| Brodce | |
| Settlement Type: | Market town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mladá Boleslav |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.5233°N 14.9447°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1130 |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.99 |
| Elevation M: | 197 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1115 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 294 73 |
Brodce (German: Brodetz) is a market town in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.
The name is a diminutive and plural of the Czech word brod, i.e. 'ford'.[2]
Brodce is located about 10km (10miles) south of Mladá Boleslav and 34km (21miles) northeast of Prague. It lies in the Jizera Table. The highest point is at 245m (804feet) above sea level. Brodce is situated on the left bank of the Jizera River, which forms the western municipal border.
The first written mention of Brodce is in a deed of the Vyšehrad Chapter from 1130. It used to be the centre of a small estate. In the 1570s, during the rule of Albrecht Kaplíř of Sulevice, Brodce was promoted to a market town.[3]
The D10 motorway from Prague to Turnov passes through the municipal territory.
There are no buildings protected as cultural monuments. The only monument is the remains of a burial mound from the Bronze Age, where archaeological research was carried out in the 1950s.[4]