| Zliv | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | South Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | České Budějovice |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 49.0661°N 14.3661°W |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Radek Rothschedl |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1409 |
| Area Total Km2: | 14.21 |
| Elevation M: | 375 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 3499 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 373 44 |
Zliv (in Czech pronounced as /zlɪf/; German: Sliw) is a town in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,500 inhabitants.
Zliv is located about 12km (07miles) northwest of České Budějovice. It lies in a flat landscape in the České Budějovice Basin. The town is situated on the shores of several fishponds, including Bezdrev, which is the third largest pond in the country with an area of .
The first written mention of Zliv is from 1409, when it was a serfdom village of the Hluboká estate. By the end of the 19th century, the economic expansion of the village occurred and factories for production of ceramics and grog were founded.[2]
Zliv is located on the railway lines heading from České Budějovice to Prague and to Strakonice.[3]
Zliv is poor in historic monuments. The only protected cultural monument is a Baroque stone double-arched bridge, which dates from 1724. It is decorated with a statue of St. John of Nepomuk.[4]
A notable landmark is the Church of Saint Wenceslaus. It is a modern neo-Gothic church from 1913. It was built on the site of a chapel from 1865.[5]