Bušanovice is a municipality and village in

Prachatice District Prachatice District () is a district in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Prachatice. Administrative division Prachatice District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extend ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Bušanovice consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Bušanovice (86) *Beneda (13) *Dolní Nakvasovice (73) *Horní Nakvasovice (47) *Želibořice (41)

Geography

Bušanovice is located about north of

Prachatice Prachatice (; ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monumen ...

and northwest of

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 97,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is the largest ...

. It lies in the

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. The highest point is the hill Uhřice at above sea level.

History

The first written mention of Bušanovice is from 1314. It was founded as one of the old free royal settlements in the area. In 1490 it was first listed as part of the Hluboká estate. In 1552, it was acquired by

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Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Bušanovice is the Chapel of the Virgin Mary from the second half of the 18th century.

Notable people

Jakub Bursa Jakub Bursa (21 July 1813 in Bušanovice, Dolní Nekvasovice – 19 August 1884 in Vlachovo Březí) was a Czechs, Czech architect, folk artist and builder of Bohemian Rustic Baroque architecture. He decorated many gables of houses in Southern Bohe ...

(1813–1884), architect

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Busanovice Villages in Prachatice District