| Pěnčín | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Liberec |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jablonec nad Nisou |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.6878°N 15.2361°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1592 |
| Area Total Km2: | 13.38 |
| Elevation M: | 536 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 2079 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
| Postal Code: | 468 21, 468 26 |
Pěnčín (de|Pintschei) is a municipality and village in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants.
The villages of Alšovice, Bratříkov, Dolní Černá Studnice, Huť, Jistebsko and Krásná are administrative parts of Pěnčín.
Pěnčín is located about 6km (04miles) southeast of Jablonec nad Nisou and 14km (09miles) southeast of Liberec. It lies on the border between the Giant Mountains Foothills and Jizera Mountains. The highest point is on the slope of the Černá studnice mountain at 845m (2,772feet) above sea level. The Žernovník stream flows through the municipality.
The first written mention of Pěnčín is from 1592, when it belonged to the Svijany. The oldest villages in the municipality are Alšovice and Jistebsko, first mentioned in 1543.[2]
The I/10 road (part of the European route E65) from Turnov to the Czech-Polish border in Harrachov briefly crosses the southern part of the municipality.
The most important monument is the Church of Saint Joseph in Krásná. It was built in 1756–1760 and the tower was added in 1779.[3]