| Slabce | |
| Settlement Type: | Market town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Rakovník |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50°N 13.7147°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1352 |
| Area Total Km2: | 27.64 |
| Elevation M: | 419 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 722 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 270 41 |
Slabce (in Czech pronounced as /ˈslaptsɛ/) is a market town in Rakovník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
The villages of Kostelík, Malé Slabce, Modřejovice, Nová Ves, Rousínov, Skupá and Svinařov are administrative parts of Slabce.
The name is derived from the old Czech word slabec (i.e. 'weakling'), meaning "the village of weaklings".[2]
Slabce is located about 5km (03miles) south of Rakovník and 43km (27miles) west of Prague. It lies in the Plasy Uplands. The highest point is the hill Hůrka at 492m (1,614feet) above sea level. The Berounka River flows along the southern municipal border. The almost entire municipal territory lies in the Křivoklátsko Protected Landscape Area.
The first written mention of Slabce is from 1352.[2]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The main landmarks of Slabce are the church and the castle. The Church of Saint Nicholas was originally a Romanesque building, probably from the beginning of the 12h century. At the end of the 18th century, it was rebuilt in the Baroque style.[3] [4]
The Slabce Castle is a valuable complex of a Baroque manor house. It was founded at the beginning of the 18th century and gradually rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries. A part of the castle complex is a landscape park with an area of .[3] [5]
The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is located in Rousínov. It was built in the Gothic style in the 14th century. In the mid-18th century, it was rebuilt into its present form.[3] [6]