Prachatice (in German Prachatitz) is a town in the South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic.

History

Historical population

1869: 4 911 inhabitants
1900: 5 573
1930: 5 926
1950: 5 130
1961: 5 381
1970: 7 100
1980: 10 354
1991: 11 805
2001: 11 977

Prachatice today

Historical character of city center is protected since 1981.

The dominating industries are machine engineering, electrotechnical industry and timber processing. New industial zone has been built.

Famous people

• Jan Neumann, first American saint, born in 1811
• Josef Messner (1822 - 1862), writer
• Irma Krützner, writer and poet, lived here in 1915 - 1946

See detailed list.

External links

• Municipal website (in Czech)
• Details of early town history (in Czech)