Psáře | |
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: | 49.7558°N 14.9619°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1352 |
Area Total Km2: | 8.30 |
Elevation M: | 486 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 142 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 258 01 |
Psáře is a municipality and village in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.
The village of Dubovka is an administrative part of Psáře.
The word psář denoted a person who took care of hunting dogs and trained them. In the days before the village was established, the territory belonged to the royal chamber and there was a fortress where a psář resided.[2]
Psáře is located about east of Benešov and 45km (28miles) southeast of Prague. It lies in the Vlašim Uplands. The highest point is at 500m (1,600feet) above sea level.
The first written mention of Psáře is from 1352. Dubovka was first mentioned in 1471.[3]
The D1 motorway from Prague to Brno passes through the municipality.
The main landmark of Psáře is the Church of the Holy Trinity. It is a Gothic church, rebuilt to its present form in 1863–1864. Next to the church is an architecturally unique morgue with a belfry in the attic.[4]