Vlačice


Vlačice is a municipality and village in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
WWW vlacice.cz

Administrative division

Vlačice consists of two municipal parts :
  • Vlačice
  • Výčapy

Etymology

The initial name of the village was most likely Vladčice. The name was derived from the personal name Vladko, meaning "the village of Vladko's people".

Geography

Vrdy is located about east of Kutná Hora and southwest of Pardubice. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the Central Elbe Table. The Doubrava River flows along the eastern municipal border.

History

The first written mention of Vlačice is from 1189, when it was owned by nobleman Hroznata of Peruc. Výčapy was first mentioned in 1277. From 1279 at the latest until the Hussite Wars, Vlačice belonged to the monastery in Vilémov, then the village was acquired by Emperor Sigismund. He donated the village to the Trčka of Lípa family, which owned Vlačice for more than 100 years. Among the next owners were various less important noblemen. From 1612 until the establishment of a sovereign municipality in 1848, Vlačice was a part of the Žehušice estate.

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

The northern part of the municipality with both villages belongs to a landscape monument zone called Žehušicko. It is a uniquely preserved document of Baroque urbanism and a Baroque composed landscape. Otherwise, there are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality.