Malá Hraštice is a municipality and village in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants.
Administrative division Malá Hraštice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Malá Hraštice (641) Velká Hraštice (489)
Etymology The initial name of Malá Hraštice was Hraščice. The name was derived from the surname Hrášek, meaning "the village of Hrášek's people". Velká Hraštice was originally named Petrova Lhota ('Petr's Lhota). At the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries, they became known as Malá ('small') Hraštice and Velká ('great') Hraštice.
Geography Malá Hraštice is located about northeast of Příbram and south of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is the flat hill Na Vinici at above sea level. The Kocába River flows along the eastern municipal border. The stream Voznický potok flows along the southern border until it joins the Kocába.
History The first written mention of Malá Hraštice is from 1454. Velká Hraštice was first mentioned in 1360, when the local church was promoted to a parish church. In 1639, during the Thirty Years' War, both villages were destroyed by the Swedish army and most of the inhabitants were killed. From 1595 until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1848, Malá Hraštice was part of the Dobříš estate and shared its owners.
Demographics
Transport
Malá Hraštice is located on the railway line Prague–Dobříš.
Sights The main landmark of the municipality is the Church of Saint Sigismund, located in Velká Hraštice. The originally medieval church was gradually modified to its present form in the 18th and 19th centuries.
References
External links