Sedlec-Prčice

Sedlec-Prčice
Sedlec-Prčice
	Town
	Saint Lawrence Church in Prčice
	Flag Coat of arms
	Sedlec-Prčice Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°34′19″N 14°31′58″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Příbram
First mentioned	11th century
Government
• Mayor	Miroslava Jeřábková
Area
• Total	64.11 km2 (24.75 sq mi)
Elevation	407 m (1,335 ft)
Population (2020-01-01[1])
• Total	2,866
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	257 91
Website	www.sedlec-prcice.cz

Sedlec-Prčice is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. The town lies sixty kilometers south of Prague. Both centres of the town are historically significant and are protected by law as Urban monument zone.

History

Village of Prčice was first mentioned in written document already in the 11th century. The town was established in 1957 by merging of neighbouring sovereign municipalities of Sedlec and Prčice.

Jewish legacy

There is an old synagogue on the town square that now hosts a small factory that makes sporting equipment.[2]

Located in a field somewhere beyond the town is the old Jewish cemetery, founded in 1867.[2] There are still said to be a small number of gravestones hidden in the overgrowth. The cemetery is owned by the local Jewish community.[3]

With all the Jews gone, a centuries-old interdependent community slowly built up and enriched by diverse connections, perspectives and a wholeness and continuity between the physical and the spiritual is gone along with them. That was destroyed one September morning in 1942 when eight families, twenty-six Jews, were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp.

References

"Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
Kuča, Karel (2004). Města a městečka v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku 6 (Pro-Sto) (in Czech). Prague: Libri. pp. 592–600. ISBN 80-7277-040-3.
GemeindeView:Prcice, The Web Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities In Bohemia and Moravia, accessed April, 2009

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[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.

[kuca-2] Kuča, Karel (2004). Města a městečka v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku 6 (Pro-Sto) (in Czech). Prague: Libri. pp. 592–600. ISBN 80-7277-040-3.

[3] GemeindeView:Prcice, The Web Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities In Bohemia and Moravia, accessed April, 2009