Valdice (until 1950 Kartouzy-Valdice) is a municipality and village in JiÃÂÃÂn District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants. It is known for a former monastery, which is today a high-security prison.
Valdice was named after the nearby deer park (from German Wald, meaning "forest"). It was also called Kartouzy after the local monastery.
Valdice is located about northeast of JiÃÂÃÂn and northwest of Hradec Králové. It lies in the JiÃÂÃÂn Uplands.
The village of Valdice was founded together with a Carthusian monastery by Albrecht von Wallenstein in 1627. About 20 houses were built for craftsmen working for the monks in the monastery. In 1782, the monastery was abolished by Emperor Joseph II. The prison in the premises of the former monastery was established in 1857 by Austrian Empire.
The Valdice Prison is the main employer in Valdice. It is classified as a high-security prison with a capacity of 1,023 prisoners. The prison employs more than 400 people.
The railway line Hradec KrálovéâÂÂTurnov passes through the municipality, but there is no train station. The municipality is served by the JiÃÂÃÂn zastávka station in neighbouring JiÃÂÃÂn.
The prison is located in the former Carthusian monastery, which was built in the Baroque style. Its premises are inaccessible. In the monastery complex there is also the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
A cultural monument is the Baroque statue of Saint John of Nepomuk from 1696.