Valdice
Introduction '''Valdice''' (until 1950 '''Kartouzy-Valdice''') is a municipality and village in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants.
Etymology Valdice was named after the nearby deer park (from German ''Wald'', meaning "forest"). It was also called Kartouzy after the local monastery.
Geography Valdice is located about  northeast of Jičín and  northwest of Hradec Králové. It lies in the Jičín Uplands.
History The village of Valdice was founded together with a Carthusian monastery by Albrecht von Wallenstein in 1627.About 20 houses were built for craftsmen working for the monks in the monastery. In 1782, the monastery was abolished by Joseph II. The prison in the premises of the former monastery was established in 1857 by Austrian Empire.
Economy The Valdice Prison is the main employer in Valdice. It is classified as a high-security prison with a capacity of 1,023 prisoners.
Sights The prison is located in the former Carthusian monastery, which was built in the Baroque style. Its premises are inaccessible. In the monastery complex there is also the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.There is a Baroque statue of Saint John of Nepomuk from 1696.
Notable people *Jiří Stříbrný (1880–1955), politician; died here
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