Velká Lečice is a municipality and village in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic . It has about 200 inhabitants.
3-417: The initial name of the settlement was Velká Ledčice. The name Ledčice is a diminutive form of Ledce, which is a common Czech toponymy. The old Czech word ledce originated as a diminutive of the word lado , which denoted unploughed land. In the 17th century, Ledčice was distorted to Lečice. The attribute Velká ('great') serves to distinguish it from the neighbouring village of Malá Lečice ('small Lečice', today
6-486: A part of Bojanovice ). Velká Lečice is located about 27 kilometres (17 mi) northeast of Příbram and 25 km (16 mi) south of Prague . It lies in the Benešov Uplands . The highest point is at 395 m (1,296 ft) above sea level. The Kocába River flows through the municipality. Gold panning was documented in the area of Velká Lečice in the 11th century. The first written mention of Velká Lečice
9-761: Is from 1412. There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality. Velká Lečice is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is a late Baroque niche chapel, built probably at the end of the 18th century. Bojanovice (Prague-West District) Bojanovice is a municipality and village in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic . It has about 500 inhabitants. The villages of Malá Lečice and Senešnice are administrative parts of Bojanovice. They form an exclave of
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