Světice

Světice is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants.

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Svata, meaning "the village of Svata's people". Svata is a shortened form of the female name Svatoslava.

Světice is located about southeast of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is at above sea level. The stream Říčanský potok flows through the municipality.

The first written mention of Světice is from 1455. Until 2020, the first written mention of Světice was considered to be a document from 1318, but this was a mistake by historians and a confusion with Votice.
Until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1848, the village belonged to the Černý Kostelec estate. During the Thirty Years' War, the village was destroyed. In a document from 1673, Světice was still listed as an abandoned village. The village was restored at the beginning of the 18th century at the latest.

Světice is located on the railway line Prague–Benešov.

There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality.