Sedlec-Prčice

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.

Sedlec-Prčice
Town
Saint Lawrence Church in Prčice
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Sedlec-Prčice
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°34′19″N 14°31′58″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionCentral Bohemian
DistrictPříbram
First mentioned11th century
Government
 • MayorMiroslava Jeřábková
Area
 • Total64.11 km2 (24.75 sq mi)
Elevation
407 m (1,335 ft)
Population
 (2020-01-01[1])
 • Total2,866
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
257 91
Websitewww.sedlec-prcice.cz

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.

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



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