Lštění is a municipality and village in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Administrative division Lštění consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Lštění (248) Zlenice (233)
Etymology The initial name of the village vas Lštěň. The name was derived from the personal name Lštěn, meaning "Lštěn's (court, castle)".
Geography Lštění is located about north of Benešov and southeast of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is at above sea level. The municipality is situated on the left bank of the Sázava River.
History In the first half of the 9th century, a gord was built on a promontory above the present-day village of Lštění. In the 11th century, it became an administrative centre of the Přemyslid dynasty, documented in 1055 in Chronica Boemorum. Sometime during this period, the Church of Saint Clement was established here. The gord probably disappeared at the beginning of the 13th century.
The first written mention of Lštění is from 1398. Lštění reached its greatest prosperity in the 16th century, when it was promoted to a market town.
Demographics
Transport Lštění is located on the railway line Čerčany–Zruč nad Sázavou. The municipality is served by two train stops: Lštění and Zlenice.
Sights
The main landmark of the municipality is the Church of Saint Clement and the remains of Lštění Gord. The church was built in the Baroque style in 1703, but it has a Gothic core and Romanesque foundations from its predecessor. Only landscaping has survived from the large gord and today the place is an archaeological site.
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