Dynín

Dynín is a municipality and village in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Dynín consists of two municipal parts :

The name is derived from the personal name Dýňa, meaning "Dýňa's ". However, until 1923, the name was written as Dinín.

Dynín is located about northeast of České Budějovice. It lies in a flat landscape in the Třeboň Basin. The eastern part of the municipality extends into the Třeboňsko Protected Landscape Area. The area is rich in fishponds.

The first written mention of Dynín is from 1341, when Peter I of Rosenberg donated part of the village to the Dominican monastery in Sezimovo Ústí. During the Thirty Years' War, the village was completely destroyed, but it was restored. In 1660, Dynín was listed as part of the Třeboň estate, and the estate was bought by the Schwarzenberg family. The Schwarzenbergs owned Dynín until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1850.

The D3 motorway from České Budějovice to Tábor passes through the municipality.
Dynín is located on the railway line České Budějovice–Tábor.

The village of Dynín is protected as a village monument zone for its preserved medieval floor plan and a set of brick folk buildings from the turn of the 19th and 20th century. Among the protected cultural monuments are three homesteads that are valuable examples of local folk architecture.
The main landmark of Dynín is the Chapel of Saint Wenceslaus.