Sázava () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Etymology The name Sázava was derived from the Moravská Sázava River. In the oldest documents, the name is written as Nasazawe ().
Geography Sázava is located about northeast of Ústí nad Orlicí and east of Pardubice. It lies mostly in the Orlické Foothills. The eastern part of the municipal territory extends into the Zábřeh Highlands and includes the highest point of Sázava at above sea level. The village is situated in the valley of the Moravská Sázava River.
History The locality was first documented in 1256. The first written mention of the village of Sázava is in a deed of King Wenceslaus II from 1304, when the village was donated to the Zbraslav Monastery as part of the Lanškroun estate. Until the establishment of an independent municipality in 1850, Sázava belonged to the Lanškroun estate and shared its owners and destinies.
Demographics
Transport There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
The only protected cultural monument in the municipality is column with a Baroque statue of the Pietà. The column was created in 1681, but the statue dates probably from 1751. The statue stands next to the Chapel of Saint Procopius, which is the main cultural landmark of Sázava. It was built in 1858.
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