Besednice (; ) is a market town in ÃÂeský Krumlov District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.
Besednice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
The name is derived from the old Slavic word besÃÂda, which denoted outdoor sitting.
Besednice is located about east of ÃÂeský Krumlov and south of ÃÂeské BudÃÂjovice. It lies in the Gratzen Foothills. The highest point is the mountain Velký kámen at above sea level.
The brook Besednický potok flows through the market town. The landscape around Besednice near the Besednický potok is known as a site of the moldavites. It is protected as the Besednické vltavÃÂny Nature Monument.
The first written mention of Besednice is from 1395, when Henry III of Rosenberg donated the village to the parish church of St. Vitus in ÃÂeský Krumlov. From that time until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1848, Besednice belonged to the ÃÂeský Krumlov prelature.
Besednice was promoted to a market town in 1910.
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The most important monument is the Church of Saint Procopius. It was built in the Baroque style in 1738, then it was rebuilt in 1742âÂÂ1745 and in the Neoclassical style in 1875.