Lštění
Lštění | |
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| Coordinates: 49°51′52″N 14°42′52″E / 49.86444°N 14.71444°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
| Region | Central Bohemian |
| District | Benešov |
| First mentioned | 1398 |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.68 km2 (1.81 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 273 m (896 ft) |
| Population (2026-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 567 |
| • Density | 121/km2 (314/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 257 22 |
| Website | www |
Lštění is a municipality and village in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Lštění consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]
- Lštění (248)
- Zlenice (233)
Etymology
The initial name of the village vas Lštěň. The name was derived from the personal name Lštěn, meaning "Lštěn's (court, castle)".[3]
Geography
Lštění is located about 9 kilometres (6 mi) north of Benešov and 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is at 411 m (1,348 ft) above sea level. The municipality is situated on the left bank of the Sázava River.
History
In the first half of the 9th century, a gord was built on a promontory above the present-day village of Lštění. In the 11th century, it became an administrative centre of the Přemyslid dynasty, documented in 1055 in Chronica Boemorum. Sometime during this period, the Church of Saint Clement was established here. The gord probably disappeared at the beginning of the 13th century.[4]
The first written mention of Lštění is from 1398.[3] Lštění reached its greatest prosperity in the 16th century, when it was promoted to a market town.[4]
Demographics
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Transport
Lštění is located on the railway line Čerčany–Zruč nad Sázavou. The municipality is served by two train stops: Lštění and Zlenice.[7]
Sights
The main landmark of the municipality is the Church of Saint Clement and the remains of Lštění Gord. The church was built in the Baroque style in 1703, but it has a Gothic core and Romanesque foundations from its predecessor. Only landscaping has survived from the large gord and today the place is an archaeological site.[4][8]
References
- ↑ "Population in municipalities as at 1. 1". DataStat. Czech Statistical Office. 2026-05-18.
- ↑ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Profous, Antonín (1949). Místní jména v Čechách II: CH–L (in čeština). pp. 682–684.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Historie" (in čeština). Obec Lštění. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ↑ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ↑ "Station details Lštění". České dráhy. Retrieved 2026-05-27.
- ↑ "Hradiště Lštění s kostelem sv. Klimenta" (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
