Kozmice is a municipality and village in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Administrative division Kozmice consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Kozmice (309) Kácova Lhota (59) Rousínov (25)
Etymology The name is derived from the personal name Kozma (a Czech variant of the name Cosmas), meaning "the village of Kozma's people".
Geography Kozmice is located about northeast of Benešov and southeast of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is a nameless hill at above sea level.
History The first written mention of Kozmice is from 1350. Until the second half of the 15th century, the village was owned by local noble families, then it was annexed to the Konopiště estate.
Demographics
Transport There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights The main landmark of Kozmice is the Church of Saint James the Great. It is a Gothic building from the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, modified in the Baroque style.
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