Vlastiboř is a municipality and village in Tábor District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Administrative division Vlastiboř consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Vlastiboř (217) Svinky (60) Záluží (32)
Etymology The name is derived from the personal name Vlastibor, meaning "Vlastibor's (court, property)".
Geography Vlastiboř is located about south of Tábor and north of České Budějovice. It lies mostly in the Třeboň Basin, but it also extends to the Tábor Uplands in the north and east. The stream Bechyňský potok flows through the municipality. There is a set of fishponds fed by the stream, situated in the northern part of the municipal territory.
History The first written mention of Vlastiboř is from 1354.
Demographics
Transport There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
All the three villages in the municipality have well preserved buildings in the Folk Baroque style and are protected as two village monument reservations (Vlastiboř and Záluží) and one village monument zone (Svinky).
Notable people František Kotlaba (1927–2020), botanist and mycologist
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