| Besednice | |
| Settlement Type: | Market town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | South Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Český Krumlov |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 48.79°N 14.5569°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1395 |
| Area Total Km2: | 16.12 |
| Elevation M: | 575 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 838 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
| Postal Code: | 382 41, 382 81 |
Besednice (in Czech pronounced as /ˈbɛsɛdɲɪtsɛ/; German: Bessenitz) is a market town in Český Krumlov District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.
The village of Malče is an administrative part of Besednice.
The name is derived from the old Slavic word besěda, which denoted outdoor sitting.[2]
Besednice is located about east of Český Krumlov and 20km (10miles) south of České Budějovice. It lies in the Gratzen Foothills. The highest point is the mountain Velký kámen at 753m (2,470feet) above sea level.
The brook Besednický potok flows through the market town. The landscape around Besednice near the Besednický potok is known as a site of the moldavites. It is protected as the Besednické vltavíny Nature Monument.[3]
The first written mention of Besednice is from 1395, when Henry III of Rosenberg donated the village to the parish church of St. Vitus in Český Krumlov. From that time until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1848, Besednice belonged to the Český Krumlov prelature.[4]
Besednice was promoted to a market town in 1910.[5]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The most important monument is the Church of Saint Procopius. It was built in the Baroque style in 1738, then it was rebuilt in 1742–1745 and in the Neoclassical style in 1875.[6]