Litvínovice


Litvínovice is a municipality and village in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Litvínovice consists of three municipal parts :
  • Litvínovice
  • Mokré
  • Šindlovy Dvory

Geography

Litvínovice is located about west of České Budějovice. It lies in the České Budějovice Basin. The highest point is at above sea level. In the centre of the village is a system of fishponds, supplied by a local brook.
On 11 February 1929, the lowest temperature ever in the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia of -42.2 °C was recorded in Litvínovice.

History

The first written mention of Litvínovice is in a deed of Vok I of Rosenberg from 1259.

Transport

The I/3 road, specifically the section from České Budějovice to the Czech-Austrian border in Dolní Dvořiště, runs through the municipality.

Sights

There are two protected cultural monuments: a stone niche chapel from 1834 and a water tank from 1875.