| Litenčice | |
| Settlement Type: | Market town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Zlín |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kroměříž |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.2022°N 17.2083°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1141 |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.53 |
| Elevation M: | 358 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 483 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 768 13 |
Litenčice (German: Litentschitz) is a market town in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
The village of Strabenice is an administrative part of Litenčice.
Litenčice is located about southwest of Kroměříž and 32km (20miles) west of Zlín. It lies in the Litenčice Hills. The highest point is at 489m (1,604feet) above sea level.
Archaeological findings of an early medieval burial site denote a settlement already during the Great Moravian empire. The first written mention of Litenčice is from 1141 in a deed issued by bishop Jindřich Zdík in a rental of the Spytihněv archdeaconry.[2]
A fortress existed here from the second half of the 14th century, however, it was first mentioned in 1437, when it was held by the Zástřizl family. In 1667, during the rule of archbishop Péter Pázmány, it was largely rebuilt to a Baroque palace.[3]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The main landmarks of Litenčice are the church and the castle. The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is a massive building, built after 1700.[4]
The Litenčice Castle is a valuable four-winged building, gradually created by Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical reconstructions of the original Gothic fortress.[5] Today it is privately owned and inaccessible.[3]