Bezdědovice

Bezdědovice
Bezdědovice
Municipality
	Church of Saint John the Baptist in Paštiky
	Flag Coat of arms
	Bezdědovice Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°26′39″N 13°52′48″E / 49.44417°N 13.88000°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Bohemian
District	Strakonice
First mentioned	1186
Area
• Total	5.81 km2 (2.24 sq mi)
Elevation	448 m (1,470 ft)
Population (2024-01-01)
• Total	389
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	388 01
Website	www.bezdedovice.cz

Bezdědovice is a municipality and village in Strakonice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Bezdědovice lies approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) north of Strakonice, 69 km (43 mi) north-west of České Budějovice, and 81 km (50 mi) south-west of Prague.

Administrative division

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

Bezdědovice (283)
Dobšice (51)
Paštiky (20)

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	574	—
1880	643	+12.0%
1890	581	−9.6%
1900	589	+1.4%
1910	556	−5.6%
1921	492	−11.5%
1930	503	+2.2%
1950	403	−19.9%
1961	409	+1.5%
1970	380	−7.1%
1980	323	−15.0%
1991	324	+0.3%
2001	306	−5.6%
2011	340	+11.1%
2021	354	+4.1%
Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

Sights

The most valuable building is the Church of Saint John the Baptist, located in Paštiky. It was rebuilt i nthe Baroque style by the architect Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer in 1747–1752, on the order of Countess Serényi. The church is a single-aisled building ended in a rectangular presbytery with richly decorated cornices in a Rococo style. Next to the church is a cemetery with a mortuary chapel under which is the family crypt of the Hildprandt family. The chapel was also built by Dientzenhofer.^[5]