Čerčany is a municipality and village in
Benešov District
Benešov District ( cs, okres Benešov) is a district (''okres'') within Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Benešov.
Complete list of municipalities
Benešov –
Bernartice –
Bílkovice –
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if the
Central Bohemian Region
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in the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 2,900 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Vysoká Lhota is an administrative part of Čerčany.
Geography
Čerčany is located about north of
Benešov
Benešov (; german: Beneschau; also known as Benešov u Prahy) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The town is known for the Konopiště Castle.
Administrative parts
Villages of Baba, ...
and southeast of
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
. It lies in the
Benešov Uplands. The highest point is the hill Čerčanský chlum at above sea level. The
Sázava River flows through the municipality.
History
The first written mention of Čerčany is from 1356. The turning point was the construction of the railway from Prague to
České Budějovice
České Budějovice (; german: Budweis ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 93,000 inhabitants. It is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše.
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, which was completed in 1871, and Čerčany became a railway junction thanks to it. This contributed to the growth of the settlement, which at that time was part of
Lštění. Čerčany has become a popular holiday resort. In 1919, Čerčany became an independent municipality.
Transport
The I/3 road, which is part of the
European route E55
European route E55 is an E-route. It passes through the following cities:
Helsingborg … Helsingør – Copenhagen – Køge – Vordingborg – Nykøbing Falster – Gedser … Rostock – Berlin – Lübbenau – Dresden – Teplice – ...
, passes through Čerčany.
Čerčany is located on the railway line Prague–Benešov. It is also the starting point of a railway line to
Ledeč nad Sázavou.
Sights
In Vysoká Lhota is the Vysoká Lhota Castle. It was first documented in 1550. Baroque reconstruction took place in the 1740s. Today there is a museum of
carriages and
wagon
A wagon or waggon is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by draught animals or on occasion by humans, used for transporting goods, commodities, agricultural materials, supplies and sometimes people.
Wagons are immediately distinguished from ...
s, and an exhibition about the history of the castle.
Notable people
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Vlastimil Horváth (born 1977), singer
References
External links
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Villages in Benešov District