Libice nad Doubravou () is a market town in HavlÃÂÃÂkà ¯v Brod District in the VysoÃÂina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.
Libice nad Doubravou consists of ten municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
MalochynÃÂ forms an exclave of the municipal territory.
Libice nad Doubravou is located about northeast of HavlÃÂÃÂkà ¯v Brod and south of Pardubice. The southern part of the municipal territory with the market town proper lies in the Upper Sázava Hills. The northern part lies in the Iron Mountains. The highest point is the Spálava hill at above sea level. The market town is situated on the right bank of the Doubrava River. The entire municipal territory lies within the à ½elezné hory Protected Landscape Area.
The first written mention of Libice nad Doubravou is in a deed of Vladislaus II from 1146, which confirmed the donation of the village by Duke SobÃÂslav I to the bishopric of Olomouc in 1125.
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The castle in Libice nad Doubravou was built sometime between 1709 and 1719. In 1862âÂÂ1864, it was rebuilt in the Windsor Neo-Gothic style. Today it is privately owned and unused.
Among the main landmarks is the Church of Saint Giles. It is a Baroque building with a Romanesque-Gothic core.