| Chrášťany | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Benešov |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.7922°N 14.5819°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1318 |
| Area Total Km2: | 11.54 |
| Elevation M: | 294 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 255 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
| Postal Code: | 256 01, 257 44, 257 56 |
Chrášťany is a municipality and village in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
The villages of Benice, Černíkovice and Soběšovice are administrative parts of Chrášťany.
The name is derived either from the word Chrášťané (meaning "people who came from Chrást), or from Czech: chrást (i.e. 'shrub') and chrášťané ("people living near a shrub").[2]
Chrášťany is located about 7km (04miles) west of Benešov and 28km (17miles) south of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is on the slopes of the hill Neštětická hora at 467m (1,532feet) above sea level. The stream Tloskovský potok flows through the municipality.
The first written mention of Chrášťany is from 1318. From 1597, the village was a part of the Konopiště estate and shared its owners.[3]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Among the protected cultural monuments in the municipality are the Chapel of the Virgin Mary in the centre of Chrášťany, built in the Neo-Romanesque style in 1887, and a Baroque homestead in Soběšovice from around 1750.[4]