Hrazany is a municipality and village in PÃÂsek District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Hrazany consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
The name of the village has no clear origin. It was most likely derived from the Czech word hráz (i.e. 'dyke') or hrad (i.e. 'castle').
Hrazany is located about northeast of PÃÂsek and south of Prague. It lies in the Vlaà ¡im Uplands. The highest point is at above sea level.
Near the village of Hrazany there is the KnÃÂz u Hrazan Nature Monument. It is a blockfield, a remnant of the glacial age.
The first written mention of Hrazany and Hrazánky is from 1373. The village of Dobroà ¡ov was first mentioned in 1216.
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Almost no original buildings have been preserved. The only monuments are the chapels. The oldest one is the Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk in Hrazánky from the 19th century. The Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Hrazany dates from 1926 and the Chapel of Saint Wenceslaus in Dobroà ¡ov dates from 1932.