| Velká Lečice | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Příbram |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.8147°N 14.3236°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1412 |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.20 |
| Elevation M: | 298 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 197 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 262 05 |
Velká Lečice is a municipality and village in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
The initial name of the settlement was Velká Ledčice. The name Ledčice is a diminutive form of Ledce, which is a common Czech toponymy. The old Czech word ledce originated as a diminutive of the word lado, which denoted unploughed land. In the 17th century, Ledčice was distorted to Lečice. The attribute Velká ('great') serves to distinguish it from the neighbouring village of Malá Lečice ('small Lečice', today a part of Bojanovice).[2]
Velká Lečice is located about northeast of Příbram and 25km (16miles) south of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is at 395m (1,296feet) above sea level. The Kocába River flows through the municipality.
Gold panning was documented in the area of Velká Lečice in the 11th century. The first written mention of Velká Lečice is from 1412.[3]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Velká Lečice is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is a late Baroque niche chapel, built probably at the end of the 18th century.[4]