Hrdějovice
Introduction '''Hrdějovice''' () is a municipality and village in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants.
Administrative parts The village of Opatovice is an administrative part of Hrdějovice.
Etymology The name is derived from the personal name Hrděj, meaning "the village of Hrděj's people".
Geography Hosín is located about  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 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.
Demographics
Transport Hrdějovice lies on a railway line heading from České Budějovice to Tábor and Chotoviny.
Sights Centre of OpatoviceAmong the landmarks of Hrdějovice is a baroque Chapel of the Virgin Mary from the mid-18th century, rebuilt in 1876, and a pilgrimage chapel with a healing well from 1889.The layout and the folk architecture in Opatovice is well preserved. The village is protected as a village monument zone. The main landmark in Opatovice is the Chapel of the Holy Trinity from 1863.
Notable people *František Mareš (1857–1942), physiologist, philosopher and politician
Gallery Hrdějovice čp17.jpg|House No. 17Hrdějovice - kaple.jpg|Chapel of the Virgin Mary
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