Babice () is a municipality and village in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
Babice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
The name is derived from the surname Bába, meaning "the village of Bába's people".
Babice is located about east of Prachatice and west of ÃÂeské BudÃÂjovice. It lies in the Bohemian Forest Foothills. The highest point is at above sea level. The stream Luà ¾ický potok flows through the municipality. The stream and its nameless tributary supply a system of several small fishponds here.
The first written mention of Babice is from 1259. The village belonged to the PodÃÂhusy estate until the destruction of the PodÃÂhusy Castle in 1421. Between 1421 and 1503, Babice was a part of the Helfenburk estate. From 1503 until the establishment of a sovereign municipality in 1850, it belonged to the Krumlov estate. Between 1967 and 1991, Babice was a municipal part of Chvalovice (until 1976) and then Luà ¾ice, but then it regained its independence.
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
A notable technical monument in Babice is a substation from 1929. It is a testament to the beginnings of electrification of the Czech countryside, and at the same time it is a valuable architectural element.
The village of ZvÃÂÃ Âetice is protected as a village monument zone. The reason for the protection is the preserved historical farmsteads decorated with elements in the Folk Baroque and Neoclassical styles, typical of regional folk architecture. The main landmark of the village is the Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk, a Neoclassical chapel from 1820.