Slabce () is a market town in RakovnÃÂk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
Slabce consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
The name is derived from the old Czech word slabec (i.e. 'weakling'), meaning "the village of weaklings".
Slabce is located about south of RakovnÃÂk and west of Prague. It lies in the Plasy Uplands. The highest point is the hill Hà ¯rka at above sea level. The Berounka River flows along the southern municipal border. Almost the entire municipal territory lies in the Kà Âivoklátsko Protected Landscape Area.
The first written mention of Slabce is from 1352.
No railways or major roads pass through the municipality.
The main landmarks of Slabce are the church and the castle. The Church of Saint Nicholas was originally a Romanesque building, probably from the beginning of the 12h century. At the end of the 18th century, it was rebuilt in the Baroque style.
The Slabce Castle is a valuable complex of a Baroque manor house. It was founded at the beginning of the 18th century and gradually rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries. A part of the castle complex is a landscape park with an area of .
The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is located in RousÃÂnov. It was built in the Gothic style in the 14th century. In the mid-18th century, it was rebuilt into its present form.