The Skalice is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Lomnice River. It flows through the Central Bohemian and South Bohemian regions. It is long.
The name is derived from the Czech words skála and skalnatý ('rock', 'rocky') and refers to the character of the river bed.
The Skalice originates in the territory of Roà ¾mitál pod Tà Âemà ¡ÃÂnem in the Brdy Highlands at an elevation of and flows to Varvaà ¾ov, where it enters the Lomnice River at an elevation of . It is long. Its drainage basin has an area of .
The longest tributaries of the Skalice are:
The most populated settlement on the river is the town of Roà ¾mitál pod Tà Âemà ¡ÃÂnem, in which territory the river originates. The river further flows through the municipal territories of VÃÂà ¡ÃÂn, Chrást, Bà Âeznice, Nestraà ¡ovice, PoÃÂaply, MyslÃÂn, Mirovice, Horosedly, Nerestce, ÃÂimelice, Rakovice, Smetanova Lhota, Ostrovec and Varvaà ¾ov.
There are 529 bodies of water in the basin area. The largest of them are the fishponds Hejný with an area of and Nerestec with an area of . Several fishponds are built directly on the upper course of the Skalice, in the area of Roà ¾mitál pod Tà Âemà ¡ÃÂnem.
The spring and the first kilometres of the Skalice are located within the Brdy Protected Landscape Area.
The river is bridged by three historic stone bridges. There is a four-arch inundation bridge in Mirovice, built in 1870âÂÂ1876. Its original southern part has not been preserved, but it is still valued for its architectural and structural qualities.
The three-arch bridge in Nerestce was built in 1814âÂÂ1816 on the site of an older bridge. It used to be decorated with valuable Baroque statues of saints from the mid-18th century. Today, the statues are in the depository of the municipality of ÃÂimelice. In 1963, a new reinforced concrete bridge was built next to the historic bridge and the importance of the old bridge decreased.
The two-arch bridge in Varvaà ¾ov was built in 1781. It is decorated with a small chapel dedicated to Saint John of Nepomuk.