Not to be confused with Svatý Jan nad Malší or Svatý Jan pod Skalou.

Svatý Jan is a municipality and village in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Svatý Jan consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]

  • Svatý Jan (84)
  • Bražná (46)
  • Brzina (14)
  • Drážkov (112)
  • Hojšín (64)
  • Hrachov (248)
  • Řadovy (36)
  • Skrýšov (78)

Etymology

The name means 'Saint John' in Czech.

Geography

Svatý Jan is located about 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Příbram and 45 km (28 mi) south of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is the hill Černá skála at 508 m (1,667 ft) above sea level. The Vltava River forms the northern municipal border. The Brzina Stream flows through the municipality into the Vltava.

History

Svatý Jan is among the youngest villages in the region. There was a spring of water in what is today the village's area, which people considered to be healing, and a chapel was built near it in 1705.[3] The first written mention of Svatý Jan is from 1720.[4]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18691,450—    
18801,441−0.6%
18901,480+2.7%
19001,457−1.6%
19101,346−7.6%
YearPop.±%
19211,271−5.6%
19301,199−5.7%
1950888−25.9%
1961801−9.8%
1970732−8.6%
YearPop.±%
1980630−13.9%
1991656+4.1%
2001662+0.9%
2011652−1.5%
2021682+4.6%
Source: Censuses[5][6]

Transport

The I/18 road (the section from Příbram to Sedlčany) passes through the northern part of the municipality.

Sights

Church of Saint John of Nepomuk

The main landmark of Svatý Jan is the Church of Saint John of Nepomuk. It was built in the Baroque style in 1760–1764.[7]

A historical landmark of Skrýšov is the Skrýšov Castle. It was originally a Renaissance fortress, rebuilt into a small Baroque castle around 1760. Today it is privately owned and inaccessible.[8]

There is a valuable Jewish cemetery in the forests near Řadovy. Most of the Baroque and Neoclassical tombstones date from the 18th and early 19th centuries. The oldest legible tombstone is from 1681.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
  2. ^ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
  3. ^ "Svatý Jan" (in Czech). Obec Svatý Jan. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
  4. ^ "Svatý Jan (okres Příbram)" (PDF). Regionální informační servis (in Czech). Retrieved 2025-03-11.
  5. ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
  6. ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
  7. ^ "Kostel sv. Jana Nepomuckého" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
  8. ^ "Zámek" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
  9. ^ "Židovský hřbitov" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svat%C3%BD_Jan
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