Mladá Vožice () is a town in Tábor District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic It has about 2,700 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Bendovo Záhoří, Blanice, Chocov, Dolní Kouty, Dubina, Horní Kouty, Janov, Krchova Lomná, Noskov, Pavlov, Radvanov, Staniměřice, Stará Vožice and Ústějov are administrative parts of Mladá Vožice. Geography Mladá Vožice is located about northeast of Tábor and southeast of Prague. It lies mostly in the Vlašim Uplands. The southeastern part of the municipal territory extends into the Křemešník Highlands and includes the highest point of Mladá Vožice, the hill Bušová at above sea level. The town is situated on the river Blanice. There are several fish ponds in the territory, the largest of them is Podhradní. History The area of today's Mladá Vožice began to settle between 711 and 796. Duke Spytihněv I founded here a castle for storing gold and silver which were mined here. The first written mention of Mladá Vožice is from 1273, when the probable first owner of the settlement, Stanimír of Vožice, was mentioned. Vožice goods were probably owned by the royal chamber but were frequently pawned or lent to feudal lords for services to the king. One of the first ones was Vilém of Vožice who possessed the estate until 1318. From 1318 to 1425 Vožice was owned by the lords of Landštejn, Janovice, Orlík, Pacov and Ronov houses. In March 1420, after the Battle of Sudoměř, Vožice was occupied by about 2,000 horse riders led by Mikeš Divůček of Jemniště, the master of the Kutná Hora mint. On Great Friday morning 1420, Jan Žižka attacked the town and set it on fire. Many lords were captured or killed and just those who had escaped to the castle got away with their lives. Žižka also seized a lot of horses for his army. In September 1425, the Hussites conquered the castle after five weeks' besiegement. They had the castle destroyed and the town was attached to Vlašim estate. The castle was never renewed. Mladá Vožice was then owned by many feudal houses. In 1678 the estate changed owners for the Küenburg family, who adjoined other smaller possessions in the area and established it a hereditary estate. The Küenburg family owned Mladá Vožice until the abolition of serfdom. 20th century The town and neighbourhood of Mladá Vožice was a purely agricultural area until 1945, and the change towards industrialization