Valdice
Sign in to saveValdice (until 1950 Kartouzy-Valdice) is a municipality and village in Jičín 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.
Key facts
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- Valdice
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- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Valdice od jihu.jpg
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- View from the south
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- Valdice vlajka.jpg
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- Valdice znak.gif
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- Country
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- Region
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- Hradec Králové
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- District
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- Jičín
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- Czech Republic
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- 1
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- Location in the Czech Republic
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- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1627
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 0.92
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 308
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Valdice (until 1950 Kartouzy-Valdice) is a municipality and village in Jičín 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.
==Etymology== Valdice was named after the nearby deer park (from German Wald, meaning "forest"). It was also called Kartouzy after the local monastery.