.08 sq mi)
Elevation
321 m (1,053 ft)
Population
 (2023-01-01)[1]
 • Total6,833
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
264 01
Websitewww.mesto-sedlcany.cz

Sedlčany (Czech pronunciation: [ˈsɛdl̩tʃanɪ]; German: Seltschan) is a town in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,800 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Doubravice, Hradišťko, Libíň, Oříkov, Sestrouň, Solopysky, Třebnice, Vítěž and Zberaz are administrative parts of Sedlčany.

Geography

Sedlčany is located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Příbram and 38 km (24 mi) south of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is a hill at 519 m (1,703 ft) above sea level. The town is situated on the Mastník river, a tributary of the Vltava. On the river there is the Sedlčany Retention Reservoir.

History

Sedlčany with the Church of Saint Martin, 1602 woodcut

The first written mention of Sedlčany is from 1294, when Sedlčany already held market rights. Then held by the Vítkovci Neuhaus (Hradec) family, the estates were given in pawn to the House of Rosenberg by King John of Bohemia in 1337. The citizens joined the Hussite movement as vassals of Oldřich II of Rosenberg and during the Hussite Wars the town temporarily was controlled by radical Taborites. Thanks to Oldřich II of Rosenberg, Sedlčany gained town privileges in 1418.[2]

In 1475 the noble House of Lobkowicz took over Sedlčany in exchange for Rožmberk Castle, given in pawn by the Bohemian chamberlain John II of Rosenberg in 1464. The Rosenbergs regained the town, however, in 1580 William of Rosenberg relinquished it to his custodian Jakub Krčín. Upon his death in 1604 the last Rosenberg scion Peter Vok sold Sedlčany to the Bohemian chancellor Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel of Lobkowicz, who administered stern Counter-Reformation measures to its citizens. The town was devastated by Swedish troops during the Thirty Years' War and did not recover until the mid 18th century.

From 1804 Sedlčany/Selčan was part of the Austrian Empire and after the Compromise of 1867 belonged to the Cisleithanian half of Austria-Hungary. The town was the administrative seat of a district of the same name, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in the crown land of Bohemia.[3] Sedlčany developed to a centre of textile industry, the local economy was further promoted when the town received access to the railway line to Olbramovice in 1894. Under the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia the nearby SS-Truppenübungsplatz Böhmen was laid out from 1941, whereby numerous villages were cleared and the inhabitants expelled.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18694,428—    
18804,492+1.4%
18904,572+1.8%
19004,583+0.2%
19104,351−5.1%
YearPop.±%
19214,330−0.5%
19304,108−5.1%
19503,713−9.6%
19614,466+20.3%
19705,462+22.3%
YearPop.±%
19807,585+38.9%
19917,959+4.9%
20017,846−1.4%
20117,497−4.4%
20216,873−8.3%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

Economy

For many decades, Sedlčany was famous for its production of Hermelín cheese. However, the production was moved by the dairy's owner from Sedlčany to Přibyslav in 2019.[6]

Sights

The landmark of Sedlčany and its oldest building is the Church of Saint Martin. The original Romanesque church, which was as old as the town, was completely rebuilt in the Gothic style in 1374. A tower with Romanesque-Gothic windows has been preserved from the original church. The building was originally fortified. A free-standing Renaissance belfry belongs to the church. The interior decoration includes an extensive fresco of the Adoration of the Three Kings.[7][8]

Notable people

Třebnice Castle, birthplace of Field Marshal Radetzky

Twin towns – sister cities

Sedlčany is twinned with:[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
  2. ↑ "Z historie" (in Czech). Město Sedlčany. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  3. ↑ Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm Klein, 1967
  4. ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Příbram" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 21–22.
  5. ↑ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
  6. ↑ "Slavná výroba sýrů v Sedlčanech po desítkách let skončila". iRozhlas. 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  7. ↑ "Kostel sv. Martina" (in Czech). Město Sedlčany. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  8. ↑ "Kostel sv. Martina v Sedlčanech" (in Czech). CzechTourism. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  9. ↑ "Partnerská města" (in Czech). Město Sedlčany. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
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