Bezdědovice Explained

Bezdědovice
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:South Bohemian
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Strakonice
Pushpin Map:Czech Republic
Pushpin Relief:1
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates:49.4442°N 13.88°W
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1186
Area Total Km2:5.81
Elevation M:448
Population As Of:2024-01-01
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:389
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:388 01

Bezdědovice is a municipality and village in Strakonice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Bezdědovice lies approximately 22km (14miles) north of Strakonice, 69km (43miles) north-west of České Budějovice, and 81km (50miles) south-west of Prague.

Administrative parts

The villages of Dobšice and Paštiky are administrative parts of Bezdědovice.

Sights

The most valuable building is the Church of Saint John the Baptist, located in Paštiky. It was rebuilt i nthe Baroque style by the architect Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer in 1747–1752, on the order of Countess Serényi. The church is a single-aisled building ended in a rectangular presbytery with richly decorated cornices in a Rococo style. Next to the church is a cemetery with a mortuary chapel under which is the family crypt of the Hildprandt family. The chapel was also built by Dientzenhofer.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024. Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
  2. Web site: Kostel sv. Jana Křtitele v Paštikách. CzechTourism. cs. 2024-06-03.