Řehenice is a municipality and village in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Administrative division Řehenice consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
Řehenice (85) Babice (244) Barochov (88) Gabrhele (4) Křiváček (44) Malešín (36) Vavřetice (36)
Etymology The name is derived from the personal name Řehen (which is probably a variant of Řehoř), meaning "the village of Řehen's people".
Geography Řehenice is located about north of Benešov and southeast of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is at above sea level. The Sázava River flows along the southern municipal border, just outside the municipality.
History The first written mention of Řehenice is from 1384.
Demographics
Transport There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights There are no significant monuments in Řehenice. Among the protected cultural monuments in the municipality are a former inn from the end of the 18th century, located in Křiváček, and terrain remains of the Božešice Fortress (today an archaeological site), which stood here in the 13th–15th centuries.
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