Hrdějovice

Hrdějovice (German: Hartowitz) is a municipality and village in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants.

Hrdějovice
Municipality
Municipal office
Flag Coat of arms
Hrdějovice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°1′8″N 14°28′43″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Bohemian
District	České Budějovice
First mentioned	1350
Area
• Total	8.82 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Elevation	385 m (1,263 ft)
Population  (2025-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,506
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	373 61
Website	www.hrdejovice-opatovice.cz

Administrative division

Hrdějovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):^[2]

• Hrdějovice (1,436)
• Opatovice (49)

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Hrděj, meaning "the village of Hrděj's people".^[3]

Geography

Hosín is located about 4 km (2 mi) north of České Budějovice. Most of the municipal territory lies in the České Budějovice Basin, but it also extends into a tip of the Třeboň Basin in the north. The western municipal border is formed by the Vltava River. There is a former china clay mine called Orty, protected as a nature monument.

History

Chapel of the Virgin Mary

The first written mention of Hrdějovice is from 1350. Opatovice was first mentioned in 1378. From 1661 to abolition of serfdom in 1850, it belonged to the Hluboká estate owned by the Schwarzenberg family.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 441 —     1880 476 +7.9% 1890 522 +9.7% 1900 747 +43.1% 1910 900 +20.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,002 +11.3% 1930 1,302 +29.9% 1950 913 −29.9% 1961 771 −15.6% 1970 692 −10.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 800 +15.6% 1991 945 +18.1% 2001 1,478 +56.4% 2011 1,577 +6.7% 2021 1,485 −5.8%
Source: Censuses[5][6]

Transport

Hrdějovice is located on the railway line heading from České Budějovice to Tábor and Chotoviny.^[7]

Sights

Centre of Opatovice

Among the landmarks of Hrdějovice is the Chapel of the Virgin Mary, built in the Baroque style in the mid-18th century and rebuilt in 1876, and a pilgrimage chapel with a healing well from 1889.^[8]

The layout and the folk architecture in Opatovice is well preserved. The village is protected as a village monument zone.^[9] The main landmark in Opatovice is the Chapel of the Holy Trinity from 1863.^[8]

Notable people

• František Mareš (1857–1942), physiologist, philosopher and politician