Besednice
# Besednice

Besednice (Czech pronunciation:; German: Bessenitz) is a market town in Český Krumlov District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.

## Administrative parts

The village of Malče is an administrative part of Besednice.

## Geography

Besednice is located about 17 kilometres (11 mi) east of Český Krumlov and 20 km (12 mi) south of České Budějovice. It lies in the Gratzen Foothills. The highest point is the mountain Velký kámen at 753 m (2,470 ft) above sea level.

The Besednický Brook flows through the market town. The landscape around Besednice near the Besednický Brook is known as a site of the moldavites. It is protected as the Besednické vltavíny Nature Monument.

## History

The first written mention of Besednice is from 1395, when Henry III of Rosenberg donated the village to the parish church of St. Vitus in Český Krumlov. From that time until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1848, Besednice belonged to the Český Krumlov prelature.

Besednice was promoted to a market town in 1910.

## Sights

The most important monument is the Church of Saint Procopius. It was built in the Baroque style in 1738, then it was rebuilt in 1742–1745 and in the Neoclassical style in 1875.

On the square there are houses built in the Folk Baroque style [cs], a typical vernacular architecture of the South Bohemian Region.

