| Chotilsko | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Příbram |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.7706°N 14.3525°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1359 |
| Area Total Km2: | 27.23 |
| Elevation M: | 340 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 608 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 262 03 |
Chotilsko is a municipality and village in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
The villages and hamlets of Cholín-Boubovny, Hněvšín, Knihy, Kobylníky, Křeničná, Lipí, Mokrsko, Prostřední Lhota, Sejcká Lhota, Smilovice, Záborná Lhota and Živohošť are administrative parts of Chotilsko.
The name is derived from the personal name Chotěl. The suffix -sko indicates that the village was founded on the site of another village, which was abandoned.[2]
Chotilsko is located about northeast of Příbram and 29km (18miles) south of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is the hill Besedná at 497m (1,631feet) above sea level. The municipality is situated on the left shore of the Slapy Reservoir, built on the Vltava River. There are several fishponds in the municipal territory.
The first written mention of Chotilsko is from 1359. From 1411, the village belonged to the Korkyně estate. In 1680, Chotilsko was annexed to the Slapy estate, owned by the Zbraslav Monastery From 1825 until the establishment of a sovereign municipality in 1850, the village was a property of Count Karel Bedřich Srb.[3]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The most important monument is the Church of Saints Fabian and Sebastian, located in Živohošť. The original church was a Romanesque building from the 11th century, built inside a gord of the Přemyslid dynasty. It was originally a three-nave basilica, which is rare for the Czech countryside. Around 1380, it was rebuilt in the Gothic style. Further modifications were made in the 15th and 16th centuries and then in the neo-Romanesque style in 1858–1859.[4]