Chotilsko is a municipality and village in PÃ ÂÃÂbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Chotilsko consists of 13 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
The name is derived from the personal name ChotÃÂl. The suffix -sko indicates that the village was founded on the site of another village, which was abandoned.
Chotilsko is located about northeast of Pà ÂÃÂbram and south of Prague. It lies in the Beneà ¡ov Uplands. The highest point is the hill Besedná at above sea level. The municipality is situated on the left shore of the Slapy Reservoir, built on the Vltava River. There are several fishponds in the municipal territory.
The first written mention of Chotilsko is from 1359. From 1411, the village belonged to the Korkynàestate. In 1680, Chotilsko was annexed to the Slapy estate, owned by the Zbraslav Monastery From 1825 until the establishment of a sovereign municipality in 1850, the village was a property of Count Karel Bedà Âich Srb.
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The most important monument is the Church of Saints Fabian and Sebastian, located in à ½ivohoà ¡à ¥. The original church was a Romanesque building from the 11th century, built inside a gord of the Pà Âemyslid dynasty. It was originally a three-nave basilica, which is rare for the Czech countryside. Around 1380, it was rebuilt in the Gothic style. Further modifications were made in the 15th and 16th centuries and then in the neo-Romanesque style in 1858âÂÂ1859.