Tlustice

Tlustice is a municipality and village in Beroun District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.

Etymology

The name is derived either from the Czech word tlustý or from the personal name Tlustý, meaning "the village of Tlustý's people".

Tlustice is located about southwest of Beroun and southwest of Prague. It lies in the Hořovice Uplands. The highest point is the hill Tlustický vršek at above sea level.

The first written mention of Tlustice is from 1320, when King John of Bohemia donated the village to Zbyněk Zajíc, who annexed the village to his Žebrák estate. In 1336, Zbyněk Zajíc gave the Žebrák estate to the royal chamber in exchange for another estate. Until 1557, the estate with the Tlustice village was fiefed to various noblemen. In 1557, it was bought by the Lobkowicz family.
In 1607, the royal chamber confiscated the estate to the Lobkowiczs. In 1611, Jan Litvín Kavka of Říčany bought Tlustice and annexed it to the Hořovice estate. As a result of the Bohemian Revolt, Jan Kavka's properties were confiscated in 1622 and the Hořovice estate was acquired by the Martinic family.

The D5 motorway from Prague to Plzeň passes through the municipality.

There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality. A landmark is the chapel in the centre of Tlustice.