Seč () is a town in

Chrudim District Chrudim District () is a Okres, district in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Chrudim. Administrative division Chrudim District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended c ...

in the

Pardubice Region Pardubice Region () is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located mainly in the eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia, with a small part in northwestern Moravia. It is named after its capital Pardubice. As an administrat ...

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 1,800 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Seč consists of ten municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Seč (1,228) *Hoješín (108) *Javorka (1) *Kraskov (217) *Počátky (126) *Proseč (37) *Prosíčka (13) *Přemilov (4) *Ústupky (36) *Žďárec u Seče (125)

Etymology

The old Czech word ''seč'' is derived from the verb ''sekat'' ('cut', 'chop'). This word denoted a place cut out in the forest (a glade).

Geography

Seč is located about southwest of

Chrudim Chrudim () is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. It is the second largest town of the region. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#M ...

and southwest of

Pardubice Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Repub ...

. It lies in the

Iron Mountains The Iron Mountains are a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains. These mountains are located around the common meeting point of Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina. A portion of the Appalachian Trail runs the crest of the Iron Mountains ab ...

and in the eponymous protected landscape area.

Seč Reservoir Seč Reservoir () is an artificial drinking water reservoir in the Pardubice Region, Czech Republic. It supplies the city of Pardubice and the town of Chrudim and is also an important tourist destination located in the Iron Mountains. The reservo ...

is built next to the town on the

Chrudimka The Chrudimka is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It flows through the Pardubice Region. It is long, making it the 18th longest river in the Czech Republic. Etymology The river is named after the town of Chrudi ...

River.

History

The first written mention of Seč is from 1318. The settlement was founded during the colonization of the Iron Mountains in the 12th and 13th centuries. In 1499, Seč became a

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rura ...

, and in 1853, it was promoted to a town. It lost the town status in 1954, but regained it in 2007.

Demographics

Transport

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

Sights

The landmarks of the town are the Church of Saint Lawrence, built in the Renaissance style in 1610–1620, and the Renaissance castle, which dates from the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries and today serves as the municipal office.

Notable people

Vincenc Strouhal Vincenc Strouhal (Čeněk Strouhal) (10 April 1850 in Seč – 26 January 1922 in Prague) was a Czech physicist specializing in experimental physics. He was one of the founders of the Institute of Physics of the Czech part of Charles University. ...

(1850–1922), physicist

Twin towns – sister cities

Seč is twinned with: *

Radzovce Radzovce () is a village and municipality in the Lučenec District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukrain ...

, Slovakia

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sec Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Chrudim District